Barefoot Investor

**This Classic Edition has been updated for 2022 and beyond** THE ALL-TIME #1 AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLER
 
This is the only money guide you'll ever need.
 
That's a bold claim, given there are thousands of finance books on the shelves.
 
Yet there's a reason this book is in one in every 20 Australian homes.
 
You'll find out how to create an entire financial plan that is so simple you can sketch it on the back of a serviette ... and you'll be able to manage your money in 10 minutes a week.
 
The Barefoot Steps stand the test of time. In this classic edition, you'll get the skinny on:
* Saving up a six-figure house deposit in 20 months
* Doubling your income using the 'Trapeze Strategy'
* Saving $77641 on your mortgage and wiping out almost 7 years of payments
* Handing your kids (or grandkids) a $140000 cheque on their 21st birthday
* Why you don't need $1 million to retire ...with the 'Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy'
 
Sound too good to be true? It's not.
 
This book is full of stories from everyday Aussies--single people, young families, empty nesters, retirees--who have applied the Barefoot Steps, freed themselves from crippling debt and achieved amazing, life-changing results.
 
And you're next.

List of contents

Read this first xi
 
Prelude: Living Barefoot xiii
 
The alpaca attitude xvii
 
Part 1: Plant
 
Step 1: Schedule a Monthly Barefoot Date Night 4
 
Money talk is better with garlic bread and wine 7
 
Barefoot banking 13
 
The world's cheapest super funds 23
 
Your insurance sorted in one beer 37
 
How to live like a multimillionaire right now 47
 
Step 2: Set Up Your Buckets 58
 
The Serviette Strategy 61
 
Step 3: Domino Your Debts 76
 
Removing the brainwashing 79
 
Domino your debts (except your HECS-HELP and your home) 91
 
Part 2: Grow
 
How to double your income 109
 
Step 4: Buy Your Home 120
 
How to buy your home in 20 months 123
 
Step 5: Increase Your Super to 15 Per Cent 140
 
Your Golden Ticket -- becoming an investor 143
 
The automatic millionaire -- how to put your investing on autopilot 159
 
Should I buy an investment property? 171
 
How to be a hero -- investing for your kids (or grandkids) 179
 
Step 6: Boost Your Mojo to Three Months 190
 
The power of Mojo -- never worry about money again 193
 
Part 3: Harvest
 
Step 7: Get the Banker off Your Back 202
 
The curious case of the postcode povvos 205
 
How to save $77 641 and wipe almost seven years off your mortgage 209
 
Step 8: Nail Your Retirement Number 218
 
The Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy -- why you don't need $1 million to retire 221
 
Finding your financial advisor on Tinder 235
 
It's not about you -- a gift for your family 243
 
Step 9: Leave a Legacy 246
 
Building your legacy -- a very special Barefoot Date Night 249
 
Freedom starts today -- you don't have to wait 257
 
We'll meet again 261
 
I've got this 263
 
A final word 264
 
Where to get more info 265
 
Index 269

About the author

SCOTT PAPE is the Barefoot Investor. Since 2002, he has reached millions of Australians through his email newsletter, national weekend newspaper columns and appearances on TV and radio. In 2014 Scott and his family lost everything in a bushfire...but what they did next-that's the real story.

Summary

**This Classic Edition has been updated for 2022 and beyond** THE ALL-TIME #1 AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLER

This is the only money guide you'll ever need.

That's a bold claim, given there are thousands of finance books on the shelves.

Yet there's a reason this book is in one in every 20 Australian homes.

You'll find out how to create an entire financial plan that is so simple you can sketch it on the back of a serviette ... and you'll be able to manage your money in 10 minutes a week.

The Barefoot Steps stand the test of time. In this classic edition, you'll get the skinny on:
* Saving up a six-figure house deposit in 20 months
* Doubling your income using the 'Trapeze Strategy'
* Saving $77641 on your mortgage and wiping out almost 7 years of payments
* Handing your kids (or grandkids) a $140000 cheque on their 21st birthday
* Why you don't need $1 million to retire ...with the 'Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy'

Sound too good to be true? It's not.

This book is full of stories from everyday Aussies--single people, young families, empty nesters, retirees--who have applied the Barefoot Steps, freed themselves from crippling debt and achieved amazing, life-changing results.

And you're next.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Pape, Scott (Pluto Press Pape
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.2022
• EAN: 9780730397533
• ISBN: 978-0-7303-9753-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Money, bank, stock market; Personal finance, Private Finanzplanung, Finance & Investments, Finanz- u. Anlagewesen