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Is Whole Life Insurance Too Good To Be True? The Truth About The Infinite Banking Concept

If you’ve been reading our blog posts for a while, you will know that we often talk about using specially designed whole life insurance policies to help our clients accomplish their goals. Sometimes, people come to us and say, “Hey guys! This seems like it’s too good to be true. What’s the catch and why aren’t more people doing this?”. If you’re interested in having those questions answered, stick around to the end of this blog post.

People come to us because they are generally frustrated that they’re making a good income and they are doing everything by the book according to the so-called financial experts. They are maximizing their retirement accounts. They are paying down their mortgage and they are saving for their two children for college. But they just don’t seem to be getting ahead. They feel frustrated because they don’t have access to money when there’s a financial or medical emergency, or they don’t have access to money when there’s an opportunity that they’d like to take advantage of. Because of that frustration, they seek assistance from financial advisers who could help them.

We met with a client who was a surgeon. He and his wife were very frustrated because they wanted to take their children to Disneyland. It was only going to cost $13,000. They make $800,000 a year and they were frustrated because they didn’t have access to their money. Why? It’s because they were maxing out their retirement accounts. They were saving money for their children’s college education. They were paying down their mortgage. So they didn’t have access to any of the money that they made.

Clearly it’s not the income that was holding the family back. It was how they were using their money. That’s why we always preach, “It’s not how much money you make. It’s how much money you keep that really matters”. One of the first things we do when we meet with clients is take a look at their personal economic model. We look for inefficiencies. Places where they are giving up control of their money unknowingly and unnecessarily. Unknowingly, meaning they’re not aware that they’re giving up control of that money. Unnecessarily in a sense that, they could actually change it. Although not necessarily that they could change it as quick as a snap of a finger. That’s one of the first things we look at and that’s really why we focus on regaining control of your money  so that you could get rid of those frustrations and you could accomplish what you want with your good income.

Regaining control of your money means putting you in a position where you could access your money when you need it. When we talk about plugging those leaky holes in your financial bucket, it’s literally identifying the five major areas where you are giving up control of your money. Those areas are taxes, how you fund your retirement, how you pay for your children’s college, how you pay for your real estate mortgages and how you make major capital purchases. We do a deep dive as to how you’re using your money in these five areas to show you exactly where you’re giving up control of your money.

Where am I giving up control of my cash flow?

It all becomes so simple. Whoever controls your cash flow controls your life. We find it very important to identify the exact places where our clients are giving up control of that cash. So they could regain control of their financial life. Keep this in mind, anywhere you place your money, besides under your mattress, is a financial tool. They are all financial products. But the products we use to help our clients accomplish their goals are specially designed whole life insurance policies, specifically designed to accumulate as much cash value as possible and as quickly as possible.

The reason why we do this is to help our clients accomplish short term, intermediate, and long-term financial goals;
Short Term Goals –  maybe it’s paying off debt or planning to go on a vacation.
Intermediate Goals – could look like saving for a wedding or a down payment on a house or sending your kids to college.
Long Term Goals –  would be planning for a retirement, supplementing your retirement, or using the cash value on a tax favored basis to supplement your retirement income, as well as leaving a legacy for your family.

When we’re recommending a financial product to our clients, we have a few things in mind.

Number one, they need to have access to that money, complete liquidity to use and control so that they can use it for whatever they need, whenever they need it, no questions asked.

Second, we want them to be safe. Safe from market losses and their money protected from Wall Street and creditors, if they are subject to a lawsuit or bankruptcy. Finally, safety from the government so that if the government increases or changes taxes, their money is protected.

The next thing we want is continuous compounding so that they could access their money, but still earn interest. As if their money is in two places at once. And think of this. What’s the rate of return? Getting $1 to do two jobs.

Finally, we want a reasonable rate of return. Let’s say somewhere around three to four percent.

If we can get all of those things with one product, then that really helps us to accomplish our client’s goal of having access to their money, but more importantly, making their money more efficient.

We believe that there is more opportunity in helping our clients avoid the losses than trying to pick the winners. Using this specially designed whole life insurance policies allows us to accomplish all of the things mentioned above and so much more. Because they are able to take advantage of opportunities when the stock market is down or when a business opportunity comes up. They are able to pay off their debts or buy a car. They’re able to use that money, however they want to use it without interrupting the compounding of interest. This is such a powerful tool.

Now that we’ve listed all of the benefits that you can get from owning cash value life insurance. Let’s talk about what it won’t do. It will not give you the highest rate of return in the shortest period of time. For a lot of people, that’s a deal killer. But that’s okay because you see, we’re worried about helping our clients who want to regain control of their money, who are sick of being frustrated from not having the cash to accomplish their short term intermediate and long term goals. The cash value life insurance gives them the opportunity to do those things we mentioned earlier.

