In the bestselling tradition of The Wealthy Barber, a nuts-and-bolts financial planning guide for the rest of us

Five years ago, a butcher from Portland, Oregon, named Paul Petillo was frustrated by the lack of financial planning insights available to working stiffs like himself. To fill this gap, he created The BlueCollar Dollar.com, a website offering straight, simple money advice for people who don''t have a lot of it to spare, or to lose--in other words, most of us. The site quickly grew in popularity and now attracts more than a million visitors a year.

Petillo''s first book, Building Wealth in a Paycheck-to-Paycheck World is packed with safe, proven wealth-building strategies. It covers all the major components of a balanced financial plan, including:

• Straight talk on mutual funds, bonds, real estate, and annuities
• Techniques for avoiding financial disasters
• Tools to help readers track their debt and create a plan for staying out of it
• Road maps to buying a home and saving for college and retirement