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Episode 321: How to Give Your Child the Gift of Bank on Yourself® with Amanda Neely

October 27, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Have you seen this meme?
  • How many cookies?
  • What would your 18-year-old self choose?
  • Who is Amanda Neely?
  • Would you like to listen to more Not Your Average Financial Podcast episodes with Amanda Neely?
  • What’s the right time?
  • What does Amanda wish she had when she was 18?
  • What did Mark Twain say?
  • What is Bank on Yourself® and who is Pamela Yellen?
  • What steps did the father have in mind?
  • What is the flexibility?
  • What are the limits?
  • What is the design?
  • What about continuing to save?
  • What about modeling?
  • How much can you save now?
  • How much do you want to enjoy life?
  • What is the balance between enjoying life now and saving, so you can enjoy life later?
  • What is the custom design for your family’s financial story?
  • What about uninterrupted compound interest with savings?
  • What happens with a brokerage account?
  • What about foundational wealth?
  • Who will stay in really great health?
  • What about joy?
  • What about (living without breaking) compounding?
  • Have you read the Bank on Yourself Revolution by Pamela Yellen?
  • Would you like to see the sailboat on the Bank on Yourself Engineering podcast?
  • What are the components?
  • How can the family share the components?
  • How does this open up possibilities?
  • What’s the exit plan?
  • What are some design ideas?
  • What can a parent do with forethought?
  • What information do the young adults need?
  • What about expectation management?
  • Why should parents talk with their kids about policies?
  • Why do parents set up policies with their kids?
  • Why do parents gift policies to adult children?
  • Would you like to reach out to Amanda or Brandon at 513.447.6501?
  • What are the takeaways?

Amanda Neely, CFP® is a Certified Financial Professional® and Bank on Yourself® Professional, who uses her years of experience in business growth to develop personalized financial strategies for individuals, couples, and entrepreneurs. She works with people to find their unique path to financial freedom. Reach out to Amanda at www.wealthwisdomfp.com

Episode 320: Where Do Life Insurance Companies Put the Money? with Mary Ward

October 20, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Have you ever seen How It’s Made?
  • How do insurance companies operate?
  • How do insurers manage their finances, so they enough money to pay claims?
  • How do insurance companies put your money to work?
  • How have they managed to do this for well over a century without fail?
  • How do they manage challenges, like pandemics?
  • Who is Mary Ward, SVP and CFO from the Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York?
  • What is a mutual life insurance company?
  • What about the culture?
  • What about the team?
  • Why is it important to work with a mutual owned company (vs. a publicly traded company)?
  • What about dividends?
  • What about assumptions?
  • What are the options?
  • What about a return of premium?
  • What are the goals?
  • Who does the insurer want to please?
  • How long has SML been in business?
  • How have they paid dividends for 132 years, even through the Great Depression and Covid?
  • What happens when mortality levels go up?
  • How many dividend paying stocks have paid out over 132 years? Do you know of any?
  • Where do insurance companies put the money?
  • What about invested assets?
  • What about liabilities?
  • What is the risk appetite?
  • Why are insurers risk averse?
  • What about regulations and stress testing?
  • How do the investments line up with mortality rates?
  • What about NAIC rankings?
  • What about diversification?
  • Why do insurers steer clear of stocks?
  • What about real estate and infrastructure debt?
  • What was happening with the banking trouble?
  • Why didn’t we hear about insurance company trouble?
  • Who pays death claims every day?
  • What about New York State testing?
  • What if you have extreme mortality?
  • How often must SML prove their capacity to manage extreme mortality events?
  • What about permanent products, such as whole life insurance?
  • What about cash value?
  • What is the value of having life insurance in place?
  • What are the key performance indicators for Security Mutual?
  • What about $3B in assets in 2022, despite Covid?
  • What about Houston, Texas?
  • What is a capital to asset ratio? Why does it matter?
  • How does capital grow?
  • What about risk based capital?
  • What about being strategic and managing reserve capital?
  • What about long-range thinking?
  • What about a new facet on the gem?
  • What about the opportunity and flexibility of working with whole life insurance?
  • What about questions?
  • What are the takeaways?
  • What about choosing a reliable, secure provider?
  • What about exploring whole life insurance?
  • What about researching before you make a decision?
  • What about the track record and history of these companies?
  • How long have they been paying guarantees and dividends?
  • What about seeking out professional advice?
  • Would you like to meet with Mark or one of Mark’s colleagues?