We believe that there’s more opportunities in avoiding the losses and making your money more efficient and working for you consistently with no risk of loss than there is in picking the winners. That’s why we use this product so passionately.

Why aren’t more people doing this?

Well, it’s real simple. This is the way people used to save back in the seventies. But unfortunately the wall street model took over. IRA’s and 401k’s became popular or started in the seventies. The Wall Street model has pretty much taken over for the past 40 years. But prior to that, this is the way people used to save. But keep in mind, cash value life insurance has been around for over 200 years.

Ray Kroc used cash value life insurance to keep his business going when he was trying to figure out how to make money from McDonald’s. Sam Walton bought so much life insurance for many of his employees that he ended up paying a fine. Walt Disney borrowed against his life insurance when no bank would loan him money to start the theme park in Florida. Keep this in mind, banks are the largest purchasers of cash value life insurance. They take profits from their customers.They recommend the customer to put money in places where their money is tied up and then they take those profits. Put some of those profits in cash value life insurance.That’s very ironic.

So when the question is posed, “Why aren’t more people using this product?”. The answer is quite simple. Advisors today are not trained on how to use this product to its full potential. But for our company, we have been using this for several years with all of our clients, as well as personally. We use it to purchase cars, to invest in our business and send kids to college. All of the things that we’re talking about to our clients, we’ve done personally, and we’ve been doing it for several years. That’s the difference between us and most advisors. They are not trained on how to use this product and how to make it as efficient as possible for their clients.

If you are tired of feeling frustrated and stuck that your cash is pinched, or you feel like you’re doing everything right, but still can’t seem to get ahead and would like to learn about how you could put a whole life insurance policy, specifically designed for cash accumulation, to work for you and your family. Feel free to schedule a free strategy session or check out our web course where we go into great detail about how this process works. Remember, it’s not how much money you make, it’s how much money you keep that really matters.

How Business Owners Can Increase Cash Flow

 

When you first start your business, it’s very important, actually, it’s vital that you reinvest the profits into the business to help the business grow. However, as your business continues to grow more and more, your net worth becomes enmeshed in the business. Consequently, your net worth becomes illiquid and inaccessible. And that has a direct impact on your cash flow.

As business owners, we face many challenges at various times throughout the year: how to increase revenue or increase sales, how to decrease expenses or overhead hiring people. Currently, it’s very difficult to hire people, and more importantly, it’s difficult to get the right people for the right position.  One common thread challenge that all business owners face either consistently or at various times throughout the year is how to increase cash flow.

Today, we’re going to talk about how to increase your cash flow as a business owner and we’re also going to show you how to do it without increasing your sales and without reducing your overhead expenses.

When you first start your business, it’s very important, actually, it’s vital that you reinvest the profits into the business to help the business grow. However, as your business continues to grow more and more, all your net worth becomes enmeshed in the business.

Consequently, your net worth becomes illiquid and inaccessible. And that has a direct impact on your cash flow, which has a direct impact on your ability to continue to grow your business on your ability to take care of your personal obligations, as well as your ability to procure financing, to grow your business, or even just to operate it.

In every business, there are seasons of good cashflow and bad cash flow and for the business owner, the typical diagnosis is something like this: “If only I could make some more sales, if only I could earn some more revenue, then I could finally feel the cashflow relief that I’m looking for.”

You see, typically business owners usually correlate lack of cash flow to one of two things, either too little sales or too much overhead. What we found that the real culprit is how they are using their money. How they use their money is really going to have a huge impact on a consistent basis on their cash flow.

About all the competition we have for our business checkbook. We have vendors, we have consultants, we have taxes. We have insurance. Everyone is trying to get into our checkbook and they’re trying to get in there on a consistent basis. So it’s really important that we make our cash flow as efficient as possible so that we as business owners don’t feel pinched when we need more money.

Exactly. And understand that all of those competing industries or those competing vendors are very good at what they do. And because of that, we’re giving up control of our money unknowingly and unnecessarily. But the good news is that’s where the opportunity exists for you to really increase your cash flow.

Because once we bring the awareness that knowingness, that you’re doing things in a less efficient way, we’ll be able to bring that awareness and make the changes necessary to give you the relief you’re looking for. Here’s a perfect example. A few years ago, a business came to us for some consultation on some business succession planning. Basically they had some partners that were looking to retire and they didn’t have the cashflow to buy them.

After a thorough analysis, we determined that the major culprit in pinching their cash flow was that they were in a race to get out of debt.

And what happens when you’re in a race to pay off your debt is all your disposable, monthly income is leaving your control and going into the control of a bank or a finance company.

Now understand the bank loves that because the bank was taking that money and turning it over. And literally by paying off their debt quicker, this business was making the bank’s position better and their position worse.

