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Let's Get Financial Savvy! Is a wondrously useful guide to creating and sustaining a functional financial life. It is a fast and easy read bursting with insights and resources, tons of them, for getting out of debt, writing a creative budget, buying a home, protecting your retirement income, college scholarships, investing and more.

The author, Lois Center-Shabazz, has positioned this book for those who want to become financial savvy in all aspects of their life. Personally, as the long-time operator of an investment club and divorce counselor, I see this as a book from which anyone desiring to began or improve a program on finances can harvest enormous wisdom. More than that, readers will save so much time and avoid so many mistakes.

This is a five star review for a five star book!

Let's Get Financial Savvy!: From Debt-free To Investing With Ease by Lois Center-Shabazz (founder and editor-in-chief of the personal finance website MsFinancialSavvy.com) is a superbly organized and presented "how to" guide to managing personal finances. Ranging from simple matters like balancing a personal checkbook, to evaluating good debt versus bad debt, types of health insurance coverage and retirement planning, familiarity with the stock and bond markets (as well as mutual funds), tax-free accounts, home buying, and a great deal more, Let's Get Financial Savvy! is an easy-to-read primer that explains money management matters in plain and direct terms. Let's Get Financial Savvy! is an absolute "must-have" instructional reference, especially for young people just starting out on their own.

Those new to personal finance concepts, such as young adults newly out of college, (as will many an adult in need of a financial mangement refresher) will find Let's Get Financial Savvy! by Lois Center-Shabazz to be an important and effective guide. The author persevered through a financial crisis and here imparts personal experienced based tips on how to invest, handle money, and protect against risky ventures. From online investments to mortgages, as will many an adult comes packed with charts and calculations.