To say this book is radical in a negative sense would be an insult to the backbone of this country. The author Rob Roy "REMINDS" us that we have two strong hands----to accomplish anything we desire!
Ahhhh...America..."land of the free and home of the brave"
Yeah right! Most of us are sissy-babies! We cannot handle a book like this. That's right, I said sissy-baby! The thought of NO MORTGAGE scares the hell of most people. WHY!?!?! Because it GOES AGAINST THE MASSES! That's why. We are an image conscious nation - when we should be a character-conscious people!
I read this book one night in Borders. It disturbed me and moved me very much. I realized that at least for my "line of thought" regarding a home - I had settled. That night I made a decision at 30 years old to follow the principles in this book.
I am married and have been renting for 3.5 years. My wife and I purchased 2.1 Acres and have been living in a tent for two months now. I have no running water - but designed a hot shower system. I have a firepit, a toilet (which I bought for $9.99 at a hunting store), and my wife is as happy as ever!
We have chosen a design and will build in the spring. It will probably take us about 18 months to finish. After reading this book I realize that not everyone will choose to be mortgage-free - but ANYONE could be MORTGAGE FREE.
REMEMBER, DON"T FOLLOW THE MASSES - It will make you POOR!
Thanks Rob for your book and your vision!
Adam Edwards
On the other hand, if you are independent minded, don't mind waiting for something worthwhile, can handle some discomfort, enjoy doing things with your own hands, and are completely repulsed by the idea of spending the rest of your life paying the bank for a cookie-cutter tract house, you need to read this book.
Rob Roy has long been a familiar name in the world of alternative construction methods, yet the ideas presented in this book are applicable to any style of construction, from stick-framing to whatever you can imagine. This is a distillation of Mr. Roy's many years of mortgage-free building projects. Not exactly a how-to book in the sense of the actual building itself, it is, as the title suggests, a series of strategies on how to save money and keep the bank out of your project, from finding and buying land, to building a temporary shelter, to designing & building the house itself. The second half of the book tells the stories of various folks who have actually pursued these strategies, and the various successes and pitfalls they encountered.
THIS IS A VERY EMPOWERING BOOK. While reading it you will begin to feel a rising sense of excitement as it dawns on you that YOU ACTUALLY CAN DO THIS. Visit www.cordwoodmasonry.com to order the book direct.