Mary Ward is the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, where she oversees the Company’s fiscal functions, including strategic initiatives, financial reporting, expense management, and relationships with rating agencies and regulatory bodies, and is also Co-Chair of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee.

Outside of work, she enjoys outdoor activities, and spending time with her family. Mary received her Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, and Business Management from St. Bonaventure University.

Episode 319: The Genius of Business Franchising with Marty Greenbaum

October 13, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Who works as a W-2?
  • Who wants control over their own business?
  • What are the benefits of franchising?
  • Who is Marty Greenbaum?
  • How about a case study?
  • What about junk?
  • Who needs experience first?
  • How about regional territories?
  • What’s good about franchising?
  • Who works with Marty?
  • Where did Marty’s passion come from?
  • How many franchises are there in the U.S.?
  • Is this applicable to your business?
  • Who is in the business of royalty collection?
  • What about a vested interest?
  • What are the advantages to a franchise business model?
  • Who are the right kinds of people for franchising?
  • What about an example?
  • What are the attributes of the top performers?
  • Who is a good candidate?
  • Who gets awarded a good franchise?
  • What are the mistakes or pitfalls to avoid in franchise purchasing?
  • What about the legal standpoint?
  • What about the due diligence?
  • How is the territory determined?
  • What about speaking with existing owners?
  • What about mitigating risks?
  • What about franchise financing?
  • What about range?
  • How long does it take to get cash flow positive?
  • Are banks the final resting place for many businesses?
  • How does Marty get paid?
  • Would you like to visit smartfranchiseinvesting.com?
  • What about industries?
  • What about brands?
  • What about thorough due diligence?
  • What are the right questions?
  • How are you going to buy this thing?
  • What about Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance?

Marty Greenbaum is a top franchise consultant with over 30 years of experience in franchising. He served his family’s franchise opening hundreds of locations and then grew an extremely successful marketing agency in franchising helping brands achieve their goals. He’s a Certified Franchise Executive and Founder of Smart Franchise Investing and is dedicated to helping people make smart decisions when it comes to franchise ownership. He’s helped hundreds of people explore franchise ownership, serving them as a franchise consultant, educator, and matchmaker. Email Marty at marty@smartfranchiseinvesting.com

Episode 318: Occam’s Razor Burn Using Premium Financing

October 6, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Would you like the ultimate shaving tool?
  • What is Occam’s razor?
  • What about necessity?
  • What about the simplest solution?
  • What is the best option or model?
  • What is premium financing?
  • What is happening with the estate tax limits?
  • What about leverage?
  • What has this led to?
  • What are the risks?
  • Do you need it?
  • Can you afford it?
  • What about finding the winners and losers?
  • Is there a trend here?
  • What about an example?
  • What are the steps?
  • What is the allure?
  • What are the risks?
  • What is the exit strategy?
  • If everything worked out perfectly, what would happen?
  • What about the relationship with the bank?
  • What is a floating rate?
  • What about reapplying after a period of time?
  • Is this a good deal?
  • What happens in a rising rate environment?
  • What happens to the interest?
  • What about the accumulation feature?
  • What about collateral?
  • What about a spiral of expenses?
  • What happens if they can’t pay the premium?
  • What are the circumstances?
  • What happens when the loan is gone?
  • What about a cancellation?
  • What about leverage?
  • What about paying out of pocket?
  • What about estate tax liability?
  • What about other needs?
  • Is there any cash value available the policy owner?
  • Where does this leave the policy owner?
  • What is the biggest risk?
  • Is the loan larger than the cash value?
  • What if interest rates rise?
  • What if caps and spreads fall?
  • What about coming up with the money?
  • What are some stress tests?
  • What about a death benefit?
  • What about those with extremely high net worth?
  • Are you crawling back into the banker’s pocket?
  • What is the financial incentive for the bank?
  • How much loan interest is the bank collecting?
  • What about collateral?
  • What about the insurance agent?
  • What about the commissions?
  • Would you like to hear Episode 36?
  • Who is retiring first?
  • Is your money in a complex environment?
  • Is your money in a simple environment?
  • Who has control?
  • Would you like to join our FREE Not Your Average Community?

