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The basic problem with Kiyosaki is that he wrote a work of fiction and passed it off as autobiography.

No, wait, the basic problem is that he is passing inspirational advice off as financial advice.

But don't take my word for it, read the critique:

http://www.johntreed.com/blogs/john-t-reed-s-real-estate-inv...

This quote from that link sums it up best for me:

"But you have to admire a guy who can spin two or three paragraphs of very ordinary financial platitudes into such a range of books."

Luckily I bought my copy at a library book sale for something like 50 cents. I quit after reading half of it, because there's just nothing there.

Also he's outsourced some of his seminars to some pretty sketchy operators http://youngandthrifty.ca/rich-dad-poor-dad-seminars-a-scam/

General advice for anyone young who is reading this-- if the person you're trying to learn from offers seminars, it's a good sign he's not worth your time, and seminars are rarely worth the money. "Free" ones are the worst.

Good books are the best educational value (though maybe some MooCs are a better value now.)

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