Learn How to Finance Everything!

In this #tbt episode, we’re getting into the second pillar of Infinite Banking; How to Finance Everything! This is a critical aspect of Infinite Banking and it can uncover limitless possibilities. As Nelson used to say, this concept, and the ideas within are only limited by your brain. Listen to this early podcast and let us know your thoughts.





Chris Bay:

Welcome to the Life Success & Legacy podcast. My name is Chris Bay and I’m joined today with the founder of Life Success & Legacy, Mike Everett. Hey Mike, last time when we were talking on our podcast, we talked about how to turn the headwind into a tailwind and designing plans, where we get people a debt-free in a short amount of time, typically three to eight years, without actually changing their cashflow. Today what I’d like to do is deal with the second aspect of what infinite banking can do for people and that is actually, once you’re debt-free, learning how to finance everything in your life or your business. So we talk a lot about the concept of EVA, economic value added. What does that mean? Where did it come from and why is that important when you think about creating your own banking system? Can you talk a little bit about that Eva and why it’s important?

Mike Everett:

Economic value added is probably the second most important topic that we talk about. Obviously changing the wind currents number one, economic value added would be number two. The bottom line is all the concept amounts to is the recognition of the fact that your capital has a cost, as well as that which you have borrowed from banks. So the easiest way to explain that is on this side of the scale, and I always do this with folks, on this side of the scale, you’ve got your house, your cars, your credit cards, et cetera, you have to make those payments, correct?

Chris Bay:

Correct.

Mike Everett:

Okay. So what if in this relatively short time we can move all of that debt to your side of the scale, meaning that means that you own the debt, the house, the cars, the credit cards, et cetera. So imagine if infinite banking is not a part of your life right now, do you have to make the payments for your house, cars, credit cards, et cetera?

Chris Bay:

Absolutely. We call that outside debt.

Mike Everett:

That is correct. So what happens if we shift all that debt to inside debt, economic value added, what we’re doing is we’re adding value to your dollars by giving you the opportunity to make those payments to yourself.

Chris Bay:

So I’m interested, when we talk about if we have a loan at the bank, are they going to give you that money for free?

Mike Everett:

They are not.

Chris Bay:

Okay. So I always ask people, do you care more about your banker than yourself? And obviously they chuckle and they say, well, no, of course not. So if the bank is going to charge you whatever percentage, then wouldn’t, you care more about yourself and charge yourself at least that amount. So let’s take a car loan. Okay. Talk us through how you might apply EVA with a car loan.

Mike Everett:

Okay. So let’s just take a conventional bank to start with. They charge you, let’s say, anywhere from 1.9 to 8%. Okay. Do you have to make those payments?

Chris Bay:

Absolutely.

Mike Everett:

Okay. So if all of a sudden you got yourself to where you own the debt, let’s say we used the activator that we talked about in the previous podcast, or we utilized an asset to pay off that debt. Imagine if you were making that car payment to yourself, would you want to pay yourself a small interest rate or a large interest rate? Remember, it’s your money. Part of the thing is getting people to make the mind shift, to pay themselves whatever interest rate they are comfortable with. I personally,