There are two reasons why Dave Ramsey is not always
the best option for financial advice.
First reason, he constantly tells people there is no benefit
to holding CREDIT. That's just plain dumb in the face of
many who have benefited from using credit to purchase
Real-estate or start a business. My son in law is a Real-estate
investor and is using credit with great results.
Second reason, sometimes Mr Ramsey gets it completely
wrong. His opinion concerning Whole Life Insurance is
one of those times he got it wrong.
Concerning life insurance, in the video above,
Mr Ramsey advises a caller on his program not
to use the Infinite Banking concept via whole life insurance.
He claims the insurance agent which advised his caller of the
Infinite Banking concept is not a financial advisor.
I can just imagine Insurance agents who hold the
series 6, 7 and 63 were probably baffled by his comment.
Clearly Mr Ramsey is clueless about the benefits of Whole Life.
Structured correctly, using non-direct recognition clause and a paid-up
rider, a client can borrow from their OWN whole life policy,
with their payments of principle & interest returning to increase THEIR POLICY.
Essentially in time this stops the need to borrow from a bank to purchase
high ticket items (home, car, boats, vacations, wedding ring, college tuition)
The process is set up, so that you borrow from your own policy, and
all payments will Pay Yourself Back! Not to mention interest payments
will be much lower than anything a bank offers.
Funding your own future loans while building an inheritance for
your beneficiaries is a wonderful financial strategy. A savvy Insurance
agent would add a grantor retained annuity trust that would give
the principal to family members estate tax free.
Moral of this story is that it's prudent to do your own research
instead of relying on so-called experts.
Hopefully the caller listened to his Insurance Agent, and
not Mr Ramsey.