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Title: A Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning Thirty
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| A Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning Thirty by Ballantine Books One of the Most Inspiring Books I've Read | | In Alan Corey's book, "A Million Bucks by 30", he recounts with painstaking detail how he, an average Joe from an average Middle-Class American family became a millionaire. He achieved this feat through extraordinary penny-pinching, smart partnerships, sheer determination, and lots of(not-so-so-hard)work. I was in tears by the end of the book because he breaks down his efforts and his networth every step of the way, and you feel his struggle, and you also see his progress. So when, at the end of the book he is triumphant (after many years living as a pauper during his climb to the top and dealing with some who thought he was a super-crazy cheapskate) and he can then enjoy the fruits of his years of struggle, I just wept a bit. It was so inspiring to see that with sheer determination and a never give-up spirit ANYONE can become rich. Especially, when he frequently stated throughout the book that he had no particular talents. What Alan Corey DID have, though, was a vision that he NEVER lost sight of. I LOVED IT! | | A Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning Thirty by Ballantine Books 5 stars | | I was walking around barnes and noble looking for real estate/investment books when i came across this one. I feel lucky that I ran into this book because it's completley changed how I handle my money. It's simple and to the point. I'm two years out of college. When I graduated I went out and bought flat screen tv's, camera, xbox,ipod and brand new car. I was doing everything wrong. Then I read this book which this kid did the complete opposite. And now I will never go out or buy a new product ever again. Thats a big point I think the Corey is trying to make. Instead of buying toys for himself, he bought real estate and gave himself the opportunity to be lucky. The book was worth the 15 bucks and it only takes a couple days to finish. | | A Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning Thirty by Ballantine Books Good Book | | I enjoyed reading this book. It is written in a way that makes it fun and funny to read. I think that a lot of people can relate to Alan Corey. Recent college grads not making too much money thinking about what they want to due with their lives. Although it is entitled Million Bucks by 30, I think it would be helpful for all ages. It is rare that an author explains almost step by step how they became millionaires. So it is refreshing to read a book like this. | | A Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning Thirty by Ballantine Books Okay, but Flawed | | This is a good book, but it's unrealistic. For one, the author starts his life with absolutely no debt after college and has 10,000 in the bank. While this is possible, most people who have just finished college, leave with debt, and barely can scrape a 1000 together. As a new graduate, I've recently been hired in a decent paying job. With the excess of money, I wanted to learn how to make good investments. The author is able to show how living simply can yield a larger savings account. That's not my issue. I know how to save. LOL The funniest thing is that he moves to New York and finds a four-hundred dollar a month apartment in the projects. This is dumb luck. Of course he's saving a lot of money, but it's not realistic. As a NYer, a cheap apartment in the hood is 1050/mo, not four hundred. His experience is not common. So, while he's able to save forty thousand in five years--not that difficult if you consider interest and steady saving, he's able to buy his first apartment for 100K. Not realistic. A nice apartment in the city (any borough) is about 300K. Dumb luck. He fixes the apartment up, and eventually flips the apartment. He invests in properties. Not a smart move in New York in 2008, to flip houses for a large turnover. So....this guy lucked out, but he includes his properties in the equation. He is not actually a cash millionaire...No respect for that. I contemplated returning the book after reading it once...Again, this book is not realistic. | | A Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning Thirty by Ballantine Books Greatest money book that I've read. | | A Million Bucks by 30 is one of the best money books that I've read so far. When Alan Corey graduated from college, he set as his goal to be a millionaire by the time he was thirty. The book reads like a novel. What will he do next to reach that goal. He has such great money ideas but best of all, he thinks outside the box. He gets a job in NYC for $40,000 a year. How many people would become millionaires on a salary like that in an expensive city like NY. He does it. The book is a great influence. You can't do it exactly like Alan did it, but you get the idea. On sleepless nights, I read to put myself back to sleep. This isn't the book to do that. It keeps me awake wondering what he will do next. | | A Million Bucks by 30: How to Overcome a Crap Job, Stingy Parents, and a Useless Degree to Become a Millionaire Before (or After) Turning Thirty by Ballantine Books Product Description | At twenty-two, Alan Corey left his mom’s basement in Atlanta and moved to New York City with one goal in mind: to become a millionaire by the time he was thirty. His parents and friends laughed, but six years later they were all celebrating his prosperous accomplishment–at a bar Corey owned in one of Brooklyn’s hippest neighborhoods.
No, Corey didn’t climb the corporate ladder to build his fortune. In fact, he worked the same entry-level 9-to-5 job for six years straight. But by pinching his pennies and making sound investments, he watched a pittance blossom into a seven-digit bank account. In A Million Bucks by 30, Corey recounts his rags-to-riches journey and shares his secrets to success.
WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS BOOK UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED TO BECOME FILTHY RICH.
“What a steal . . . For any entrepreneur the advice in these pages is worth more than a million bucks.”
–Barbara Corcoran, founder, The Corcoran Group
“This is the best personal finance book I’ve ever read. Part self-help, part brass-tacks money guide; Corey’s confessional tales of making it to the million dollar mark are as hilarious as they are helpful.”
–John Reynolds, writer, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |
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