Tony Steuer

This is the most comprehensive book I’ve ever read on how to be a financial grown up. I kept thinking about how I wish this book were written before I turned 18 and that my parents had given it to me for graduation from high school. The author does an amazing job of describing every financial possibility one could imagine, and how to handle it, in this book. By the time I read it, at 55 years old, I had been familiar with and doing almost everything described in it, so honestly it didn’t do much for changing my outlook on finances, but I stand by it as a manual that every young person should be made to read, follow, and live by! I give this book 5 out of 5 stars because the author is so thorough and so accurate with his data. There’s absolutely nothing I can say that would take away any stars from this review.… (more)

This is not a book that you "READ"; this is a book you "DO". The idea is to be prepared in the case of an emergency or your death to have all of your affairs in order and all together in one place. For example if your house is on fire you can grab your financial binder and have all you important papers with you. Or when you die, your loved ones can have all your affairs together so they don't have to dig through piles of papers and not even ever know if they were able to locate the paperwork for all of you assets. It is very comprehensive. At the beginning it has a very thorough chapter listing with the details of what is in each chapter. It also has an extensive index at the back. Very well put together, well organized, and complete. All the charts are accessible online so that as your information needs to be updated, you will have access to clean, not written on, forms to update your information as needed. I highly recommend this book. And I highly recommend that you take the time to "DO" what the book says, just to have the peace of mind for yourself and for your loved ones in the event of an emergency or a tragedy.… (more)