Ep 195 - Leveraging Your Life Insurance to Supercharge Your Investments | with Chris Reid
Sep 25, 2023
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Chris Reid, a guest specializing in leveraging life insurance for wealth building, joins Adam Schroeder and Zach Lemaster to discuss how people can use their life insurance as part of their long term wealth building strategy. They explore the benefits of using life insurance as an investment tool, such as tax-free growth and the ability to borrow money from the policy to invest in real estate. The podcast also covers the advantages of leveraging life insurance for tax-free growth and financial stability, as well as using life insurance policies to fund investments without traditional repayment.
Cash value life insurance can be leveraged as a source of tax-free money for real estate or other investments, providing individuals with the ability to create their own bank account.
Premium financing is a strategy that allows individuals to accelerate the growth of cash value life insurance by borrowing money from a bank, contributing to the policy, and earning interest on their own money.
Deep dives
Using Cash Value Life Insurance as a Financial Tool
Cash value life insurance is a hybrid product that can provide both a death benefit and a tax-free bucket of money that individuals can borrow against for their own purposes. This financial tool allows real estate investors to have access to money that they can use for real estate deals or other investments. By building up cash value in the policy, individuals can create their own bank account that they can dip into and pull money out when needed. While there are risks involved in leveraging cash value life insurance, the potential rewards can be significant, especially for high-income individuals who are looking to create tax-free wealth and diversify their asset portfolio.
Benefits of Cash Value Life Insurance
Cash value life insurance offers several benefits as a long-term investment. It provides a death benefit, ensuring financial protection for one's family. It also allows individuals to contribute after-tax dollars that grow tax-free. The policy provides a guaranteed minimum growth rate, protecting against market fluctuations. With this type of insurance, individuals can access the cash value by taking out loans and paying themselves back with interest. It serves as a tax-free source of money that can be used for real estate investments or other financial needs. Overall, cash value life insurance is a tool that can help individuals build tax-free wealth, especially if they are unable to contribute to a Roth IRA due to income restrictions.
Understanding Leverage and Premium Financing
Leveraging cash value life insurance involves borrowing against the policy's cash value to make investments. This strategy allows individuals to be their own bank and earn interest on their own money. Premium financing is a way to accelerate the growth of cash value life insurance by borrowing money from a bank and having them contribute to the policy. While this approach is more suitable for high-income individuals, it can provide a higher cash value that can be borrowed against. When using premium financing, individuals pay both the interest on the loan and the policy premium. At the end of the funding period, the principal can be paid off, and the excess gains from leveraging the borrowed money can be kept. Premium financing is a complex process that involves working closely with lawyers, bank managers, and financial planners.
Considerations and Drawbacks of Cash Value Life Insurance
While cash value life insurance offers unique advantages, it may not be suitable for everyone. Affordability and qualification are key considerations. Individuals need to have excess cash to contribute or qualify for premium financing. Cash value life insurance is a long-term strategy and not a get-rich-quick scheme. It requires time for the cash value to accumulate and grow. Additionally, if the stock market does not perform well, gains on borrowed money may be limited. There are also technical details to consider, such as interest rates, loan structures, and repayment options. It is important to consult with financial advisors to determine if cash value life insurance is the right fit for one's financial goals and circumstances.
When you hear the word “leverage” you think about things like your mortgage or loans of some sort. What few people think about, however, is how they can leverage their life insurance to help them scale their portfolio.
Adam Schroeder and Zach Lemaster talk with Chris Reid about how people can start their policy and set it up in a way that they are able to utilize it as part of their long term wealth building strategy.
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