So what’s the moral of the story. Well, we’ve said it once and we’ll say it again. It’s not what you buy. It’s how you pay for it. That really matters.

And to underscore that point, let me share with you an analogy that we share with our clients. Let’s say that you want a special drawing to appear in the masters golf tournament in the spring of 2022. And you came to us to improve your chances of winning. Well, we point out to you that there’s really only two approaches. Number one, you can purchase the clubs of anybody who’s ever played on the tour or approach number two would be to have the swing of anybody who’s ever played on the tour. Which strategy do you think would improve your chances of winning?

Well, the obvious answer is to focus on the golf swing, how you’re using your money in our example is so much more important. And whoever has the control of your money controls your life. Sometimes we get hung up on things like loan terms and interest rates, and we take our eye off of what’s really important controlling our cash flow

When you control your cash flow, and that becomes your major focus, all of your decisions become much clearer.

NEVER be at the Mercy of Banks Again | Shuttered Line of Credit – What Happens?

 

…there’s an old saying, “A banker is somebody who will give you an umbrella when it’s sunny and take it away when it’s raining.”

Wells Fargo recently closed credit lines on their customers. Stick around to the end of this video, because we’re going to go over exactly what that could mean for their customers, for the economy, and show you a solution that will make sure that you’re never at the mercy of banks, the government or Wall Street again.

On July 8th, 2021, Wells Fargo announced to its customers that if they had a personal line of credit, they were shutting it down. Basically, if you had this line of credit, you’ve got to notice that in 60 days, Wells Fargo was going to shutter your account. Let’s go over exactly what that means.

Well, when your account is shuttered, it means two things. Number one, any unused portion of your credit line is no longer accessible to you. So you don’t have access to the unused portion. And secondly, they’re going to be getting a payment schedule for the outstanding balance that’s remaining. So how is that going to affect their customers? Well, it’s going to affect their customers in four ways. First and foremost, their access to credit has been limited. Secondly, their future cashflow is limited because now they have a payment schedule. Thirdly, because they had credit and it was shut down, that’s going to have a negative impact on their credit score. And all three of those issues are going to negatively impact their customer’s ability to obtain credit in the future.

So you could see how this simple shift from a line of credit to a term loan could have such a waterfall effect on these customers and not only their present cashflow position, but also their future ability to access capital. In the last week or so, we had the opportunity to speak with some of our clients and a lot of them asked “Is this even legal what Wells Fargo is doing? Are they even allowed to do this?” And the answer is yes, it’s written in the terms of their loan agreement.

You know, there’s an old saying, a banker is somebody who will give you an umbrella when it’s sunny and take it away when it’s raining. And this action by Wells Fargo only underscores the meaning of that saying. You see Wells Fargo is protecting themselves. They have it written into the loan agreements that they’re allowed to shutter or shut down those lines whenever for whatever reason. And by the way, it’s not only personal lines of credit, it’s home equity lines of credit that they can do this on. They can do it with business lines of credit. And not only Wells Fargo, other banks can do the same banks write documents on those loans. That’s why there’s all these legal documents when you take out a loan. Why? To protect the bank! But this should come as no surprise for Wells Fargo customers. In 2008 and 2009, when they took over Wacovia they did the very same thing.

They shut down credit lines for people, business credit lines. And I had clients call me and say, Hey, I’m in trouble. I’ve got to get a new credit relationship. I just got a letter from Wells Fargo that says I have 60 days to obtain new credit. Well, the ideal situation back then would have been to have control of their own pool of money so that they wouldn’t be affected when the bank decides that the bank wants to protect itself and they shut down your access to capital. So this is all part of what Nelson Nash referred to in his bestselling book, Becoming Your Own Banker. And in there, he has a chapter called the golden rule. And basically the golden rule, according to Nelson Nash was the one who has the gold makes the rules. Well, if you’re in control of your own pool of money and you’re making loans to yourself or to your business, you are truly in control of the process. So the question really becomes, do you want to continue to be controlled by the process and be at the mercy of the banks? Or do you want to be in control of the process? Again, the one who has the gold makes the rules!

Banks are really good at getting us to do what’s in their best interest and they do it under the premise that it’s in our best interest. And they’re so good at doing it, most of the time, we don’t even know what’s happening. And the perfect example of this is a 15 year mortgage with a low interest rate versus a 30 year mortgage with a higher interest rate. Let’s take a look at a solid example of a $250,000 mortgage.

