Clark Howard's Living Large for the Long Haul
Consumer-tested Ways to Overhaul Your Finances, Increase Your Savings, and Get Your Life Back on Track

This book is a series of individuals' stories. I found it frustrating to read through each person's story to get to some useful nuggets at the end. Some of the stories didn't even support the morals at the end. Bottom line: lots of reading and not lots of payoff.......more

This book covers a wide range of topics, so you may not find all of it relevant to your immediate situation. I particularly enjoyed the sections on Credit and How to Live Below Your Means. So many books, like the Dave Ramsey series, for instance, have you completely avoiding the use of credit, I fin......more

Clark Howard is full of great advice and tips about how to be a savvy consumer, a financial planner, and an all-around prepared person for your financial future. This book has some great case studies from people Clark has interviewed over the years. I recommend this to anyone who is just starting ou......more

This is an excellent book with tried and true stories of consumers who conquered financial situations. This book includes great tips and resources for anyone to raise and keep capital and make smart financial decisions. Great book for the beginning and intermediate savers!......more

Boy, did I love this book! I live rather simply by default. Of course over the last 5 years I live even more simply than I did when I started on the journey of Southeast Green. However, there are always new ideas to learn to save more and obviously it doesn’t have to be “green”. I will save on avera......more