For the love of Home Ownership

Easy to say and yes I am happy, actually I am ecstatic that I finally entered the home owner elite. Well it seems that way at the moment even though I know we are no more elite than anyone else. In actual fact nothing has really changed. I have to pay money to someone else every month for the privileged of staying in a house. I do not like where I am going with this. I love my new house, all mine now I need to make it my own. The mortgage and insurance are taken care of and I have my new carpets arriving next week so all is well.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Real Estate Investing Advice: Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

By Elwood Misch

Have you heard about the book "Rich Dad Poor Dad"? If you're into real estate investing, you sure did. If you're into a course of getting out of the rat race, you definitely did hear about it too. And of course, you probably know it's author, who's been showing people the ways to getting rich for perhaps 20 years now. No other than, Robert Kiyosaki, a very well-known financing and real estate investing guru.

What can Rich Dad Poor Dad show you how to be successful? His ideas are about thinking outside the traditional box. One of the things he teaches us from the beginning is to not think of making money the old way. Yes, he says go to school and get a college degree. That is very important. But, don't worry about the PhD and working as a college professor. Not that its necessarily a bad thing if you want to be a working stiff the rest of your life.

Rich Dad talks a lot about taking your brain power and creating real wealth through real estate investing. Its actually quite appropriate to talk about that today, since many homes now are in foreclosure. In fact, the principles that Rich Dad Poor Dad teaches is line with age old tried and true principles of real estate investing. The advice he gives is about smart financing for the most part.

For real estate investing to work, one should really know the properties to buy, when to sell it, and when to hold. And the way to know those is by applying Robert Kiyosaki's principles on finding the right properties, getting creative financing and focusing on financial and academic literacy.

Robert Kiyosaki has been followed by many because of his practical ways on how to be successful. He's not the only one teaching it, in fact, he wasn't the first one to teach and talk about ways to be successful. Rich Dad Poor Dad is just one of the many books that discuss about it. However, around his successes, Robert Kiyosaki has also had some controversies.

A lot of people have been questioning and investigating whether the example stories in Rich Dad Poor Dad are true. Many are wondering whether the people in the book do or did exist. Some even have reviewed that the people were made up in order to make the Rich Dad more believable.

I did not know this until recently, but the co-author of his first book, Rich Dad Poor Dad, sued him in 2007. I, like the author, do not know the reason for the suit, but anybody who gets sued, is sued for something dastardly, I'm sure. Frivolous lawsuits can backfire on you.

Regardless of all the controversies, Robert Kiyosaki does give some sound advice about financing and real estate investing through the book Rich Dad Poor Dad. However, it's important to note that his teachings aren't new, and you can always seek some advice from other real estate investing gurus. Whether the controversies are true or not, it is still your call if you want to follow or not follow Robert Kiyosaki.

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