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I just posted this in the General Discussion Forum, so it might make sense to respond there....but here goes.
Hey Everyone:
I was wondering if you could help me out. Over the past year or so, my newsletter subscribers have sent me various suggestions for books that I should be reviewing for my newsletters. I?ve compiled their requests, along with some of the books I?ve read in the area of Wealth-Building and Investing.
What I need help with is the following:
#1 If you see that one of your favorite books is missing, ADD it to the list. Add a book ONLY if it's not already on the list.
NO DUPLICATES please to shorten this thread.
#2 List out your Top 5 or 10 Investing/Wealth-Building Books in order from #1 to #10 if possible. Obviously we'll have duplicates here, but I didn't want 34 request of
"man you should have put Rich Dad Poor Dad on the list"
I think this could be an excellent exercise and create a ?MUST READ? list of books. I plan on reviewing numbers one through ten this year for my newsletters.
Thanks for the help.
fabman
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24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success (William J. O'Neil)
25 Myths You'Ve Got to Avoid-If You Want to Manage Your Money Right (Jonathan Clements)
9 Steps to Financial Freedom (Suze Orman)
A Fortune At Your Feet (Kessler)
Aggressive Tax Avoidance for RE Investors (John T. Reed)
As a Man Thinketh ( James Allen )
Benchmarking (Robert Camp)
Beyond Stocks (John F. Merrill)
Buy It, Fix It, Sell It Profit (Kevin Myers)
Buying Your Own Business (Russell Robb)
Cashflow Quadrant (Robert T. Kiyosaki)
Common Sense on Mutual Funds (John C. Bogle)
Conversations with Millionaires (Mike Litman and Jason Oman)
Creating Wealth (Robert G. Allen)
Debt Free by 30 (Jason Anthony & Karl Cluck)
Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty (Harvey Mackay)
Direct from Dell (Michael Dell)
Eight Steps to Seven Figures (Charles Carlson)
E-Myth (Mike Gerber)
Multiple Streams of Internet Income (Robert Allen)
Fast Cash With Quick-Turn Real Estate (Ron Legrand)
Financial Security in Troubled Times; What You Need to Do Now (Ric Edelman)
Find It Buy It Fix It (Robert Irwin)
Flipping Properties (William Bronchik)
Get a Financial Life (Beth Kobliner)
Getting to Yes
How I Turned $1000 into $5 Million in Real Estate (Nickerson)
How to be Rich (J. Paul Getty)
How to Become Financially Independent by Investing in RE (Al Lowry)
How to Borrow Your Way to Real Estate Riches: The Million Dolar Sure-Fire Formula for Amassing Wealth Today (Tyler Hicks)
How to Build a Real Estate Money machine (Wade Cook)
How to buy properties at 20% discount (John T. Reed )
How to Create Multiple Streams of Income: Buying Homes in Nice Areas with Nothing Down (Peter Conti & David Finkel)
How to Increase the Value of Real Estate (John T. Reed)
How to Make $1MM in RE in 3 Years (Tyler Hicks)
How to master the art of selling (Tom Hopkins)
How to Pick Up Foreclosures (Wade Cook)
How to Retire Rich
How to Sell Anything to Anyone
Investing for a Lifetime (Paul Merriman)
Investing in Fixer Uppers ( Jay Decima)
Investing in Real Estate (Andrew McLean & Gary Eldred)
Live Rich (Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine)
Loser's Game (Charles Ellis)
Losing My Virginity (Richard Branson)
Magic of Thinking Success (David J. Schwartz, Ph. D.)
Making Big Money Investing In Real Estate (Peter Conti and David Finkel )
McGraw-Hill- 36 Hour Real Estate Investment book (Jack Cu mmings)
Million Dollar Habits (Robert Ringer)
Money for Life (Robert Sheard)
Money Lessons for a Lifetime
Money Secrets of The Rich (John Burley,)
Multiple Streams of Income (Robert Allen)
Onassis William Shawcross (Aristotle Onassis bio)
One Up on Wall Street (Peter Lynch)
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Wealth (Ric Edelman)
Outperforming the Market: Everyone's Guide to Higher-Profit, Lower-Risk Investing
Personal Finance for Dummies (Eric Tyson)
Real Estate Financ
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fabman, wow. what a list. I consider myself pretty well read, but that list is staggering!! Anyway, I *was* going to suggest Your Money or Your Life, but it's not technically a wealth-building or investing book. Then, I saw that you have included it. That being the case, I recommend you add "Getting a Life" by Jacqueline Blix and David Heitmiller. It's the follow up to YMOYL and shows how real people have applied the YMOYL principals. Later! Jon
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The Energy of Money (Maria Nemeth, Ph,D.)
Glorious Accidents (Michael Glauser)
Growing a Business (Paul Hawken)
These books are super. I hope that they help.
