CHAPTER 1Get Prepared

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

WARREN BUFFETT

If you were to ever decide to handle your own finances, you would find that it just may be the most overly emotional period of your life. Well, hopefully not the most emotional, but no doubt, it would definitely rank in the top five. I use the term overly emotional because there is simply not one single emotion that can accurately describe how someone may feel when he makes a life-changing decision as such. There are a number of different ways you may feel; you may feel joyous, excited, or anxious or possibly scared, fearful, or nervous. Either way, emotions run high because it is one of the most ...

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