Episode 317: [Client Spotlight] Homeschooling, Amazon and Financial Freedom with Kate Chattic

September 29, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • How about a story?
  • What about unforgettable memories with your loved ones?
  • Who is Kate Chattic?
  • What happened on Kate’s recent adventure?
  • What large costs emerged?
  • What about creative solutions?
  • How did Kate use her policy loan?
  • What about problem solving?
  • What about teaching?
  • What about resilience?
  • What about selling on Amazon?
  • What does a day in the life look like?
  • Why did Kate start her Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policies?
  • What are the best plans?
  • What about getting your hands in dirt in gardening?
  • What about naming the money?
  • What about an emergency fund?
  • What about buying a vehicle?
  • What about choosing to pay back a loan very quickly?
  • What is Kate’s advice?
  • What about the generations?
  • When is the best time to plant a tree?
  • What are the takeaways?
  • Would you like to join the FREE Not Your Average Financial Community?
Kate Chattic is a homeschooling mother of seven, yes SEVEN, children! Two of those kids have grown up and flown away to new adventures, but while they were teenagers they aided her in starting a business on Amazon in 2015 that grew to become the full-time income for their family. It took just 2 years to bring her husband, Nate, home from his job to join his family in the business and homeschooling the children. Now their time is spent running their business, teaching others how to sell on Amazon and sharing how to utilize life insurance creatively! katechattic.com

Episode 316: Living Off Rentals with Kirby Atwell

September 22, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • What about short term rentals?
  • Who is Kirby Atwell?
  • What’s Kirby’s story with money?
  • What lessons did Kirby learn?
  • What about the sheep?
  • What happened when Kirby was in the army?
  • What did Kirby read?
  • What did Kirby realize?
  • What is Kirby’s unique model for short-term rentals?
  • What about several thousands dollars a month of net cash flow?
  • What about “the Albany model”?
  • What about a utilitarian model vs. high end model?
  • What about competition?
  • What about traditional or primary markets?
  • What is the biggest challenge in this model?
  • What happens throughout the seasons?
  • What is the situation on the ground right now?
  • What about interest rates?
  • What about loan programs for investment properties?
  • What about service costs for higher price points?
  • What about small multi-units?
  • What about structure?
  • What about DSCR?
  • What about long-term vs. short-term rental?
  • What about using a Bank on Yourself® type whole life insurance policy for down payments?
  • What about leverage?
  • What are the typical results in these markets?
  • How did Kirby discover his passion for short term rentals?
  • What is the worst case scenario?
  • What about the capacity to have a bigger impact?
  • What is the First Vacation Rental Investment Blueprint program?
  • Would you like to start Kirby’s masterclass?
  • What are the takeaways?
  • What is DSCR loan?
  • What about private money?
  • What about Bank on Yourself® type life insurance policies?

Kirby Atwell served 6 years as an officer in the US Army, after Graduating from West Point Military Academy. While serving in the military he developed a strong interest in real estate, and he bought his first rental property in 2006. In 2011, he left the service to pursue real estate full time. He started his first real estate investment company, rehabbing over 100 properties either to flip or keep as rentals in the Chicago area. Today, Kirby primarily focuses on investing in high-cash-flowing vacation rental properties. He owns a portfolio of vacation rentals in northern Indiana, where he lives on a 45-acre farm with his wife and young kids. He also helps others who work a full-time job to buy and set up their first high-cash-flowing vacation rental through his signature program called The First Vacation Rental Investment Blueprint. Kirby is the host of the Living Off Rentals podcast and YouTube channel.

