Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2026-01-12
Books mentioned on Passive Income Expert: Buying A House Makes You Poorer Than Renting! Crypto Isn't A Smart Investment
Serial investor JL COLLINS reveals why renting is smarter than buying, the biggest lies about investing, how tax and debt destroy wealth, and how small savings will TRANSFORM your life! JL Collins is a financial educator best known for his book ‘The Simple Path to Wealth’, which has sold millions of copies worldwide.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Simple Path to Wealth
The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins is a foundational personal finance manual that outlines straightforward strategies for investing, achieving financial independence, and navigating the stock market.
Recommended“This book Simple Path to Wealth has been an absolute smash hit for understandable reasons once you read it. Sold many millions of copies from what I understand, more than a million copies at least, and I highly recommend everybody goes and starts with this book”
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The intelligent investor
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is a foundational finance book written in the 1930s that teaches timeless principles of value investing and market psychology.
Discussed“Benjamin Graham, who who wrote The Intelligent Investor, who was a mentor to Warren Buffett, basically said what you should do is look for value companies and try to determine where the beer is and then try to see if you can get a buying opportunity, watch it where you can buy it for less than the actual value of”
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How I Lost Money in Real Estate Before It Was Fashionable
How I Lost Money in Real Estate Before It Was Fashionable by JL Collins is a cautionary financial memoir and investment guide that examines common pitfalls, market missteps, and financial miscalculations in the property sector.
Recommended“And there is a third book, a slightly smaller, called How I Lost Money in Real Estate Before It Was Fashionable, a cautionary tale. Um I'm going to link all of them below.”
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“JL Collins is a renowned financial expert known for his book The Simple Path to Wealth. He's teaching millions a straightforward and realistic avenue for achieving wealth so that anyone can have financial security.”