You can buy a house, send your kids to college, and retire at fifty-five with a half-million in savings--all on a teacher's salary. All it takes is some guidance and a little discipline, and any educator can create an impressive financial portfolio. Financial Tips for Teachers, now in a fully updated seventh edition, shows you how to buy for less, maximize the spending power of your present income, and earn even more money. Discover new insights into financial planning, including how to:

• Budget and stretch income dollars
• Research and capitalize on investment opportunities
• Establish your own tax-sheltered annuity
• Maximize your greatest investment, the family home
• Create profitable extra-income opportunities
• Navigate the income-tax rate

Alan Jay Weiss, MA, has more than twenty-five years' experience in the financial services industry, including corporate consulting; insurance-company management; and offering annuities, insurance, and investments to public-school employees. He has contributed financial columns to United Teacher (the newspaper of UTLA) and is a frequent presenter at seminars for both teachers' unions and the University of Southern California. Larry Strauss is a freelance writer whose published works include: Diets That Work, Growing Younger, When You Have Chest Pains, and What Do You Mean You Don't Want to Go to College?