Aug. 5, 2021

Episode 205: Bank on Yourself® Type Whole Life Insurance Policy Loans vs. Everything Else, Round One

Episode 205: Bank on Yourself® Type Whole Life Insurance Policy Loans vs. Everything Else, Round One
Episode 205: Bank on Yourself® Type Whole Life Insurance Policy Loans vs. Everything Else, Round One
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Episode 205: Bank on Yourself® Type Whole Life Insurance Policy Loans vs. Everything Else, Round One

In this episode, we ask:

  • Have you subscribed to this podcast yet?
  • What did Patrick Henry say?
  • Does where you keep money matter?
  • Does where you keep your debt matter?
  • What happens when you are in debt?
  • How many Americans carry credit card debt?
  • What about all other types of debt?
  • What did the Federal Reserve study say?
  • What is the relationship between debt and income?
  • What about two years of indentured servitude?
  • How does that make you feel?
  • What about being debt free?
  • What about suffering?
  • What about depression and anger?
  • What did Dr. John Gathergood of the University of Nottingham study?
  • What about spending habits?
  • What about arguments about money as the top predictor of divorce, according to Sonya Britt, assistant professor of family studies at Kansas State University?
  • What about paying interest to a bank?
  • What about earning interest?
  • What about buying a car?
  • How much will you save?
  • What about earning interest?
  • What do you have to show for the money?
  • What about paying cash?
  • What about your future self?
  • How does one avoid this problem?
  • How does financing really work?
  • Are all forms of borrowing created equal?
  • What are the advantages?
  • What are the risks?
  • What are the considerations for buying a big ticket item?
  • What about a major expense?
  • What are the three things to consider when getting a “regular” loan?
    • What about the speed?
    • What about the interest rate?
    • What about the flexibility of repayment?
  • What are the three ways to pay for a big ticket item?
    • What about paying cash?
    • What about financing?
    • What about leasing?
  • What about making large purchases through Bank on Yourself® Type Whole Life Insurance Policy loans?
  • How do they work?
    • How much do you want to borrow?
    • Where do you want the insurance company to send the money?
    • How many days does it take?
  • What about compounding interest?
  • How does taking a loan affect cash values?
  • What about an example?
  • What about uninterrupted compound growth?
  • Where does the policy loan money come from?
  • Does the money leave your policy?
  • What about the insurance company’s general fund?
  • Where do the loan payments go?
  • How does the policy grow?
  • Are you using your cash value as collateral?
  • What is a non-direct recognition loan?
  • What companies offer this feature?
  • What are the companies that have limits?
  • Would you like to meet with Mark to discuss your situation?
  • Can your money be doing two things at once?
  • How simple is it to get the money out?
  • How about uninterrupted compounding?
  • How about flexibility in repayments?
  • Are you in charge of how the loan gets repaid (or if it gets repaid)?
  • What happens if the loan doesn’t get repaid?
  • Who gets the reduced death benefit?
  • How are these loans different from every other loan?
  • What about dividends being based on the profits?
  • What is a mutual insurance company?
  • Who is a shareholder?
  • What about an example?
  • Who would benefit from the mortgage payments that you would be making each month?
  • What about the growth on an outstanding loan balance?
  • What are some strategies you may discuss with an authorized advisor?
  • What about lease arrangements?
  • What about having a credit check?
  • Can you be turned down for a policy loan?
  • What is a typical APR on a policy loan?
  • What about growth and compound interest?
  • What is the time table for policy loan repayments?
  • What about the flexibility?
  • What about setting up loan repayments, as you need to?
  • What about accumulation?
  • What about paying down interest only on an annual basis?
  • What about taking policy loans for retirement?
  • Who is in the driver seat?
  • What happens when a curve ball hits?
  • What about continued growth of cash value?
  • What about paying cash?
  • What happens when one takes a loan from a universal life insurance policy?
  • What about opportunity cost?
  • How do you solve the problem of continuously interrupting the growth of your money?
  • How can this help you eliminate bank financing?
  • What about other types of loans? Stay tuned!
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