Live Long Live Rich: Creating Your Retirement Paycheck with Award Winning Retirement Planning

For 20 years H Craig Rappaport has been helping individuals with retirement income planning. Rappaport is a graduate of Northeastern University with a degree in Finance and an Accredited Wealth Management Advisor from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School. He is a Financial Planning Specialist, A Guided Portfolio Manager, and a National Football League Players Association Advisor.

Specializing in retirement, Rappaport has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, CNN Headline News, The Dow Jones News Service as well as many television shows, magazines and newspapers. Rappaport's unique ability to explain complex investments in simple, easy to understand terms has kept the media coming back time and time again and is why he has written Live Long Live Rich, which is quickly becoming the investors' "Income Bible".

The free software download has received numerous awards; PC World and Readers Digest included it in their list of "Best Retirement Planning Software" Family PC Magazine calls it "a top notch product" Bloomberg Personal Finance says it's an "easy to use retirement planner" Barrons refers to it as "a good simple tool" Life Insurance Magazine describes it as "fast and intuitive - Retirement Planner is a snap to use and may represent the leading edge in a new kind of illustrative software. The user will get everything right away."

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All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Good book, 2008-07-13
This is a good book, with sound advice for retirees and near-retirees. It is short, easy to read, and to the point. The author discusses numerous types of investment vehicles and the pros and cons of each; and investment strategies, with pros and cons for each. One potential investment that was not discussed was the charitable gift annuity, which I intend to use when I retire.

I gave the book 4 stars because there are numerous typos, mostly misplaced commas and missing fractions. For instance, the mandatory beginning IRA or 401(k) withdrawal age is listed in the book as 70 _, not 70 1/2. Similarly, the age to avoid withdrawal penalties is listed as 59 _, not 59 1/2.

The book mentions software on a CD, which is supposed to be included with the book, but did not come with my book. There is software you can download from the author's web site, but this downloaded software, while good, will not do the functions discussed in the book. To get that functionally, you would need to purchase the full version of the software from Torrid Technologies for $89 or $169, depending on whether you need individual or couple analysis.

Overall, a good retirement primer for creating income in retirement while making sure your assests last at least as long as you do.


1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

A Wonderful Tool for My Father, 2008-05-21
I purchased this book in the hopes that I would be able to help my father increase his income. He is well into retirement and his income is not keeping up with his expenses. The book was easy to use and finding additional ways to increase his income was easy to do. I recommend this book to anyone who not only wants to increase investment income but needs to help others do so as well.





2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Investments Made Understandable!, 2008-03-27
Craig Rappaport has done a GREAT job in taking the mystery out of financial investment jargon. Terms are brought down to earth so that we all can understand investments and investment strategy. This book will empower you to ask smarter questions and make smarter decisions that can result in greater wealth accumulation at retirement. If you've sat helplessly listening to a financial advisor talk over your head, this is the book for you. Instead of being at the mercy of an advisor, you will have a greater knowledge of financial options and be better able to work with an advisor to meet your financial wealth expectations. I only wish he had written it 20 years ago!


5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Buy this book., 2007-09-06
I haven't finished reading this book yet and I'm already hoping for a sequel. This book is so easy to follow and understand. The one issue that no author seems to address is how do you create a paycheck or generate cash flow from your investments. Live Long, Live Rich covers this topic very well. And as far as the software that Mr. Rappaport recommends, I've already upgraded to the full version. It's as easy to use as stated. So, with the mouse in one hand and the book in the other, our retirement plan is becoming much clearer. This book has helped us see the big picture.


3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

My broker was blown away!, 2007-07-04
I just retired and have been speaking with my financial planner about how much income my accounts can produce and at what withdrawal rate I should use for my 401K. I brought up just a few of the points made in the book that my broker had not considered and we are using them as the basis for my plan. Everytime I read a chapter I seem to be able to understand and use the information in discussions with my broker. When I think of a change I might make I just plug the new numbers into the software and see how it will effect my results. It's easy to use and adjust. Best of all, my broker asked for the name of the book.

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