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Episode 127: Is Bank on Yourself® a Scam? A Nerd’s Eye View on Policy Loans and Michael Kitces


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In this episode, we ask:

  • Is Bank on Yourself® a Scam?
  • Who is Michael Kitces, and why do we respect him so much?
  • What did Michael Kitces write about Bank on Yourself®?
  • Would you like to read Pamela Yellen’s responses to his analysis of Bank on Yourself®?
  • What does Kitces say about permanent whole life insurance loans?
  • What does Kitces say about growth in a whole life insurance policy?
  • What is a non-direct recognition policy loan?
  • Have you heard Episode 110?
  • What does Kitces say about access to cash value?
  • What does Kitces say about loans causing policy lapse?
  • What does Kitces say about taxable gains?
  • Should you take a home mortgage?
  • What are the consequences of not paying a debt back?
  • What happens to life insurance policy loans when one dies?
  • What happens with debt forgiveness?
  • Why does Mark work with Pamela Yellen’s Bank on Yourself® authorized advisors group?
  • What else does Kitces say about permanent whole life insurance loans?
  • Would you like to learn more about taxes and life insurance loans?
    • Have you heard Episode 29?
    • What other financial vehicle allows for this?
    • What are the key structures in a properly designed Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policy?
    • What is an indexed universal life insurance policy (IUL)?
    • What is a crediting rate?
    • Can you build a Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policy on an IUL product?
    • Do whole life insurance policies have crediting rates?
    • Would you like to learn more about indexed universal life insurance policies (IUL)?
      • Have you heard Episode 59?
      • Have you heard Episode 60?
      • Have you heard Episode 61?
      • Why is the Bank on Yourself® brand important?
      • Should you worry about life insurance policies lapse?
      • Do you have a mortgage? Could you lose your mortgage? Could you lose your house?
      • What if half of your mortgage payment was optional?
      • Can you have discipline with your finances?
      • Do you have a well trained advisor who truly understands the proper way to build and care for a Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policy?
      • What is Michael Kitces biggest blind spot in his article?
      • Do you finance everything you buy?
      • Do you use traditional financing?
      • Do you take loans from auto companies?
      • Do you take loans from a FDIC insured bank?
      • Do you take loans and pay them back according the preset schedule?
      • After the traditional loan, what do you have left?
      • What about leasing?
      • What do you have at the end of a lease?
      • What about paying cash instead of financing?
      • Do you save up and pay cash for everything?
      • Do you replenish your savings?
      • When you pay cash, aren’t you actually borrowing from yourself?
      • How much interest are you earning on the money you withdrew?
      • When will you begin earning interest?
      • Are you paying interest, passing up interest or earning interest?
      • How is paying cash like stealing from your future self?
      • Would you like to learn more about opportunity cost?
        • Have you heard Episode 13?
        • What does a Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policy loan offer?
          • Have you heard Episode 32?
          • What are your thoughts on this?
          • Who do you know who needs to hear about this?
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