So if our choices are a 30 year mortgage for third, for $250,000, at 4% interest, our payment is about $1,200 per month, a 15 year mortgage for 3.75%. And that’s how they entice us to do what’s in their best interests. They offer us a lower interest rate on a shorter term loan. Our payment will be about $1,800 per month. Now that’s a 50% increase in cashflow that we don’t control. And that’s cashflow that the bank now controls, but again, they have us focused on the interest. So with the 30 year mortgage, we would pay the bank $179,000 in interest with a 15 year mortgage, we’re only going to pay the bank $77,000 in interest. So here’s the issue, if the amount of interest paid is really in the bank’s best interest, why would they cheat themselves out of $102,000 of interest? Well, the answer that is, it’s not the amount of interest that’s paid. It’s how fast the bank gets it back. What the bank literally did by getting us to pay the loan back quicker, they increased their rate of return on the loan, the 30 year loan, they had about a 9.5% rate of return. And on the 15 year loan, they end up with a 13% rate of return. They almost increased their rate of return by 50%.

The thing is that with businesses, when they sell products, inventory turnover gets them more profits. And with the bank, they have a product to it’s loans. So the quicker they’re able to get the loan money back and then turn it over with a new loan, the more interest, the more profits that they’re able to make. Imagine how stressful it would feel if you had a credit line out for tens of thousands of dollars, and only had 60 days to secure new financing, to secure a new banking relationship.

Conversely, imagine having access to your own pool of money, so that when you got this notice, you can borrow against your pool of money, use it to pay off Wells Fargo or anybody else who calls your credit line and buy yourself time to obtain another relationship. In the process, while you’re using that money, you’re still earning uninterrupted compounding interest on the money you used to pay off that loan. Wouldn’t that be a great situation to be in?

If you’re ready to learn more about our process and exactly how it works, check out our free web course at tier1capital.com. It’s one hour and you could register right on our website.

And remember, it’s not how much money you make, it’s how much money you keep, that really matters.

How GameStop changed the way we think about the stock market.

 

 

“What if you could develop a strategy that would prevent you from ever losing money ever again, and because your money was safe, you were in a position to take advantage of any manipulations or volatility in the market.”

 

Have you ever felt that the market is being manipulated by wall street, the government and banks? Do you think it’s being manipulated for our benefit or for their benefits? Did you ever give thought to the fact that not one American CEO or senior executive did any jail time for the 2007, 2008 financial crisis that almost took down the entire financial system? That’s when they went begging to their buddies in Washington to get a bailout and you and I ended up paying for the bailout. How about this? We can’t benefit from insider trading, but they can. Congress set themselves up where they’re completely exempt from insider trading, but yet Martha Stewart went to jail for insider trading. 

We have to stop playing the game by their rules because the system is rigged against us. We need to play by a different set of rules to set ourselves up for financial success. We have the opportunity to take advantage of the markets rather than being a victim to the markets. Here’s another example of how the game is rigged against us. For years and years, hedge fund managers were able to short stocks and take advantage of the market. However, in the early months of 2021, when the general public began to manipulate the stock for Game Stop, the popular trading app Robinhood, took the stock off their platform so that no one else could take advantage. No one else could benefit from the market manipulation. 

Again, it’s another example of “we could manipulate the market”, meaning the insiders, but once the public gets a hold of it, “Oh no. Now what’s wrong.” Now the regulators are talking about stepping in to make sure that this could never happen again. Do you think the regulation is going to be for our benefit or for their benefit? 

Why play a game that’s set up for them to benefit and for you to lose? What if you could develop a strategy that would prevent you from ever losing money ever again, and because your money was safe, you were in a position to take advantage of any manipulations or volatility in the market. Furthermore, even better than that, what if you can do so with total elimination or reduced taxation on your money! Wouldn’t that be vital information to have? If that type of planning was available, when would you want to get started? 

 

Making Compound Interest Work For You

 

“It’s really the best of both worlds when you’re a wealth creator.”

 

Albert Einstein once referred to compound interest as the eighth wonder of the world. Here’s the problem. Most people are so focused on not paying interest that their eye is completely taken off the ball. They completely ignore the concept of continually earning interest on their money. But there’s one foundational principle that we need to come to grips with and that is, we finance everything we buy. What does that mean? It means this, you’re either going to finance and pay interest to a bank or somebody else for the privilege of using their money or we’re going to pay cash and therefore give up interest that we could have earned, had we not paid cash. 

That’s the secret. We either pay up or give up. If you’re looking to realize true financial freedom for yourself, keep this in mind. It’s not what you buy, but it’s how you pay for it that really matters. You know, most people think there’s two ways to pay for something. Either finance or pay cash. Well, there’s actually three ways. So let’s take a look at them. If you finance your debtor, you’re working to spend, you have no savings. You earn no interest and you pay interest. Most people recognize or realize that that’s a bad thing. Maybe they were taught by their parents that if you didn’t have enough money to pay cash, you didn’t need the item. Or they saw their parents struggle to get out of debt. Either way, they move to paying cash. So they save, they avoid paying interest, but they earn no interest. And then they pay cash. 

