In this episode, we ask:

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• Does X mark the spot?
  
• Who is Dave Bonnemort?
  
• How did Dave get his start?
  
• How many policies does Dave and his family own?
  
• What is the E.S.I. framework?
  
• What about earning?
  
• What about saving?
  
• What about interest?
  
• What about banking?
  
• Who is good at at least two of the three?
  
• What about investing in yourself and your health?
  
• What about education?
  
• How might we bring value to others?
  
• What have you done to help keep up with inflation?
  
• What is the difference between saving and investing?
  
• Is a 401(k) saving or investing?
  
• What about the book Becoming Your Own Banker by Nelson Nash?
  
• What about keeping your debts low?
  
• What did Charlie Munger say?
  
• What about Willie Sutton’s law?
  
• What about the changing rules?
  
• Have you looked at the history of taxes?
  
• Where are the big payouts?
  
• What about risk?
  
• What about the likelihood of loss vs. the likelihood of winning?
  
• What about volatility?
  
• What about saving and building capital?
  
• What about being broke as a joke?
  
• How did Dave 10x some of his money?
  
• Who knows better (what to do with your money)?
  
• What about banking, rate and volume?
  
• What are the two businesses?
  
• How about patience and hard work?
  
• What about the mindset?
  
• What are the ugly, painful, grinding years?
  
• What about the capitalization phase?
  
• How is this like starting a tree farm?
  
• What about the loan phase?
  
• How much money do you bring in every month?
  
• What dollar amount do you bring in as loans?
  
• What if you were paying yourself back (for loans) and recapturing that interest instead?
  
• Would you like to hear Part 2 with Dave next week?
  
• What are the takeaways?
  
• What about the need to have accessible, liquid capital?
  

Dave Bonnemort is a current client and active practitioner of the Becoming Your Own Banker concept, as well as a husband to an amazing wife and father to three incredible kids.

He makes his living as a small business owner, is a student of Austrian economics, and a personal finance junkie.