He’s the most huckstery of the major personal finance canon authors. And his book is pretty meh in comparison to like The Simple Path to Wealth or even I Will Teach You To Be Rich (which I have my own problems with). I feel like he just got in at the right time to go viral, he shouldn’t be famous based on the book itself.
I love this dude, he says some fucking weird ass shit.
So, ah, that’s not how that works.
If he “goes bust” and can’t make repayments the bank will take his cars and silver and gold.
This guy is a great author, and those four words “rich dad, poor dad” are masterfully crafted. The book basically says borrow money to buy houses not boats. It’s not revolutionary, it’s just packaged in a way which is appealing to… poor dads.
Ya know I never really understood it. This book was recommended to me 94295832 times so I read it and everything in it seemed super obvious, and it was mostly just boring anecdotes about how he discovered the idea of putting your money to work for you.
Aspirational propaganda. You’re only poor because you’re not as smart as me and I’ve found all of the secrets to being rich! Why isn’t everyone rich, this is crazy to me.
Thank you, I always assumed it was more capitalism pearl clutching and to know it’s another ‘get a mortgage’ flip answered all my questions.
Yeah it’s the common sense stuff we all know to be true. “Save and invest your money! Compound interest magic! Investments increase in value!”
IIRC he makes a case for ripping off his employees. Justification is that if he have them more money they would just waste it, but he will invest it.
Is that before or after the insider trading?
Despite the “get rich quicker” mentality,Kiyosaki’s books were revolutionary for me. They basically taught me that it’s impossible for the working class to get rich. You need to invest in either a business or real estate.
The missing part is that it’s practically impossible to invest in a business or real estate. You need vast amounts of capital or a loan with nearly zero interest. Oh and the ruling class has been sucking us dry for decades.
Still, his books are very valuable knowledge.
It depends on the type of investing you want to do. The working class can absolutely invest in ETFs at varying risk profiles and build a retirement. They can’t drop $100k on an online startup and hope it explodes. They can invest in starting their own business.
It’s really hard to go from thousandaire to billionaire, but you can absolutely hit millionaire.
The working class can absolutely invest in ETFs at varying risk profiles and build a retirement.
Small investments that won’t grow very large, and all while struggling.
They can invest in starting their own business.
Most fail. It’s usually a poor investment.
You are so pointlessly negative. What they said is true. Those are the most common avenues for middle class to move classes.
*poor dad