There’s actually a third way, the wealth creator. This is where true financial freedom is really located. You save, you’re using other people’s money to maximize the efficiency of your money. You’re putting leverage to work for you. You save, you continuously earn compound interest. Then, when it’s time to buy something, you collateralize the purchase. Notice the key here in all three areas and all three methods. You still get the purchase. 

It’s really the best of both worlds when you’re a wealth creator. Let’s take a look at what that looks like. Let’s say you finally graduated college and you have your first real job. Everyone at work has new cars and you finally have the income to qualify for a loan. So what do you do? You buy a car, you go to the dealer, you get a loan. 30 days later, you get a coupon booklet. What you did is, you bought a car and now you have payments. So you dug a hole and you filled it up. Five years later, you got a five-year-old car. You don’t have a payment, time to buy another car. You just keep digging a hole and fill it back up. But notice over time, you never get above the financial line of zero. So what’s the alternative? Well, the alternative is to pay cash. Paying cash takes tremendous discipline because in order to pay cash, you have to save first. So you delay the gratification of a new car until you have enough money to pay cash. Then when it’s time to pay cash, you drain down the tank, you spend your savings and then you got to start over. 

Here’s the problem with paying cash. You still have payments because if you want to pay cash for the next car, you have to begin saving the day you bought the car. Then when you have enough money saved for another new car, five years later, then you drain down the tank. Again, notice over time, you don’t get too far above the financial line of zero. In fact, you’re not much better off than the spender. The only difference is, you lost interest along the way. 

The way that we teach our clients is to become the wealth creator. When you’re a wealth creator, you’re saving. Your money is continuously earning compound interest, but then when it’s time to buy something, you collateralize your purchase. What does that mean? You’re using your savings as security against the loan. You’re pledging it as collateral and you still have a payment, but understand, if you finance, you have a payment. If you pay cash, you have a payment. If you’re the wealth creator, your money never stops earning compound interest. That’s the key to true financial freedom. 

It’s like your money is literally in two places at one time because you’re able to make the purchase. You also are still able to earn interest on your savings because you’re never actually touching it. You’re using other people’s money. There are two main variables to compound interest, money and time. Every single time we drain the tank, we’re saying, “don’t worry, I could replenish that cash later.” What we often forget is that, time is a variable that we will never get back. 

Let’s take a look at an example. Let’s say you’re saving $5,000 per year. You’re earning 5% interest on that money. We’re going to look at this over a 30 year period. We’re going to drain the tank down four times by paying cash and we’re going to refill it every five years. So here’s what happens. We go and we buy a car. Now had we not drain down the tank, our money could have continuously earn compound interest for us. And at the end we would have $353,804. But because we decided to pay cash, and we did this four times. And then we finally realized it wasn’t the amount of income that we were earning that was holding us back. It was how we were using our money that was holding us back. We started to continuously earn compound interest on our money. Notice we only have $71,034. That’s a difference of $282,770. Keep in mind, this person figured it out. After 20 years, most people never figure it out. 

Here’s the problem with traditional financial planning. They completely ignore time. They’re so focused on earning a higher rate of return that they completely ignored the two factors of compound interest, time and money. Most people come to us thinking if only I could earn a higher rate of return, I could finally be financially free, but that’s not necessarily the case. 

Let’s say you could earn 7% on your money. If you go through this same pattern of delaying compounding interest, now you’re out $431,000. That’s still a big number but let’s take a look at what happens. If you could earn 3% on your money, that’s a big number. Keep in mind, we made six purchases over a 30 year period of $30,000. That’s $180,000. You’re losing just as much if you caught onto this 20 years down the road in lost opportunity. 

You see, it’s not what you buy, it’s how you pay for it that really matters. What is most important is to never jump off the compound interest curve. The key is to get on the compound interest curve as soon as possible and never jump off. That includes market losses. Although, financial advisors could promise a high rate of return, every time you experience a market loss, you’re jumping off the compound interest curve. We could see here just how detrimental that could be to your financial wealth.

 

 

 

 

How do I protect my money from inflation?

“As long as you keep your money in the whole life insurance policy, your money’s going to grow on a tax deferred basis.”

 

 

Inflation is a rise in prices of goods and services. Inflation reduces the purchasing power of our dollars. The problem is, the longer we hold onto our money, the less it can buy for us. Here’s an example. If you were to go into your backyard and dig a hole and bury $1,000 and leave it there for 10 years and after 10 years you go back and dig it up, what will you have? Well, it’ll be something that looks like a thousand dollars, but at 3% inflation over those 10 years, that $1,000 will actually only have the purchasing power of $744. The problem is not only will you have lost $256 of purchasing power, but you will have lost 10 years of time that you can never recapture. The government is destroying the purchasing power of our dollars every time they print money. Do you think our government will need more money in the future? If our government needs more money, there’s only two ways they can get that money. Number one is taxes. Number two is they can print more money.

