The Last Chance Millionaire
It's Not Too Late to Become Wealthy

I reviewed this book two years ago but have often thought since then that I'd missed the mark. I'm finally returning to peel off two of the stars I originally gave it and to say why. Some of the advice given to me to promote my own book has been based on the notion that an author should have a "back......more

This book is a bit dated, but that is not the major issue I have with it. The major issue I have with it is it constantly promotes a form of arbitrage using the equity in your home and putting it into "conservative" investments. I think remortgaging and using the equity to invest is much more risk th......more

I was a little disappointed in this book at first. The case studies and examples were only for baby boomers, but that was the author's intention. But in the end it made me feel like there is hope for me yet since I'm not as old as that. I felt his descriptions of his recommended investments were con......more

Andrew starts with a good discussion of the basics, such as compound interest vs. simple interest, and the different types of tax-advantaged retirement accounts most Americans use, as well as knocking down a few myths about Social Security. If you need the primer, this is some good foundational mate......more

This book presents the idea of utilizing indexed universal life insurance as a tax free retirement alternative with the idea that the premium payments are tax deductible and then you can borrow against it down the road, tax free. While this strategy should be one of many tax advantage retirement str......more