Bailout Riches!: How Everyday Investors Can Make a Fortune Buying Bad Loans for Pennies on the Dollar

The people who read this book will end up with your money!

They all laughed when he said he was going to dig himself out of bankruptcy and become rich by buying up other peoples bad debt. But their laughter turned to envy when Bill Bartmann's face appeared on the cover of Inc. Magazine as one of America's wealthiest men. It was the craziest scheme I had ever heard of, and that's exactly what got my attention.

I first met Bill Bartmann when I interviewed him for a book I was writing. I didn't know what to expect as I sat in his waiting room, high atop his 55 story office building. Maybe I pictured a kinda sleazy, high-finance Wall Street type. After all, he was in the debt collection business, and the people I talked to said he was making money "hand over fist." Or maybe I thought he would be one of those stuffy, pinstriped, look-down-their-nose-at-you banker types. I honestly can remember what I was thinking, but I can tell you this: whatever I pictured? Well, it sure wasn't what I got.

Have you ever met a stranger and felt as if you've known him all of your life? There's just something so "real" about Bill. Maybe it's his sincerity, which reveals itself in his quiet smile, or his strength of character and integrity which has stood strongly against hurricane force envy and jealousy, or perhaps it's just Bill's intractable, bull-headed determinism. (I once knew a stubborn ol' mule that would have bowed with respect in his presence.) Whatever that special quality is, all I can say is that it makes Bill the kind of person that you feel you should trust.

The story of how Bill Bartmann went from street punk to self-made billionaire made its way into my book. And as that book made it's way around the world to become a million-copy bestseller, Bill Bartmann made his way around the world on a crusade to empower what he lovingly calls, the "little guy."

Bill is what I call a CounterThinker--a person who looks at the same thing everyone else does, yet sees something entirely different. Where everyone else saw crisis--a collapsing banking system and mountains of bad debt, Bill saw opportunity. That kind of vision is what made him rich and famous during the first credit meltdown, and its also why, if you're even the slightest bit smarter than a rotten sweet potato, you should be listening to him now. No one could have foreseen economic lightening striking twice in the same place, but now that it has, you have the opportunity of your life--to cash in on the billions of dollars of government money that will only go to those who are, as granny used to say, "in the know." Bailout Riches puts you "in the know."

Bottom line: The people who read this book will end up with your money.

Alexander J. Berardi- author, Never offer Your Comb to a Bald Man, and host CounterThink.TV

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

What a great book, I just recieved it and cant put it down

I sat down with this book and cant put it down, this book is wonderful and no better time than now.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great reading Bill Bartmann is genuine and comes through in his writing.

I highly recommend this book to anyone for today's economy. All I can say is an incredible read and I was unable to put it down until I finished.

Waste of money

Insipid, self promoting book written by a former king of the worlds collection scum. As his business failed eventually, his advise is suspect at best, onerous at worst. Clearly the only one who will benefit from this is Bartmann himself, as he collects royalties, patting himself on the back all the way, for explaining how to take the "high road" in chasing debtors. If this sounds like a good business plan I would humbly suggest considering euthanasia as an alternative strategy, the world will thank you.

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