Book Review: Wealth Can't Wait

Book Review: Wealth Can't Wait

By David Osborn and Paul Morris

OVERVIEW

David Osborn is one of the most successful Keller Williams brokerages with annual sales exceeding $8 billion. He's also a prolific real estate investor. Paul morris is a prolific entrepreneur, trainer, author, and investor with over 700 rental units.

The book is designed to debunk the myth that building wealth is difficult and demonstrate how anyone can create horizontal income streams and build financial freedom.

REVIEW

I learned about the book through a podcast on Bigger Pockets. David Osborn had a lot of good, practical advice and seemed to really know his stuff. I wanted to learn more from him and this book seemed like a great way to start.

I'll summarize it with one word: UGH!

The book was tedious to read and took me 4x longer than it should have because I was constantly distracted by the repetitive writing, odd blank spaces, use of large fonts, and other fillers. I put it down several times and read something else just to take a break before going back to try once more.

For example, Chapter 10 starts with the title, "Taking Responsibility For Your Wealth." The title, in large font, is followed by a quote, in a different font and italicized, followed by empty space, followed by a paragraph that repeats the title, followed by a big, bold repeat of the title. The title is stated, used in a quote, used in the paragraph, and then stated in a big font again. Everything between is filler that says the same thing in different words. Every...single...chapter...is like this. Say the same thing five times, use a lot of big fonts and empty space, and then fill it in with paraphrasing.

Did I mention it was repetitive?

Most of the chapters are 3-4 pages long and full of pointless repitition. At the end of each chapter is a summary in case you failed to catch their key wisdom the first ten times. Then they provide a link to their web site for more information or "free" resources that apparently couldn't fit inside the book because they were busy cramming it with blank spaces, big fonts, and repititious quotes. After paying for the book, now they want you to sign up for their drip campaign and sell you more stuff.

Their advice is generally sound but contains nothing new. The entire book could have been condensed to a few chapters with a few tools in back. If you insist on reading it, borrow it from the library and skim.