After the three-thousand-dollar bicycle, I built what I now call the fortress. It has an order. Get the order wrong and the whole thing falls.
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​Step one is not investing. It's not saving. It's not anything clever.
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​Step one is: stop the bleeding.
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​If a debt charges you more than your money earns anywhere else — that debt is a wound, and no amount of clever building matters while you're bleeding. You don't decorate a house that's on fire.
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​Law #7: Before anything fancy, list every debt, biggest interest rate first. That top line? That's the enemy. Feed it everything until it's dead. Then the next one. It's not exciting. Fortresses aren't exciting. They're standing.
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​One thing, always: books educate — before you act, sit down with qualified professionals who do this every day.
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​Steps two and three come next. That's Law #7.
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​The Laws are from my book, Raising Eddie: Fathering a Disabled Son — available on Amazon. Free 10-Strategy Survival Guide: joinironfathers.com/guide · Free 2-minute Fortress Check-Up: joinironfathers.com/gps-updated
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​Educational content from the book — not financial, legal, or investment advice. Before acting, talk to qualified professionals who do this every day.