The Barefoot Investor

Read this first xi Prelude: Living Barefoot xiii The alpaca attitude xvii Part 1: Plant Step 1: Schedule a Monthly Barefoot Date Night 4 Money talk is better with garlic bread and wine 7 Barefoot banking 13 The world's cheapest super funds 23 Your insurance sorted in one beer 37 How to live like a multimillionaire right now 47 Step 2: Set Up Your Buckets 58 The Serviette Strategy 61 Step 3: Domino Your Debts 76 Removing the brainwashing 79 Domino your debts (except your HECS-HELP and your home) 91 Part 2: Grow How to double your income 109 Step 4: Buy Your Home 120 How to buy your home in 20 months 123 Step 5: Increase Your Super to 15 Per Cent 140 Your Golden Ticket -- becoming an investor 143 The automatic millionaire -- how to put your investing on autopilot 159 Should I buy an investment property? 171 How to be a hero -- investing for your kids (or grandkids) 179 Step 6: Boost Your Mojo to Three Months 190 The power of Mojo -- never worry about money again 193 Part 3: Harvest Step 7: Get the Banker off Your Back 202 The curious case of the postcode povvos 205 How to save $77 641 and wipe almost seven years off your mortgage 209 Step 8: Nail Your Retirement Number 218 The Donald Bradman Retirement Strategy -- why you don't need $1 million to retire 221 Finding your financial advisor on Tinder 235 It's not about you -- a gift for your family 243 Step 9: Leave a Legacy 246 Building your legacy -- a very special Barefoot Date Night 249 Freedom starts today -- you don't have to wait 257 We'll meet again 261 I've got this 263 A final word 264 Where to get more info 265 Index 269

SCOTT PAPE is the Barefoot Investor. Since 2002, he has reached millions of Australians through his email newsletter, national weekend newspaper columns and appearances on TV and radio. In 2014 Scott and his family lost everything in a bushfire...but what they did next--that's the real story.