The Frugal Millionaires: 70 millionaires anonymously share their ideas about money to help each other and you

by: Jeff Lehman

Published by: Mentor Press

Reviewed by Mark M. Owen, Ph.D.

Imagine yourself in a room with seventy people from all walks of life, each of whom is immensely successful at managing their money. Then imagine that you had the time and audacity to walk up to each of them, confidently introduce yourself, and ask how they became rich. That’s Jeff Lehman’s book, The Frugal Millionaires, in a nutshell. The advice contained within the text is well worth the price of the book, especially if you’re considering paying a financial adviser to tell you what you should be doing to improve your financial acumen.

Lehman surveyed seventy millionaires to find out their ideas about the ins and outs of money, including stocks and bonds, real estate, credit cards, and of course, taxes. He also garnered their opinions on other topics such as mortgages, clothing, travel, paying for education and retirement planning. Strangely enough, he also asked about marriage, which is an interesting aside. The responses run the gamut from well trodden to genuinely interesting and informative.

Also scattered among the pages are Lehman’s own short essays on just about everything remotely related to money management. He covers the common topics of real estate marketing, car selling and buying, and his views on smart retirement planning, often injecting humor into the mix, making these diversions entertaining. He also adds odd topics, like his favorite spending advice from horoscopes. The reader is getting the full scoop here.

Within the 191 pages of the paperback version are more than three thousand years of financial advice, assuming the average age of the millionaire interviewed was fifty. The result is a book that contains more apropos information than found in a year’s worth of “Wall Street Journals.”

Armchair Interviews says: If you’re feeling like it is time to brush up on money management, then this book is for you.

Author’s Web site: http://www.TheFrugalMillionaires.com