<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061624419-post1.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1061624419-post1.html</a></p>
<p>this is a link to my post on the FA forum. But I wanted to cast a wide net and share this over here too.</p>
<p>this is a Legal, legitimate download</p>
<p>I thought this would be a cookbook. :p</p>
<p>I cant get it to download…all I see are symbols and “SUZE”. I’ll try again later.</p>
<p>Wow, 227 pages! Thanks girlfriend!!</p>
<p>I can’t either. It just had gibberish the first time, some font issue, and now it says file is damaged.</p>
<p>[Suze</a> Orman’s Free Book Download](<a href=“Oprah.com”>Suze Orman's New Book)
this goes right to the Oprah page (I found this looking for the video of Suze on Oprah this week, never found that)</p>
<p>I had the same problem when I opened the pdf and hit save.</p>
<p>To download the book, go to website above:
If you’re on a PC, right-click (Mac users: Ctrl-click) on the link ‘Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan’ above. Internet Explorer users, select Save Target As; Firefox users select “Save Link As.”</p>
<p>Select where you wish to save the file on your computer, and then click “Save.”</p>
<p>Once the file has been saved, go to the location where you saved the file and open it to begin reading.</p>
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<p>That’s was I was getting too but I followed SIP’s instructions and now am able to download.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>Suze in a nutshell–put all your money in the market and live like a monk. Watch the value go to near zero. Rinse and repeat. Great advice. The new paradox of thrift.</p>
<p>I’ll spend as much as I can today and have just enough to live like a monk tomorrow. I get to the same place with lots more enjoyment and fond memories of good times.</p>
<p>Now, now barrons – play nice. I haven’t read the free download, but I think of Suze’s message as “if you don’t have it don’t spend it.” Pretty simplistic IMO, but isn’t how this all went wrong???</p>
<p>From page 183:</p>
<p>“SILVER LINING: The $700 billion bailout bill Congress passed in October 2008 restored a college tax break that had expired. Through 2009, you can deduct up to $4,000 in college tuition and fees if your income is below $65,000 for single filers (you can receive a $2,000 deduction if your income is between $65,000 and $80,000) and $130,000 for those married
and filing jointly (you get the $2,000 deduction at incomes between $130,000 and $160,000). You can claim this deduction even if you do not file an itemized return.”</p>
<p>No, barrons, Suze’s message is “do not live beyond your means, use your credit cards judiciously, have 8-12 months of living expenses in the bank and pay off your mortgage as fast as you can”.</p>
<p>I have to agree with BunsenBurner. I spent last night reading the download.</p>
<p>Thanks sueinphilly, that worked.</p>
<p>Here’s her message</p>
<p>"“Your first step is you have to get out of credit card debt. After you’re out of credit card debt, you need an eight-month emergency fund.” She explained. “After you have an eight-month emergency fund, you have to save for a down payment on a home. If you already own a home, then what you have to do is start saving for a retirement account. There are certain steps that you have to do all the time regardless of what’s happening in this economy.” </p>
<p>Now the first two are fine. After that you have taken a major bath in most cases. More than once.</p>
<p>Suze will also say that owning a home is not right for everyone.</p>
<p>Barrons, if you die before you retire, think of any savings you have as a big life insurance payout for the family.</p>
<p>I am covered by social security and a government pension AND I’m still putting $$ into a 401K. I don’t want to work full time until I’m 67. </p>
<p>What is so wrong about saving for retirement?? Odds are that most of us will live to retire.</p>
<p>I downloaded and was reading it on my laptop when I thought to myself, too bad this isn’t like an iPhone where you can just rotate the computer so the page fits the screen shape…
So then I clicked on “View” at the top of the screen - lo and behold, you can rotate clockwise or counterclockwise and the pages fit the screen! I’m so happy to find this out!
Now back to reading.</p>
<p>I’ve been reading it today, too. Haven’t quite finished yet but so far I find it full of excellent advice. The section on paying for college was very good. I even learned something that I didn’t already know from CC – that a PLUS loan is forgiven upon the death of the parent who took out the loan. </p>
<p>When Suze Orman first started her TV show, I didn’t like her at all but she has grown on me ever since the financial crisis began. I like her common sense approach to money.</p>
<p>You mean the only way to get out of paying back my PLUS loan is to die? Wow, that sounds easy…</p>
<p>Suzy rocks! I downloaded the book and (sheepishly) have yet to read it. But every time I see her on Oprah, MSNBC, or CNN, I think, this woman knows her stuff. I should listen to her!</p>