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Have you ever wondered what the world will look like when today's young adults become the middle-aged people of the future? The future is full of possibilities for everyone. There will be people who seize the opportunity to make a possibility a reality and there will be people who let the possibilities remain possibilities because they don't want to make a commitment or put in the work. If anyone,...

If the money you save isn't earning anything, it is losing value. That's horrible news, but it's the truth.  We were on a business call with Alex just the other day and he asked, what is happening to the middle class?  Middle class is defined largely by household income adjusted for household members. Anything from about 50k/150k of income per person is considered middle class right now. The most...

Today we have Anna, in the studio with us, to discuss how she has built her baking business from scratch, no pun intended, and to discuss some of the challenges and problems she has faced along the way. We also are of course going to sample one of her famous treats. Anna's business, Bread and Butter baking, makes sourdough bread, cookies, cakes, pies and cinnamon rolls. You can also watch the vide...

Cash Value Life Insurance is one of the lesser understood financial assets that you can own, but it is also one of the most powerful. In today's episode of The Wealth Talks Podcast we talk about the cash value of life insurance policies, what it is, where it comes from and how it can be used. This episode is all things cash value. After this episode you will understand life insurance cash value be...

Josh listens to Wealth Talks on his way to work and he asked us to do a rebuttal to an episode of Dave Ramsey's show where he is talking about the infinite banking concept. We happen to know a lot about the infinite banking concept, so if anyone can add perspective to Dave Ramsey's video about the Infinite Banking Concept it would be us. The video Josh sent to us is called Heated Debate Between In...

There has been a lot of money transferred from the accounts of working Americans into the coffers of the U.S. Government from the income tax alone. But worse than that it has created division among Americans and that is the worst repercussion of the 16th amendment. In this episode we talk about: • Tax avoidance vs. tax evasion • Tax avoidance procedures • Tax planning measures • Tax fighting dutie...

The Richest Man in Babylon book has the reputation of being responsible for creating more millionaires than any other book in print. If that is the case, the advice in this book may be the best financial advice in the world. The financial advice given in this book has many aspects. One of the most fundamental of these is the 10-20-70 Rule. The powerful thing about the 10-20-70 rule is that no matt...

In days gone by many private companies could offer pensions that would actually support someone financially in retirement, but those days are gone and so are the pensions. The financial side of retirement is extremely uncertain, many mainstream retirement plans are mediocre at best and while the desire to retire persists among people, the financial challenges of retirement have increased.  The Fin...

Inflation is like a thief that never comes.  It is good to protect yourself from inflation in every way you can. The bible says that if the man of the house knew what time the thief was coming he would be on the alert and not let his house be broken into.  We know the thief is here, our duty is to protect our financial house to the best of our ability.   This episode of Wealth Talks Podcast is a t...

This is an example of how someone used the Infinite Banking Concept and the cash value of their life insurance to expand their welding and fabrication business. One of the owners of Brothers Fab Shop joins us in the studio to answer all our questions. We ask about: The expansion opportunity How to borrow from a policy Have they paid the loans back yet How has the expansion affected business and mo...

In this episode we review the numbers of the first Infinite Banking policy we bought. We have owned the policy for 18 years now so you could say it's an adult policy now. Over the years, We have paid lots of premiums on this policy and we have also used policy loans against the cash value for many things. We go over all of it in this episode, episode 463, of The Wealth Talks Podcast. Resources:  2...

In 2005 our family went on vacation. We drove from Oregon where we lived at that time down to San Diego California to spend some time on the beach. But on this particular vacation Dad may have been more excited about a book he was reading than the vacation we were taking. We had not been thrilled with all of the results we were getting from the financial advice we had followed most of our life, an...

Our son Jesse, Is getting married this month, Jesse will be the first of our 8 children to get married. We are very happy for him and his soon to be wife, Alyssa. We thought it would be interesting and useful to have Jesse join us in the studio for this episode of Wealth Talks to talk about premarital financial considerations, house hunting and wedding plans among other things. Resources: To buy l...

Interest rates are rising right now and being in debt is becoming more expensive all the time. In this episode, episode 460 of the wealth talks podcast, we are going to talk about how to be debt free. Becoming debt free can be a daunting task, many people will never know what it feels like to be debt free. People take on debt voluntarily or involuntarily. Voluntary debt in our country often involv...

It is good to have life insurance, but having bad life insurance can be worse than having no life insurance at all.  Michele reads a message from someone who writes in about how they bought the wrong kind of life insurance even though they were trying to get good life insurance. We talk about how to get good life insurance and how to check the life insurance you already have to find out if it is g...

The death benefit is probably the most prominent feature of life insurance and the feature most people think of when they think of life insurance. But that's not the only benefit of life insurance, you can use the cash value of your life insurance while you're still alive because your life insurance policy is collateral. You can also assign your life insurance as collateral to use other people's m...

Most people think life insurance is for when you die, it is, but, you can also use the life benefits of whole life insurance while you're still alive. What about term insurance though? Is it any good or is it a waste of money? Many people who have term life insurance now are going to be severely disappointed when their term is up because you can't turn back the clock and get new coverage at the sa...

We get to listen to an interview with real estate investor John Morey.  John talks about why he bought whole life insurance, how he started out using it wrong.  Why he like to use whole life insurance to grow his wealth, and how he teaches other people about how they can benefit from using life insurance and invest in real estate. 0:00 Interview with John Morey 3:41 What is a MEC policy? 5:08 Don'...

Mark Twain has the credit for saying, "The Return of my money is more important than the return on my money." It is better to make an investment that returns a small increase as well as your seed money than it is to make an investment that has a large projected return but fails to return your seed money. Warren Buffet said, "The first rule of an investment is don't lose, The second rule of an inve...

Every time you spend money you are making an investment. It's either a good investment or a bad investment. Do not buy into the idea that investments have to be something rare, exclusive, elusive, exciting or in a land far away.  Some of the best investments are right in front of you, if you can't see them it's because you look at everything the way most everyone else does. You can and should beco...

There are two kinds of debt, good debt and bad debt. Good debt is debt that gives you a financial advantage; tax benefits, better cash flow and the ability to take advantage of opportunity. Bad debt is debt that costs you opportunity, causes stressful cash flow issues and cripples you financially. In this episode we talk about how to payoff bad debt and how to use good debt to your advantage. 4:19...

The savings rate in the US has been going up a bit recently but it's still lower than what it should be. Generally speaking, people aren't saving enough money to have financial peace of mind. But when someone does save money there are a host of decisions to be made on how to keep that money. In this podcast we talk all things savings, how to save money and where to keep money you have saved. Resou...

Becoming your own banker, the infinite banking concept, bank on yourself and other financial concepts promote the idea of using the life benefits of life insurance. Many people think life insurance is for when you die, that's true, but you can also use life insurance while you're still alive. There are benefits to using life insurance as a financial tool that you cannot get with any other financia...

Throughout this year you will get to make financial decisions. If you make good financial decisions you will get ahead faster.  In this podcast we will share knowledge that you can use to make good financial decisions. Please go here and write a review for the Wealth Talks Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wealth-talks/id978187163   –Thank you! 2:11 Financial metrics that confuse peo...

The tragedy of financial resolutions is that resolutions often go unfulfilled. If you want to achieve something financially significant in a new year it is better to set a goal first and then make your resolutions. 0:00 The Tragedy of Financial Resolutions 1:13 Resolutions vs. Goals 4:25 What is a Goal? 10:32 Why specificity matters when setting goals 11:28 Why people don't set goals 14:20 Ad brea...