There are six ways that whole life insurance can help protect your money against the effects of inflation. The first way is buying dollars for future delivery for pennies. Which means the premium you’re paying is pennies compared to the dollars you’re buying in a death benefit. What better way to protect your net worth than to buy discounted dollars for future delivery?

The second way is that your premium stays the same, but because of inflation over time, it’ll feel like less. For example, if you have a thousand-dollar premium at 3% inflation and 10 years, it’s only going to feel like $744. In this instance, you have inflation working for you rather than against you.

The third way that whole life insurance can help protect your money against the effects of inflation is what we refer to as multiple duty dollars. A lot of times clients will ask us, “Hey, I want to start saving, but I have to pay down my debt first.” We actually show them how to start saving today and how to pay their debt off quicker. How we do that is through whole life insurance. We take $1 that was just going to perform debt reduction and use it to reduce debt, to create an asset, to create a death benefit, to create a disability benefit, to create a long-term care benefit and provide retirement supplement. We took $1, that was previously doing one job, and got it to perform the job of 6 multiple duty dollars.

The fourth way whole life insurance can protect against inflation is dividends. Although dividends aren’t guaranteed, dividends typically increase as the policy matures. That’s an addition to the guaranteed growth within the policy. As interest rates rise in the market, the dividends in the policy typically increase. All other safe money products, as interest rates rise, the value of the product decreases because of the inverse relationship between interest rates and price.

The fifth way that whole life insurance can protect your money against inflation is through collateralization.  The loan feature, your loan against a life insurance policy, is actually a collateralized loan against your cash value. So literally your money could be in two places at once because you’re borrowing against your cash value and getting a separate loan from the insurance company. Our clients have found that this can help them to take advantage of tremendous opportunities that are created when the market crashes because they can borrow against their cash value. When the market is down, they can buy into the market and then sell when the market rises. They can then put the money back into their policy and then use the money the profits gained from that transaction to supplement their income or to buy another policy. Our clients have found this to be a tremendous tool to show them how to take advantage of downturns in the market rather than become victims of market volatility.

The sixth way that whole life insurance can help protect against inflation is taxes. As long as you keep your money in the whole life insurance policy, your money’s going to grow on a tax deferred basis. Additionally, you’re able to access your cash on a tax-favored basis. This is a huge advantage over other financial products.

In summary, life insurance can help protect your money against inflation by reducing or eliminating taxation. It also makes your money more efficient, think multiple duty dollars. Thus putting you in a position to take advantage of market volatility, rather than becoming a victim of market volatility.

 

 

How do I get the ultimate return on my investment?

 

“We’re going to show you why it’s not what you buy, but it’s how you pay for it and how using leverage can actually get you a higher rate of return on your money.”

 

 

Have you ever wondered how you can get the most out of your real estate investment? Today we will be using an example about how to leverage your money for real estate investing but know that this concept can be applied to any type of investment. So, keep that in mind as we go through todays example.

We’re going to show you how using the cash value in your life insurance can maximize the rate of return on your real estate investment. We have clients who invest in real estate who ask us, “ Why should we put money in a life insurance policy and earn a measly 4% when we can put money in a real estate deal and earn an infinite rate of return?”

We’re going to look at a real estate example, and we’re going to show you three different ways of acquiring the property; paying cash, financing with a traditional mortgage, and leveraging your life insurance cash value. We’re also going to show you how leveraging can actually get you the ultimate rate of return on your investment.

Here we have a $250,000 property and we are choosing to pay cash. After closing costs, we have $255,000 of our own money in the deal. We have no costs for financing and after taxes, insurance, and maintenance, we ended up with a gross rental income of $2,500 per month. We’re going to sell the property in 60 months and we’re going to assume that the value of the property appreciates at 2% per year over that ownership period. When we sell the property, five years later, the value of the property is $276,270. After we calculate everything that we received, we ended up with 13.08% as a rate of return on the real estate investment.

Now you may be wondering if the property is only appreciating at 2%, how did we get a 13.08% rate of return? Again, we have to evaluate the fact that we received $2,500 per month for 60 months. When you calculate that income versus the money we had in the deal, that’s how we can calculate a 13.08% rate of return. That’s a pretty good rate of return, but it can be so much better if we apply the laws of leverage to the purchase of the property.

Now, most people think that because we’re saving so much of interest by not financing, by not using a traditional mortgage, that this rate of return is as good as it gets. We’re going to show you why it’s not what you buy, but it’s how you pay for it and how using leverage can actually get you a higher rate of return on your money.

Next, let’s look at the classic 80/20 finance. We’re going to finance 80% of the purchase price, put 20% down and pay closing costs out of pocket. It’s the same deal. It’s the same building, same purchase price, and the same closing costs. The only thing we’re changing is the fact that we’re using other people’s money.We’re going to borrow 80%, $200,000 at 5% for 20 years. That means we have a mortgage that we didn’t have by paying cash and the mortgage is $1,320 per month. So how are we going to pay for that mortgage? We’re going to pay for it from the rental income, the $2,500 per month.