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How about:
A Fortune at Your Feet: A.D. Kessler (The grandfather of Creative Real Estate). He has the trade mark on the name "Creative Real Estate".
Handy Man of America: The whole series on repairing your home for the reahbber.
National Grants conference(NGC): Material on obtaining grants and loans for businesses and investors from UNCLE SAM.
The Alladin Factor: Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen. About learning how to ASK for whatever you want in life!
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Sorry about Kessler. I missed it on your post.
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Thanks to everyone who's replied so far. Let's keep it coming with books that have NOT been mentioned so far.
Keep them coming!
fabman
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hello mr fabman. my name is Tony and im a new student for the financially free class! I bid you and every one else great wisdom and knowledge on this road of goal we share.
Remember not to forget the book of your faith. maybe its the bible or the koran etc etc .These books are the fuel for your journey,too. Remember your journey starts with the spirit,the soul, and the mind. When these are clean and fruitful in the sense of goodness,then your path and road shall be lit well, for you to follow. Good luck.
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See you at the Top - Zig Ziglar
Monk Riddle - Randy Komisar
Seeds of Greatness - Denis Waitley
Wealth is not an Accident - Tommy Newberry
I also thought it would be a good idea to include a few magazines. Maybe you could list the top 5 or 10 magazines.
Fast Company
Forbes
Profit
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Great list Fabman
I noticed 'Over the Top' and 'See you at the Top' by Zig Ziglar already in the list or added suggestions.
Im sure the first book in the series should also be included - 'Steps to the top'
Regards
ryan
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EDU,
I've read some Kotler and Porter books, so I know how important they can be. Having completed my MBA, I was forced to read too many "strategy" books that weren't rooted in reality, especially when it came to people issues. My intent was to stray away from the technical books, in order to focus on the more general books that can help individuals Mind Their Business, as well as help them to learn to invest in RE and stocks.
I didn't want books on trend analysis and 200 moving day averages to buy stocks, rather I was looking for books like Beating the Street or The Index Fund Solution.
I do see your point however, so feel free to post your suggestions at will.
fabman
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I think the list is already very long. A star system with some kind of short comments might be helpful.
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The Finish Rich Workbook by David Bach
Apparently it just came out a little while ago and I didn't see it on your list.
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spideyman,
I plan on creating a ranking system at some point, but I'll have to talk to my tech friend.
The idea is to create a list of the best books that people have come across and perhaps create a java applet or cgi-based method of ranking the books ie, people just select their top 10 books, etc.
Hope that makes sense.
fabman
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'The Master Key to Riches' by Napoleon Hill
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"Acres of Diamonds" by Russel H. Conwell
"Rental Houses for the Successful Small Investor" by Suzanne P. Thomas
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Any Others anyone???
Take a look at the original list and see if you think I've missed any.
fabman
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The ART OF WAR.
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Value Investing Today by Brandes
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Anthony Robbins Awaken The Giant Within, Get the Edge is a great program as well. BFL (Bill Phillips) is great too, I lost 30 pounds and still have 3 weeks left in my 12 week challenge! Great list Fabman!
Steve
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Wow,
What a great thread.
Unlimited Power By Tony Robbins
Unlimited Wealth By Paul Zane Pilzer
God Wants you to Be Rich By Paul Zane Pilzer
21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership By John C Maxwell
17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork By John C Maxwell
Your Roadmap for Success By John C Maxwell
Your First Year In Network Marketing By Mark Yarnell
Your Best Year in Network Marketing By Mark Yarnell
See You at the Top By Zig Ziglar
More Wealth With out Risk By Charles Givins
Waht they Still Do Not Teach You At The Harvard Business School Mark McCormick
Learn to Earn Peter Lynch
In Search of Excellence Tom Peters
What would be great if there was a website with reviews people could post for all these books.
Regards,
John
John
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I am also reading Robert Kiyosaki's first book, (prior to Rich Dad Poor Dad) "If you want to Be Rich And Happy Don't Go to School. I am only in the second chapter, but it kind of has the same tone of Rich Kid Smart Kid.
I also do not think I saw The Business School for People Who Like Helping People, The Eight Hidden Values of a Network Marketing Company" It is a Great Book for those interested in going down that path.
Regards,
John
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Hi Fabman,
I've been on your site and I must to say that is really helpfull to me (sorry for the bad english).
I would add The Zurich Axioms.
Rgds
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As I've read about half of the books listed in this thread, I am very surprised that no one mentioned my favourite, the one without which I would have given up my dreams:
"All You Can Do Is All You Can Do But All You Can Do Is Enough" by A.L.Williams
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What a great list! I've been thinking about doing something like this myself!
One that I would add to the biography section is "Texas Rich" by Harry Hurt III. Great book on the life of oil-magnate H. L. Hunt. (Just don't pattern your entire life after this guy!)
Thanks for starting the thread!
Jason
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