\”… You choose\”
I touched the search button on my car radio the other day and landed on \”The Dave Ramsey Show\”. The caller had this story to tell:
\”I am the owner of two houses that are in Florida, one is worth $250,000 and the other $350,000. I have paid for both of them.\”
\”I have a transmission shop that is worth $400,000 but I still owe $70,000 on it.\”
\”I also own our current home, it is worth $350,000 but I still owe $120,000 on it.\”
\”My wife makes $90,000 per year, after taxes, and I work at my transmission shop, but for the past six months during this economic downturn, I have not been able to bring home a salary.\”
\”I have been trying to float my shop expenses due to this downturn and because of this I now owe $90,000 on credit cards.\”
\”My wife does not want to sell either of our properties in Florida because we would lose over 45% by the time we pay listing and seller fees.\”
\”What can we do?\”
Dave began ranting and raving about the wife of this man being so impracticable in this critical situation and then he recommended that this fellow should sell one of his Florida homes to get out of debt! This recommendation is disastrous for many reasons. Here are some:
By mocking the wife, it assumes this fellow values money over her advice and concern.
In a very depressed market it still assumes he can sell his property(s).
It also assumes that if he pays of his debt he will not incur any further debt in his business.
Besides it assumes that his financial disaster is over.
It goes against common sense by assuming that getting out of debt produces financial freedom.
But let us only examine the facts:
If it were possible for this fellow to sell his house for 55% of what he has into it then he will be the receiver of $190,000 from the home that was worth $350,000, and less than that on the home that was worth $250,000 ($137,000.) This money will be enough to pay off his current debt and leave him with $47,500. If he has to continue spending money at the rate which he has in his business, this extra money will only last him about 3 months. Then he would find himself right back where he was, only this time he would be worse off, because he would have no equity to liquidate so that he could \”bail himself out.\” Strike one Dave!
Secondly, to be debt free is just an allusion in society as we know it today. I only know a few debt free individuals and those are the people holding signs at intersections or parking lot corners. In our society you cannot be debt free unless you own nothing. Whenever you own something you face taxes, services fees, utilities etc. So guess what? This means that to live you have to have debt. Strike two Dave. Nobody wants to be a homeless beggar.
Thirdly, Dave, you ignored the fact that this caller obviously has some financial acumen. Just consider his entrepreneurial endeavors. Your hack attack was totally uncalled for and totally off base. The old attorney trick, if you cannot find fault with the deed attack the person behind the deed was employed here by you Dave. So, strike three Dave, you are out!
Actually this fellow has made some very sound financial decisions as evidenced by his asset accumulation and business acumen. And I will wager that his wife was not just an incidental bystander during that time. To insult and mock her is totally assign. But what can you expect? Call an entertainer for financial advice and you will get what you called for, entertainment right?
So besides prolonging his bankruptcy by selling his personal property what is out there that could help this caller?
Well, let us start with a true but little known fact. Real estate equity has no rate of return associated with it! The wealthy have realized this for centuries and acted accordingly. And that is why the Infinite Banking Concept can become increasingly beneficial to you. By Becoming Your Own Banker you can keep your money in a very liquid and secure place, still use the asset(s) which your money purchased (or purchases) but not be penalized for using your money which made the purchase in the first place. Fact is if you use the money for financing current needs and capital ventures…you will end up with even more money and assets with only one little caveat…you will not have to work any harder or longer to make that extra money because your money will be working instead.
So even if Ramsey rants and raves against participating whole life insurance, do not be fooled, who cares what Ramsey says, if it is not true? The truth is that the people that pay these entertainers are the same ones that make money off of you by using your money at your loss.
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