Borrow Smart, Retire Rich

by The David Lukas Show on May 19, 2012

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This is a must hear interview with Todd Ballenger, author of Borrow Smart, Retire Rich, A 7-Step process to managing the wealth in your home.

About ToddBuy The Book on Amazon.com
Todd began a financial planning practice in Chapel Hill, NC. over the past years Todd has held his Securites Liscence, Life & Health, Real Estate and Mortgage Liscence.

His interest in real estate and mortgage lending led to the development of a mortgage company focused on managing both sides of the balance sheet. Focusing first on cash and liability management, the savings and increased cash flow were then applied toward the future wealth of his clients. That initial vision was rolled into a public offering in 1999. NASDAQ: MDCM (mortgage.com).

Since 2000, Todd primarily consults with financial institutions to develop integrated cash and liability management strategies for their lenders and advisors.

Todd has worked with Charles Schwab, Ameriprise, American Express, Merrill Lynch, MetLife, Wachovia, PHH Mortgage, Everbank, Old Mutual, Jackson National, LPL, and many other financial institutions and associations dedicated to developing strategy, content, training, and tools to support their financial advisors in the management of cash, liabilities and assets.

Page one (1) of Borrow Smart, Retire Rich:
“Owning a house can be one of your best tools for creating wealth. A house is a place to live and work, but it can also be an instrument for tax deductions, asset, diversification, leverage, wealth accumulation, wealth transfers and charitable giving.”

Do you look at managing your mortgage as the same as managing the dollars you already have saved?  David and Todd dicuss the fact that your mortgage is one of the most powerful financial tools that you have at your disposal. The way you manage your mortgage, can have far reaching implications on virtually every facet of your financial life, including your ability to save, pay for college and plan for your retirement.

On Page 26 of Borrow Smart Retire Rich:
“For many Americans, more money will likely flow through their house than will ever flow through their other investments. Properly managed, your investment in the house could account for thousands and even millions of dollars in new wealth over your lifetime.”

Tune in to hear David and Todd talk about:

The differnce between your house and your home.

What is EPR?

Safety, Liquidity and Return

The life events that often increase the need for access to the wealth in your house are typically the same events that block such access.

External threats over which you have little or no control can affect your credit in a way that immediately blocks future access to wealth in your house.

And much more!

You can buy Todd’s book on Amazon by clicking HERE.

To learn more please visit: BorrowSmartRetireRich.com also be sure to visit: WhatIsEnough.org

Tune In, Listen and Learn!

 

 

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Changing The Way You Think About Your Money

by The David Lukas Show on May 15, 2012

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David continues to talk about the three types of money and major wealth transfers.

Most in the financial industry focus on accumulated money. Specifically, to increase one’s accumulated money, the focus is usually on finding better investments that pay a higher rate of return, often requiring increasing the level of risk in the process.  Ask yourself this question: When someone advises you how to increase your investments, who’s money is at risk? Yours or theirs?

Often times, the advice one receives is to cut back on their standard of living and give up the luxuries they currently enjoy. By far the most common strategy to increase one’s assets is to go on a financial diet and cut back on spending one’s lifestyle money. For many people the thought of giving up today to build for tomorrow is the only strategy they believe is available.  This thought is so stressful that it can keep even those who want to save from taking any action at all. This often brings us back to the position of trying to find better investments to make our money grow.

There are many ways to increase your wealth. One way is to be more efficient with the money you already have. 

Are you focusing on the wrong money? The answer lies in your TRANSFERRED money. Money that is already passing through your hands, but that is being lost through wealth transfers. The two biggest wealth transfers are your mortgage, specifically the way you go about managing your equity. The 2nd major wealth transfer for most people is their taxes. Most people are not aware of the strategies available to drastically reduce the amount taxes they end up paying over a life time.

Listen in as you will learn about strategies that allow you to recapture hundreds of thousands of dollars of transferred money.

What strategy do you have to minimize your wealth transfers? Transfers that most likely you aren’t even aware of. There is a better way.

If you would like to find out how these strategies can help you, call David at: 501-952-3090

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