Episode 315: Retiring with Federal Funds with Mike Grimm

September 15, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Who do you know who needs to hear this?
  • How about the true story of Ida May Fuller? Have you heard of her?
  • How many federal employees are set to retire soon?
  • Who is Mike Grimm?
  • What happened when Mike and Mark were biking in Jackson Hole, WY?
  • What about coming down the mountain?
  • What is Mike’s story?
  • What sort of benefits packages do government employees have?
  • What was Mike’s work with nuclear weapons like?
  • How are federal employees different from private sector employees?
  • What are the three legs of benefits for government employees?
  • What about the FERS annuity?
  • What about the thrift savings plan (TSP)?
  • What about social security benefits?
  • What about defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans?
  • What are the two main retirement systems?
  • What changed in 1984?
  • What about newer government employees?
  • What about SERS and FERS?
  • What about pensions?
  • What are the factors contributing to benefits?
  • How is a TSP like a 401(k) for the federal government?
  • When did Mike realize he had a passion for helping federal employees?
  • What happens when federal employees hit retirement?
  • What about working longer and the tax implications?
  • When should one start the planning process?
  • Why do I want to continue my work?
  • Do I need to work extra years?
  • Where does Mike work, and what is the process?
  • Would you like to email Mike?
  • Would you like to read Mike’s book?
  • What can you expect in retirement?
  • How many years in advance do you need to get started?
  • Have your read through your pension benefits?
  • Have you decided what you believe about taxes?
  • What do federal employees need to pay attention to?
  • When is a good time to reach out to Mike?

Mike Grimm is the president and founder of Federal Employee Benefits Professionals. He specializes in federal employee benefits and retirement planning. Before starting his business, Mike retired from the US Government as a Federal Agent/Deputy Director with the National Nuclear Security Administration. Mike’s current mission is to help federal employees manage their benefits for a safe and secure retirement.

Episode 314: Business Formation Strategies with Cheri Hill

September 8, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Have you seen any of our videos on Youtube?
  • Who did Mark want to be like, when he was a kid?
  • What did Mark do to his hair?
  • Ever heard of “Barber on Yourself”?
  • Who is Cheri Hill?
  • Who wants to start a business?
  • Who wants to grow a business?
  • Who wants to exit a business?
  • What is Sage International?
  • How many companies have they set up?
  • What are the common themes that make or a break a business success?
  • How can Cheri tell whether someone will succeed or fail?
  • What about a solid foundation?
  • Who are the right people?
  • What does a day look like for Cheri?
  • What happens in the initial conversation?
  • What is the right entity?
  • What documents do they need?
  • Who does Cheri work with?
  • How about a horror story?
  • What about being proactive?
  • What is entity formation?
  • What about a LLC?
  • How does one protect streams of income?
  • What about a corporation?
  • What about tax elections?
  • How do I pay myself?
  • What about payroll?
  • What about becoming a W2 employee?
  • What about quarterly estimated taxes?
  • What is the goal?
  • How are C-Corps different?
  • What about relocations to different states?
  • What about 1031 exchanges?
  • What is Cheri’s goal?
  • What makes sense?
  • Would you like to call Cheri to schedule a conversation? 1-800-254-5779
  • Would you like to hear the Cheri Hill show?

Cheri S. Hill, “Wealth Protection Diva” has been a successful entrepreneur/business owner/premier business strategist for the past 30 years as President & CEO of Sage International, Inc., a company honored to play a consistent role in supporting the economic engine driving this country – small business – the backbone of America. Cheri has mastered the art of teaching entrepreneurs how to effectively start, grow and exit a successful business. She’s personally worked with thousands of business owners, entrepreneurs, real estate investors, professionals, and nonprofit founders by putting a solid foundation under each of their dreams. She knows that to win in business you need to be tough, think big and become skilled. As a gutsy successful business owner and sought-after creative mentor to many, she loves to give back!

Episode 313: How to Avoid the Money Monsters of Taxes, Fees and More! with John Ensley

September 1, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Would you like to join like-minded individuals on the journey?
    Join us for the FREE! Not Your Average Financial Summit
    on the afternoons of September 6-7, 2023! Register here!
  • What do you do, after you hit rock bottom, to make sure you don’t stay there?
  • What about resilience?
  • Who is John Ensley?
  • What happened when John exited the military?
  • What happened in the late 90’s?
  • What did John learn in the early 00’s with real estate?
  • What happened in 2008?
  • What happened when John hit rock bottom?
  • What did John learn about resilience?
  • What happened when John read 100s of books?
  • What about the banking function?
  • What’s John’s journey with the Bank on Yourself® concept?
  • What does John wish everyone knew?
  • How would having a Bank on Yourself® policy have changed John’s trajectory?
  • What are the counter productive forces in a portfolio?
  • What are five the key money monsters?
    • Taxes
    • Management fees
    • Crises or crashes
    • Inflation
    • Debt interest
  • How can we neutralize or put the monsters back in the cage?
  • What about tax?
  • What’s your lifetime exposure?
  • Have you read the book, the Power of Zero by David McKnight?
  • What about fees?
  • What about cumulative fees?
  • What about reversing that?
  • What about crashes?
  • Is the market going to have “another 2008”?
  • Who can account for inflation?
  • What about interest?
  • What are some words to live by?
  • Is what we know probably wrong?
  • Do we take ourselves too seriously?
  • Would you like to talk with John Ensley?
  • What are the key takeaways?

