Charles Givens Reviews

Brad   Wyoming

He An amazing man, changed my life for the better.

David   Goodland, KS

I read all his books and paid to take his course in the 80's. I was forever changed both mentally and financially. I retired at 40 yrs old and continue to use his materials today. I invested in stocks, real estate and used most of his principals. If a person couldn't make it using his materials, then they probably can't make it using anyones. He gave you the info, you had to apply yourself to make them useful.

Alfred   Michigan

I read his stuff and worked the system. With today's economy and stock market, I wouldn't follow his "old" way of investing cause things have changed. However starting a business, doing taxes, paying myself first, maxing out my before taxes investing, dollar cost averaging certainly helped me be independent.
There is another author out there today, Sean Higgens who has put out a book for buying tax liens and deeds called "Wealth Without Risk" Can he do that- I mean the same title. Maybe since Charles is gone?!

Marc   Upstate NY

I attended the free seminars back in 1988 & 1989 whenever I could. I loved them. I never shelled out the membership fee, but learned a lot from the sessions. I have used the strategies my entire life and they have never let me down. (Net worth over 1Mill before I was 30) What exactly is wrong with showing people "The TEN Biggest Money Management Mistakes And How to Correct Them" I have even trained many people over the last 20+ years on how to benefit from the same lessons. Thanks Charles, sorry that others were looking for easy street and lost hope.

jiga   chicago

this program does not work. don't waste your time people and don't get too overexcited.

Buck   california

Thanks to the Givens recommendation in his course I was able to recoup the $2500 his company ripped me off! After investing in his course I was told I could not get advice as promised because state law did not allow "advise over the phone." The only way was to purchase more expensive literature on the subject. His company gave me continuous runaround for a refund even though I followed his guidelines to do so. Thank goodness I didn't buy his program with cash! I finally got my refund through credit card dispute. All I can say now is "Chuck, you got what you deserved!"

Investment Guy   New York

Forget about Givens as an investment adviser. His best work is Superself, a book about personal effectiveness. Buy a copy, it's old (1993) but timeless - it's the best book you'll read all year. I've read mine 3 times.

robert m hennigan III   hampton va 23663

I still read and used MR.Givens information and find the material still working.

Tim   Tennessee

Givens gets a bad rap because of the civil-law standards of evidence. The initial lawsuit against him was by the widow of a man who didn't properly follow his advise regarding insurance. Because ALL the evidence in a civil case can be used in future cases against the defendant, even if they are ridiculous and outright falsehoods, Givens settled out of court to avoid a trial. That settlement, however, led to still more accusations of mismanagement and wrong-doing, and the legal dominos started falling.
Givens's estate had the last laugh, however. His personal wealth was so insulated, legally, from his business endeavors that even successful litigants against him got little recompense for their efforts.

Dan   Northern Michigan

When I first read Wealth Without Risk it opened my eyes. I never followed many of Givens recommendations on investments. There is one piece of advice he gave and that is to learn to recognize bad investment or money management advice. That one thing has saved me more grief and created more ability to recognize when someone is trying to scam me. Givens seemed to be a clairvoyant type and actually I probably learned more from the simplest stragegies. His subsequent business failings in the end surprised me and his death also surprised me. I knew things were going sour when he didn't appear on the talk shows anymore. These days most people have never heard of him. Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman are the new financial guru's.

Mike   Austin Texas

Wealth without risk is still a great read. I read it the first time in 1990 and the stratagies still hold true. I did not join the orginization when I had the chance as I did not see value in paying for information I already possessed from reading the book.I spoke with represenatives from the orginization and I made my own choice. Those who chose to join probably had not read his books or had unrealistic expectations. Bottom line this is a great book and should be read even now, in 2008.

KEVIN   SOUTHERN INDIANA

I PURCHASED GIVENS PRODUCT IN THE LATE 80'S. AFTER READING & RE-READING OVER & OVER I DIVED IN. I HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. I HAD A GOOD 10 YEARS, AND THEN LOST TRACK OF WHAT I WAS DOING. MAINLY DUE TO THE CELEBRATIONS THAT I WAS ENCOUNTERING CONSISTENTLY. NOW I AM RE-ESTABLISHING MY SELF, , AND I JUST HAPPENED TO GOOGLE GIVENS, TO SEE WHAT WAS NEW, AND FOUND OUT THAT HE HAS PASSED, AND HIS REPUTATION IS IN DISTRESS. I WENT TO HIS FREE SEMINAR WITH TWO OTHER COUPLES, WE ALL THREE SPENT $300 ON THE COURSE, AND AFTER MONTHS THE OTHER TWO, SHELFED IT, AND COMPLAINED OF A LESSON LEARNED, AND BEING A RIP-OFF. I KEPT ON, AND FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THINGS, AND STARTED TO FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE. I DID VERY WELL IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE INFO. AND BUILT A COMFORT LEVEL I HAD NEVER DREAMED IMAGINABLE. I DID DROP OUT OF THE ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE I DID NOT THINK THE MONTHLY DUES WERE WORTH THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT I WAS RECEIVING, BUT NOW I GUESS I AM LIMITED TO THE MATERIAL THAT I HAVE,AND I WILL RE-TRACE MY STEPS, AND TRY TO GET BACK ON TRACK.IT WORKED ONCE, AND I DO NOT SEE WHY IT WON'T WORK AGAIN.