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Plan Your Money Path: Create Your Own Financial Plan
IMPORTANT This is the first edition (2024). The new second edition (2026) is now available for presale. Search for ASIN B0GWXVXSL1.
Warning! This book is hazardous to financial stress.
Welcome to the start of the rest of your life-the one where you aren't wandering in the (financial) dark without a flashlight. The one where you have a clear roadmap to your future, and mathematical confidence that you and your family can have the life you dream of!
Plan Your Money Path contains thousands of dollars worth of professional financial planning advice, hints, tips, and hacks. Imagine how well you’d sleep at night knowing your boxes are checked—everything the kids will need, all your dreams right on through early retirement, when you’re young enough to enjoy those dreams.
Plan Your Money Path shows you how to take control and build your own financial plan, using high fidelity, inexpensive software (Pralana Online), not the simplistic financial/retirement planning tools you find all over the internet.
It will take you through some important general financial planning context, and then through the steps to building a financial plan for a sample family. Along the way, we'll discuss the different inputs and assumptions required for any financial plan, as well as how to interpret the results, put your plan into action, and update it as your dreams and circumstances change.
Warning! This book is hazardous to financial stress.
Welcome to the start of the rest of your life-the one where you aren't wandering in the (financial) dark without a flashlight. The one where you have a clear roadmap to your future, and mathematical confidence that you and your family can have the life you dream of!
Plan Your Money Path contains thousands of dollars worth of professional financial planning advice, hints, tips, and hacks. Imagine how well you’d sleep at night knowing your boxes are checked—everything the kids will need, all your dreams right on through early retirement, when you’re young enough to enjoy those dreams.
Plan Your Money Path shows you how to take control and build your own financial plan, using high fidelity, inexpensive software (Pralana Online), not the simplistic financial/retirement planning tools you find all over the internet.
It will take you through some important general financial planning context, and then through the steps to building a financial plan for a sample family. Along the way, we'll discuss the different inputs and assumptions required for any financial plan, as well as how to interpret the results, put your plan into action, and update it as your dreams and circumstances change.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 8, 2024
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About the author
Bill Hines
22 books28 followersBill Hines is a professional financial planner, Ramsey Master Financial Coach, Investment Advisor Representative, and Financial/Retirement/FIRE planner located in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania.
He is the founder of Money Coach Group, Inc (an organization that has helped countless clients emerge from debt to a better life) and Emancipare (an organization that provides honest, ethical, inexpensive, flat-fee, fee-only, fiduciary investment advice and financial planning).
He is the founder of Money Coach Group, Inc (an organization that has helped countless clients emerge from debt to a better life) and Emancipare (an organization that provides honest, ethical, inexpensive, flat-fee, fee-only, fiduciary investment advice and financial planning).
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April 28, 2026
Plan Your Money Path: Create Your Own Financial Plan by Bill Hines is a structured, hands-on guide to building a personal financial plan with clarity and confidence. It is positioned as a practical roadmap for individuals and families who want to take control of their long term financial decisions rather than rely on generic advice.
The book walks readers through the process of constructing a financial plan step by step, including assumptions, inputs, goal setting, and interpretation of outcomes. It also introduces the use of more advanced planning software to help users model realistic financial scenarios and update plans over time.
A key strength is its applied, example driven approach, which moves beyond theory into practical implementation. The focus on building and maintaining a dynamic financial plan makes it especially useful for readers who want a more structured and professional level approach to personal finance.
This book is best suited for financially motivated individuals, planners, and families who want to create a detailed, long-term financial strategy with greater precision and control.
The book walks readers through the process of constructing a financial plan step by step, including assumptions, inputs, goal setting, and interpretation of outcomes. It also introduces the use of more advanced planning software to help users model realistic financial scenarios and update plans over time.
A key strength is its applied, example driven approach, which moves beyond theory into practical implementation. The focus on building and maintaining a dynamic financial plan makes it especially useful for readers who want a more structured and professional level approach to personal finance.
This book is best suited for financially motivated individuals, planners, and families who want to create a detailed, long-term financial strategy with greater precision and control.
January 20, 2026
I purchased this book to learn more about the Pralana Online Calculator, but was pleasantly surprised with the amount of financial literacy and fluency information provided by the author, Bill Hines. He writes with a unique blend of financial information and humor that makes this book easy and fun to read. I read the entire book with a smile and an occasional outburst of laughter.
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