You CAN Retire Young: How to Retire in Your 40s or 50s Without Being Rich
Author: Larry A. Ferstenou, Joe Nendza, Shannon Murdock
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ISBN: 1589820088
Publisher: American Book Publishing (October, 2002)
Sales Rank: 14,145
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 out of 5
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Rating: 4 out of 5
Advice that just about anyone could find useful
I just finished reading "You CAN Retire Young" by Larry Ferstenou. The book was well researched and well written also. There are many personal finance books available (some which the author recommends) but this book is by someone who was able to retire at 42 on a modest income by following some simple principles. I think this book gives a good perspective of how anyone could accumulate sufficient wealth for retirement as long as they have the discipline to start early.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Valuable Information
I just finished reading Larry Ferstenou's book "You Can Retire Young" and found it to be not only packed with valuable information on retirement, but also interesting and entertaining.
It's helpful not only to those who are planning for their retirement in their 40's, but also for people like me who retired at 55. Larry gives a lot of details from his personal life including success and failure. I found his personal budget items and practical suggestions to be very helpful. I especially enjoyed the way he leads the reader from chapter to chapter with finesse and continuity. A good read all around.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Part -time work? Are you really Retired?
I was impressed that the two of them were getting by on such a relatively small amount of capital so it was a bit of a disappointment to learn far into the book that both of them WORK part-time. Maybe the title really should have been: "How to live well without a full time job". That aside it is a well researched comprehensive book about retirement.
As far as investments go, he like so many others states that the stock market is the best place to invest and nobody can prove that when you take into consideration real estate investments.
Larry Ferstenou invested in a condominium but gave it up because he found he was not meant to be a landlord. If he had thought to hire a professional property manager and stuck with condos, he maybe could have really retired (that means no WORK) at all. I did that with my five condos (at age 51) Similar Products
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