If you are looking for a guide to getting rich quick, this is NOT the book for you! If you are willing to create a wealthy future for you and your family with confidence, commitment and financial intelligence, read on! 95 per cent of Australians are currently retired on less than $25,000 a year. Appreciating Assets was written for people who want more than that, who want to retire with wealth and financial independence.

This book shows you an invaluable and unique approach to creating and keeping wealth. It features valuable step-by-step information about:

* The need for investment
* The creation of wealth
* The whys and hows of successful investment for you and your children
* The choice of assets and the advantages and disadvantages of each
* The psychological and physical factors which determine successful investment
* Practical information and advice on developing effective investment plans for the ordinary Australian
* How to use equity and leverage to boost the effectiveness of investment plans
* How to maintain, update and secure investments for a financially independent and wealthy future.

"This book is aimed at increasing the financial intelligence of its readers. Wealth is a decision and a choice. Choose to do nothing and you are deciding to be poor. Without financial intelligence, wealth becomes a slippery customer that evades the grasp of many hardworking and well-meaning people." Jim Downs

Introduction: How to appreciate assets!
Chapter 1: Why the need for investment?
Chapter 2: How do we make investment work?
Chapter 3: How to realise your financial goals
Chapter 4: Using other people's money to make your own!
Chapter 5: The options available in the investment market
Chapter 6: Why I put my money on property
Chapter 7: How to get hold of other people's money!
Chapter 8: How much investment is enough?
Chapter 9: Paying for your future
Chapter 10: Ask the Tax Office for money!
Chapter 11: You've made it, now hold on to it!
Chapter 12: Final words