We’re going to evaluate this over the same 60-month period. We’re going to sell the property again in five years at 2% annual appreciation. We only have $55,000 of our own money in the deal. We’re also going to get the tax deduction because a portion of the mortgage is interest. So now we have less monthly income, $1180 versus $2,500, but we also have less of our money in the deal. When we sell the property, the fact that we have a mortgage doesn’t change the selling price of the building, it’s still $276,270. The only thing that changes is, when we sell the building, we have to pay off the mortgage. Our net cash out is lower. It’s $109,380.

Now you may be thinking with a lower cash out and a lower monthly income, it’s really surprising that the rate of return is actually higher when you finance, right? But you need to consider that we only have $55,000 in this deal. Our real estate investing clients, they understand leverage, and they would never pay cash for a building. If they have $255,000, they can buy five buildings instead of one by not paying cash. They understand leverage and that is the beauty of using other people’s money. Would you rather earn 34.37% on one property or on five?

Let’s take a look at the final scenario where we finance 80%, but we borrow against our life insurance policy for that 20% down payment. The only expense we have out of pocket is the closing cost of $5,000. We have the same property, $250,000 with the same closing costs of $5,000. But this time we’re going to mortgage the $200,000, just like in the last example. We have a 5% loan for 20 years and we have the same mortgage payment. The difference is we’re going to take $50,000 against our life insurance policy. We’re also going to finance that at 5% for 20 years. Our total mortgage payment is actually going to be a little higher and our monthly cashflow is going to be a little lower.

When we sell the property for $276,270, after five years, our net cash out is $67,633 because we have to pay off the bank mortgage and the loan we took against our life insurance. But remember, we only had $5,000 of our own money in the deal. Looking at it, this is the ultimate leverage. When we calculate all the income that we received, plus the appreciation of the property, we end up with a rate of return of 245.87%. Now, you might be thinking that that’s a great rate of return and it surely is. But actually, this scenario is so much better because what we didn’t tell you is the fact that when we borrowed against our life insurance, our money was still continuing to earn uninterrupted compounding of interest at the rate of 4%. Additionally, we have a death benefit. So, we have so much more than we’re actually showing here, that we couldn’t and didn’t calculate into the rate of return.

This is why it’s not what you buy, but it’s how you pay for it that really matters. Leveraging can really increase your rate of return. We really illustrated that with these examples today, you know, conventional wisdom would have you believe that the less you pay the banks and finance companies and fees and interest charges, the greater rate of return you can earn. Today’s example really underscores the importance of having as little of your cash tied up in the deal as possible and how leveraging other people’s money can maximize the rate of return that you could earn on your money. Not to mention you still have control over all that money that isn’t tied up in the deal.

 

How to repay your debt using the IBC policy

How to repay your debt using the IBC policy! Many of us put off saving because we want to repay our debts first. We end up in a debt cycle, Income -> Repay debt ->Borrow money ->Income. When you delay compounding to pay debt, your completely out of control and have no safety net. In this video we go over why taking the IBC policy approach, will help you to repay debt faster and start saving now!

By implementing the infinite banking concept as a financial strategy, you’re able to repay your debt faster and start saving.”

 

Do you have a debt you’re thinking about repaying before you start saving? Most people hate debt, so they put all of their disposable income towards repaying that debt, whether it’s their cars, student loans, mortgages, or credit card bills. The point is that they focus so heavily on repaying the debt that they forget to focus on the saving aspect of their financial situation.

So, let’s focus on how that affects compound interest. The key variables for compounding interest are time and money. The more time you have, the less money you need to set aside in order to put that money to work for you. The less time you have, the more money you’re going to need to put aside in order to make that money work for you. But really when you delay compounding in order to pay off debt, you’re completely out of control and you have no safety net. So you go from a situation where you have cashflow that’s going towards debt and therefore no savings to a situation where you have more cashflow once your debt is paid off, but you don’t have any savings at that point, you have to start saving. Our focus is in helping our clients to be more in control of their money.

The problem with repaying your debt before you start to save is that it takes you from one weak financial position to another weak financial position. You go from having no cash flow and no savings to having cash flow, but still no savings. All because you don’t have access to capital and because you don’t have access to capital, you’re forced into what we refer to as the debt cycle. Income, repay debt, borrow, because you don’t have access to capital income, repay debt, borrow. It’s the proverbial hamster wheel and it doesn’t have to be this way. We have to show you how to save while you’re paying off your debt and that will put you in control of your cashflow.

