Rich Dad's Success Stories

Chapter One

ED AND TERRY COLMAN Venice, California

If we watched a movie about 1960s free thinkers morphing into twenty-first-century rent collectors we would have chalked it up as a Hollywood fantasy. But the story is true. Three years ago, Terry and I began to buy real estate. We now own eight homes in three states worth over $1 million. How and why we changed our minds and moved from fiscal stagnation to financial action is, in a very profound way, the story of how many in our generation have changed, too.

Take One

Maybe our pre-real estate situation shouldn't have been so surprising. Money had not been a topic of discussion in my house, so I didn't receive any information, much less training, about it. My parents thought I was irresponsible where money was concerned; as soon I got it, I spent it. In contrast, my younger sister, the "responsible one," always saved her money. Education was regarded as a good thing, but I was never told that I needed to get a good education that would lead to a solid job and th ... read full excerpt from: Rich Dad Success Stories: Real Life Success Stories From Real Life People Who Followed the Rich Dad Lessons ebook