How to Become a Member of the Charles J. Givens Organization
Born in 1941, Charles J Givens led a life of adventure, misfortune and entrepreneurship before succumbing to cancer in 1998. As a young man, he played with a rock-and-roll band, Chuck Givens and the Quintones, gaining some renown around his home town of Decatur, IL. After a foray into the recording industry, he turned to financial planning and wrote some of the best selling books on personal investment. He traveled the globe, reaching over 300 countries and territories on all seven continents.
He also founded the Charles J Givens Organization, a group whose stated aim is to "stamp out financial ignorance in America." This organization has since changed its name to International Administrative Services, or IAS, and provides investment and financial advice. For a fee, IAS will help you file your taxes and offer you the services of many advisors in fields such as real estate, life insurance, credit card debt and other areas of personal finance. If you have a need for these services, you might consider becoming a member of IAS.
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Call IAS at 800-287-6584. The representative will offer you information about the benefits of membership, and what materials the company offers its members.
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Consider if membership is right for you. IAS provides consulting on all manner of personal financial questions, ranging from taxes to wills to the cash-for-clunkers program, but its advice has a reputation for being somewhat superficial. Make sure that it offers all the services and expertise you need, considering you'll be paying at least $400 for a membership.
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If you decide that you'd like to be a member, you can sign up online, over the phone at the above phone number or through the mail by sending away to 230 Crown Oak Centre Drive, Longwood, FL 32750. Provide the required personal and payment information.
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Tips & Warnings
Be careful! Many people think the organization is little more than a thinly-veiled scam. Givens' investment advice can be overly simplistic or downright self-contradictory. For instance, in his book "Wealth Without Risk," tip #206 reads "Do not put your money in vacant land;" number 245 says "Invest your IRA or Keogh money in vacant land." Givens and his organization have lost a number of lawsuits over the years, including a class-action case in California in 1996 that resulted in damages of $14 million.
