Brennan Schlagbaum

The Roadmap to Financial Freedom

A Millionaire's Guide to Building Automated Wealth

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Produktbeschreibung

Practical strategies crafted from firsthand experience to help anyone achieve financial security The Roadmap to Financial Freedom: A Millionaire's Guide to Building Automated Wealth tells the story of how Brennan Schlagbaum, veteran Certified Public Accountant and founder of Budgetdog Academy, and his wife paid off over $300,000 in debt that they had accumulated by the time they were just 24 years old. Building on his personal challenges and successes in achieving financial security and independence, Schlagbaum explains how anyone can practically follow a similar path to achieve similar results in their own lives. The book explores comprehensive strategies for crafting a plan to turn around your personal finances and rock-solid budgeting techniques that help you get control of your income and spending patterns. Building on the three core tenets of tracking, growing, and protecting your money, Schlagbaum guides readers through every step of the process in achieving personal financial success. Perfect for members of new and growing families, young professionals, and anyone else seeking to redefine their relationship with money, The Roadmap to Financial Freedom: A Millionaire's Guide to Building Automated Wealth is both an inspiring, motivating story of overcoming financial obstacles and an intuitive, insightful, and hands-on roadmap to financial independence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9781394217243
• ISBN-10: 1394217242
• Artikelnr.: 69080934

Autorenporträt

BRENNAN SCHLAGBAUM is a veteran CPA living in Dallas, Texas and founder of Budgetdog Academy, an online financial academy helping people get financially fit and free from debt. After achieving financial freedom by 31, he now aims to help others achieve the same financial success.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments xi About the Author xiii Introduction xv Part I: Track Your
Money 1 Chapter 1: Who I Am: My Journey 3 Chapter 2: The First Step 15
Lesson 1: The Psychology of Money 15 Lesson 2: Looking into the Mirror 20
Lesson 3: Changing Your Habits 23 Lesson 4: Building a Support Team 28
Lesson 5: Staying the Course 31 Chapter 3: Evaluate Your Financial
Situation: Getting Organized Through the Balance Sheet 37 Lesson 1: Know
Your Starting Point 38 Lesson 2: Evaluate Your Debt and Focus on Your Goals
39 Lesson 3: The Breakdown of the Balance Sheet in Steps 41 Lesson 4:
Understanding Your Net Worth 45 Chapter 4: Craft a Plan: Create Your Budget
49 Lesson 1: The Importance of Crafting Your Plan 49 Lesson 2:
Organizational Tips for Tracking Your Money 56 Chapter 5: Getting out of
Debt: The Triumph Before the Real Storm 61 Lesson 1: Say No to Spending 61
Lesson 2: Amortization Schedules for Debt Payoff Success 62 Lesson 3: Stay
on Track 66 Part II: Grow Your Money 69 Chapter 6: Setting the Stage for
Your Investments 71 Lesson 1: Compound Interest 72 Lesson 2: Investing 101:
Understanding Stock Market Basics 78 Lesson 3: Understanding Types of Asset
Classes 82 Lesson 4: Breaking Down Equity Asset Classes 87 Lesson 5:
Diversification 89 Lesson 6: Target Date Fund Diversification 93 Lesson 7:
Single Asset versus Mutual Fund versus Index Fund versus Exchange-Traded
Funds 94 Chapter 7: Formulating Your Investment Plan 101 Lesson 1: Where to
Buy Asset Classes 101 Lesson 2: Types of Investment Accounts 102 Lesson 3:
Fees: What They Are and Why They Matter So Much 121 Lesson 4: When to
Invest 128 Lesson 5: How Much to Invest 129 Lesson 6: Risk Profile for
Investing 130 Lesson 7: Investing Framework 132 Part III: Protect Your
Money 137 Chapter 8: Build Your Moat 139 Lesson 1: Protecting Your Money
Through Insurance 140 Lesson 2: Protecting Your Money Through Tax
Diversification 149 Lesson 3: Protecting Your Money Through Tax Planning
and Tax Preparation 150 Lesson 4: Protecting Your Money Through Wills and
Trusts 151 Lesson 5: Protecting Your Money Through Durable Powers of
Attorney 154 Lesson 6: Protecting Your Money Through Credit 156 Chapter 9:
Budgetdog, My Money Mindset, and My Passion 161 Chapter 10: Logan Lee, an
Unimaginable Reality: My WHY 167 Conclusion 173 Glossary of Common
Investing Terms 177 Resources 187 References 189 Disclaimer 191 Index 193