Join us this year, as we explore
the roots behind what we’re inheriting
and how we can navigate in the future.

Who: You! + Amazing Speakers, Authors and Industry Leaders
What: The 3rd Annual Not Your Average Financial Summit
When: September 6-7, 2023; 1PM to 4:30PM CT both days
(Please adjust for your timezone.)
Where: Virtual
How: REGISTER HERE!

John Ensley is president of JEnsley Financial, a fiduciary, financial planning company and Registered Investment Advisor. John holds a Chartered Financial Consultant® designation from the American College of Financial Services and is one of an elite group of highly trained Bank On Yourself® Professionals. jumponwithjohn.com

Episode 312: The Dangerous Fine Print of Indexed Universal Life Insurance with Lester Himel

August 25, 2023 by Not Your Average Financial Podcast

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In this episode, we ask:

  • Would you like to join like-minded individuals on the journey? Join us for the FREE! Not Your Average Financial Summit on the afternoons of September 6 and 7, 2023? Register here!
  • How about a story?
  • Would you like to hear more?
  • Would you like to hear previous episodes with Lester Himel?
  • How did Les learn about the risks of universal life insurance (UL), indexed universal life insurance (IUL) and variable universal life insurance (VUL)?
  • What about the GIC?
  • What happened in 1985?
  • What did Les learn?
  • Can you always get 10% in the stock market?
  • What is AG49?
  • What is AG49A?
  • What is AG49B?
  • What is actuarial guidance?
  • What about a hypothetical straight line example?
  • What about signing the HR clipboard or binder, wherever you find a tab?
  • When will the market go down?
  • Did you hear last week’s episode, Episode 311?
  • Will you wait?
  • Is volatility ever your friend?
  • Does the market go in a straight line?
  • What is an illustration?
  • What did the AG49 rules do to the illustrations and projections for universal life insurance?
  • What about bonuses, buildups and multipliers?
  • Is straight line a joke?
  • Are the projections of universal life too rosy?
  • What about whole life insurance straight line illustrations?
  • What is the business model for whole life insurance carriers?
  • What about dividends?
  • What about consistency?
  • What is the variability inside of a whole life insurance policy?
  • What is happening with higher interest rates?
  • What about guarantees?
  • What group comes to see Les?
  • What’s the joke?
  • Do you have to think about volatility?
  • What about IUL, UL, VUL?
  • What about the zeros?
  • What about the increasing cost of insurance year after year?
  • Will that IUL, UL or VUL lapse?
  • Will you be able to live on this in retirement?
  • What is gold?
  • Would you like to read Lester’s blog?
  • Have you heard Episode 311 yet?
  • Who refuses to sell universal life products?
  • Do these products have unnecessary risks?

Join us this year, as we explore
the roots behind what we’re inheriting
and how we can navigate in the future.

Who: You! + Amazing Speakers, Authors and Industry Leaders
What: The 3rd Annual Not Your Average Financial Summit
When: September 6-7, 2023; 1PM to 4:30PM CT both days
(Please adjust for your timezone.)
Where: Virtual
How: REGISTER HERE!

Lester N. Himel discovered the use of specific types of Life Insurance to enhance and expand the performance of investment portfolios several years ago; this after spending 28 years in a variety of positions on Wall Street. Like most financial professionals, he considered stocks, bonds and similar instruments as the core of a reasonable investment approach. In those last several years, Les has found the better way. Les comes to this field with a very broad financial background. He started as a compliance officer, worked in administration, was an institutional bond trader, developed an Emerging Markets business, and was also involved with “alternative investments”. Les prefers low risk and “guarantees”, and has an ability to simplify explanations of what, why and how. Contact Les at heiratlas.com.

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