I'm someone who highlights, underlines, and annotates like crazy while reading books, particularly non-fiction ones. This book was no exception. I have 214 highlighted passages and 8 notes on this book, according to my Kindle. This book is stock full of useful information that I'm certain I will reference again.
If you're debating between the Kindle edition or the paperback edition - go with the Kindle edition. There are a lot of reference URLs in the book and being able to open the book with the Kindle for PC application and just click on these links was incredibly useful.
I think that I have a strong handle on my personal finances, compared to most people. I skimmed through most of the chapter on debt and buying a house, as those sections weren't really applicable to me. In the other chapters covering money and happiness, goals, budgeting, banking, credit, large purchases, insurance, taxes, death, investing, and retirement, I highlighted quite a few passages.
A lot of the ideas that J.D. Roth presented, I already knew and understood. But sometimes, he was like a trusted friend reminding you that those things you know in the back of your head actually are true.
On the other hand, as a recent newcomer to the US and as a recent college graduate, some sections were incredibly valuable to me:
- In the chapter on using credit wisely, he went into great depth on where your credit score comes from and how it can hurt you to not have good credit.
- The chapter on buying a car would have been incredibly handy before I bought my car, but it was still useful to read it over now to help me to understand the process a little better.
- The chapter on mortgages, to me, was interesting food for thought, but not applicable at this current stage of my life. It helped to cement some of my reasons for renting now.
- The chapter on personal investing was incredibly valuable to me both as a newcomer to the US and a recent college graduate. Before reading this chapter, I had a lot of tidbits floating through my head on how investing worked here and in general, but reading this chapter helped greatly to feel more comfortable with the investing options available to me.
In my opinion, the most valuable aspect of this book is that it collects information on so many different topics. Yes, you could find a lot of this information on the internet somewhere, but that takes incredible amounts of time. An excellent foundation for many financial topics is in this book, with links to websites with further information - essentially, J.D. Roth took care of a lot of that legwork for you in his research for this book.
Who is this book for? It's great for newcomers to the US, recent college graduates, someone looking for general reference material and links to further information on a variety of general finance topics (check the table of contents to make sure this has something related to what you're looking for), or someone who needs to get a better understanding of their personal finances.
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