Best seller in personal money management, investing basics, college funding!
It's here! Your guide to a financially independent life. No more money stress! This book is a modern, comprehensive guide to your personal finances.
Why this book? Right now, you may be browsing personal finance books in a library, bookstore, or online. Why this one? Is it worth a couple of dollars and hours of your time?
Here’s why. I’ve read the others. Almost every book was someone telling their own personal rags to riches tale. That’s admirable, but the likelihood that it’s close to you and your situation is remote. What worked for them will probably not work for you. Everyone is different, every situation is unique. Some assume their readers all want to be mega-rich. In my experience, most people just want to be happy, without money stress. But, if you want to be rich, I’ll show you how to do that too.
So, why this one? Because this book is based on my experience as a financial counselor, investment advisor, and financial planner. This book is a user manual for your money! No matter who you are, there's plenty for you, including FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early).
This book is the way to financial peace, to relieving the number one stressor in our lives and relationships. It’s the guide to living every day on your own terms, and never having to go to a job you no longer love, of never having to miss those important life events because, work. I’ll keep it simple—just the way your personal finances should be! The first word of the title is no coincidence. KISS means Keep It Simple Silly! Maybe I’ll even make you laugh. Your household is a mini-business, only you measure success in ‘happy’, not some corporate financial metric.
I won't guilt-trip you about buying a latte. I’ll convince you that doing the right things now, getting over the hump quickly, means buying all the lattes and new cars you want, with cash, not credit, for the rest of your life. Those lattes will taste so much better, and you’ll enjoy the ride more in a car you own, not the bank. You’ll watch the former car payment money grow like weeds in your investment accounts.
Can you trust me? Yes, you can. I’ve helped countless people, and I want you to do well. I want you to be happy, and enjoy this one life we get (as far as we know!). This book is for you. This is generational knowledge for your kids and parents.
Who am I? When I was a kid, I was a huge superhero fan. I’d sit in the corner luncheonette and read comic books on my way home from school until the owner would throw me out. I didn’t have the money to buy them, my parents didn’t have the money to give me. I’d peek out from my bedroom at night and see my mother stressing out over a kitchen table full of bills, writing out checks and stuffing them in envelopes. Kiss your money goodbye, I heard more than once (hence, my title!). I watched my father come home from work exhausted, especially as he got older. I didn’t want to be the superhero who could fly, shoot lasers out of my eyes, or swing from building to building on spider webs. I wanted to be the kind that could help people like my parents. That’s where the title of this book came from. Instead of paying your hard earned money out to everyone else, watching each paycheck or retirement distribution fly away, you’re going to welcome it back. Hello, hard earned money! Let’s have some fun together!
I became that superhero. Let’s get this party started!
Bill Hines is an AFCPE(R) Accredited Financial Counselor(R), Ramsey Master Financial Coach, Investment Advisor Representative, and Financial/Retirement/FIRE planner located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.He is the founder of Money Coach Group, Inc (an organization that has helped countless clients emerge from debt to a better life) and Emancipare (an organization that provides honest, ethical, inexpensive, flat-fee, fee-only, fiduciary investment advice and financial planning).A proud United States Air Force Veteran, he used his GI Bill benefits for a Bachelor of Science degree from New York Institute of Technology and an Associate Degree in Information Technology from Tulsa Jr College. Originally hailing from the Garden State of New Jersey, he has also lived for many years in Hershey, PA (Chocolatetown, USA).Bill has dedicated his professional life to helping people rise up from money stress, become financially independent, invest well, avoid getting scammed and ripped off, and living their one life on their own terms, each and every day.
