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Young and the Restless I'll be frank right up front. While I had purchased Suze Ormans initial offering " Nine Steps To Financial Freedom " I tend to take her advice with a grain of salt and a sense of humour. Don't misunderstand me...Suze Orman has probably forgotten more about personal finance then I shall ever know but these days with books coming out every year, a weekly television program, radio show and other means of her getting her name out to regular guys/gals such as yours truly I'm slightly suspicious at this point. Granted, Ms. Orman has a right to sell any product that carries her name as she so wishes but 'selling' financial advice as aggressively as she apparently does should make everyone here think, " what is the intent of this author/financial advisor? " There's far too much marketing going on here for me to believe that Suze is simply, out of the goodness of her heart, releasing these works so as to benefit her loyal following and little else. Ms. Orman has indeed become a cottage industry, to say nothing of a quasi-celebrity, in this genre and while many here will no doubt disagree with my concerns I am getting rather dubious as to her real intentions. This review isn't necessarily being sent to slam her but shouldn't it concern anyone who is seeking important fiancial advice as to where the advice is coming from and does the advisor have our best interests at heart...not necessarily just to promote another of her products. Understand though that by promoting herself as shamelessly as she does it does indeed 'cheapen' her reputation in this field and might carry the odor of someone who is simply marketing another product. Much as one might sell a tube of toothpaste or an automobile! Sadly, the whole affair is beginning to come across as slightly opportunistic. Oddly enough Suze Orman is simply becoming the Martha Stewart of the personal finance world. And I'm just not sure if thats such a good thing or not. Nevertheless, she does offer some sound advice and if you are seeking financial info then you could do a lot worse. Granted, taken with that grain of salt.