By implementing the infinite banking concept as a financial strategy, you’re able to repay your debt faster and start saving. Now it’s really quite simple. Instead of taking your extra cashflow which you were using to pay off your debt, take your extra cashflow and begin an IBC policy. Then when the cash builds up, borrow against the policy and use a policy loan to pay off your credit loan. Now you can redirect the credit payment back to the policy to replenish your access to capital.

The benefit of using this process to repay your debt is that it puts you in control of your money and you’ll have less dependence on banks and credit companies going forward. You end up with more savings sooner, paying off your debt faster and setting yourself up for the future where you’ll have less dependency on banks. All three of those issues translate into control for you. And remember, any other way or method of getting out of debt takes you out of control of your money.

In conclusion, in order to put the system to work for you, the only thing that needs to change is how you use your money. In its most basic form, we’re taking liability, cashflow payments and converting them into creating assets. And by doing so you’re in control of your money and you’re securing your future and making your future that much brighter.

How do banks operate?- Implementing the infinite banking concept

Have you ever found yourself wondering how banks make money? Do you want to learn how to regain control of your money? In this video we break down the process behind running a bank, and then we break down how you can keep your money flowing! While this process isn’t easy, we are here to guide you through the process. The four rules we have learned to live by are as following. 1. Always think long-term. 2. Don’t be afraid to capitalize. 3. Don’t steal the peas. 4. Don’t deal with bank if you don’t have to.

Make no mistake, although we park our money at banks, they don’t let it sit there.”

 

Are you thinking about implementing the infinite banking concept to regain control of your money? Well, it’s important to know how commercial banks operate and make money so you could duplicate their process using the infinite banking concept. The first thing banks need to do is, file for a charter. Once the charter is approved, then they have to capitalize the bank. But, understand banks don’t lend you their money. The next step is for them to go and solicit deposits. They usually charge higher interest rates than the neighboring banks in the community, but that’s only step one. Then, step two is to identify borrowers. You see, in order for a bank to make money, they need to have depositors and borrowers.

The third step is for the bank to solicit depositors and how do they do that? They generally do that by enticing you, by offering a higher interest rate on savings accounts and CDs to get you to deposit money with them. Most people are depositors and borrowers from the bank and understand banks can’t make money if they only have depositors and they can’t lend money if they only have borrowers, so they need both depositors and borrowers.

The bottom line is, banks make sure that money is always flowing. The same laws apply in nature. Water has to flow or else it stagnates, and you can’t drink it. Water has to flow through the body or else you die. Blood has to flow through the body, or you die. The same laws apply to money. It needs to continuously flow. Just think of all the ways that we make our money stagnate. We put money in retirement accounts, and we don’t touch it for 30 or 40 years. We pay off our house early and we have this huge amount of our wealth tied up in real estate that we really can’t access without getting permission.

Make no mistake, although we park our money at banks, they don’t let it sit there. They follow the same laws as nature, and they keep that money flowing. They keep that money flowing by using a basic business concept called, inventory turnover. Every business owner knows that, the faster they turn over their inventory, the more profits they make. It’s the same thing for a banking model. The only difference is their inventory is depositors’ money. So, let’s take a look at a real-life practical example of how banks make money. In 2016, Bank of America had $860 billion worth of deposits. Based upon that, they paid $1.9 billion to the depositors. Wow, that’s a lot of money to pay the depositor, but it’s nothing compared to what they earned in interest from borrowers. They earned $44.8 billion from things like mortgages, home equity, loans, fees, business and personal loans. That’s over $42 billion more than they paid out in interest to depositors. Bank of America had no skin in the game. They loaned borrowers, depositors’ money. The only risk they had was to pay the depositors $1.9 billion. By keeping money flowing, they were able to generate $44.8 billion in revenue.That’s why it’s important to keep money flowing, and that’s why it’s important to own the banking process.

Now that we know the benefits of owning the banking function in your life, let’s get started and look at the rules. My mentor Nelson Nash had four basic rules. Number one, think long-term. Number two, don’t be afraid to capitalize. Number three, don’t steal the piece. What did he mean by that? Basically, what he meant was if the insurance company is charging you interest, pay yourself more than that amount of interest. Your money is worth more than Bank of America’s or anybody else’s. The fourth rule was, don’t deal with banks if you don’t have to.

Now that we understand how banks operate and the basic rules for the infinite banking concept, let’s take a look at how we help our clients regain control of their money using the infinite banking concept. The first step is to identify where they’re actually giving up control of their money. We look at places like their mortgages, taxes, how they’re funding retirement plans, how they plan on funding college tuition for their children, and how they’re funding major capital purchases. Step two is really easy. They just agree to stop doing those things where they’re giving up control of their money so that they can go to step three. Which is to capitalize their policy, capitalize their bank. This leads them to step four, where they’re actually borrowing against their own cash value and paying interest back to an entity that they own and control so that they can control the process and make the profits.