THE LIFT WEALTH STRATEGY

Stop Paying Banks.
Start Becoming One.

For over 30 years I paid into a TSP and watched banks and the government control my money. Then I learned what the wealthy have always known: you can be the bank. I personally own 9 IUL policies built on this exact concept. This is not theory. This is how I live.

WHAT "BE YOUR OWN BANK" ACTUALLY MEANS

It Is Not About Hiding Cash Under a Mattress.

Most people think banking is something that happens to them. You deposit money, the bank lends it out, collects interest, and keeps the spread. Being your own bank flips that model. You build a pool of capital inside a max-funded IUL, use policy loans to finance your own purchases, and your cash value keeps compounding the entire time because the loan is against the policy, not a withdrawal from it. You are using the insurance company's capital while your money stays fully at work.

Your money never stops compounding. You access it without taxes. And you stay in control.

HOW IT WORKS

The IUL Banking System Has Three Moving Parts

Max-Fund the Policy

You put in as much premium as the IRS allows without triggering MEC status. This builds your cash value fast and keeps the tax advantages intact.

Borrow Against Your Cash Value

When you need capital for a car, real estate, business, or anything else, you take a policy loan instead of going to a bank. Your cash value keeps earning indexed returns as if you never touched it.

Recapture the Interest

You pay the loan back on your schedule. Instead of sending interest to a bank, you pay it to a carrier you have a contract with, while your full cash value keeps earning indexed returns as if the loan never happened. That uninterrupted compounding is where the real advantage lives.

FROM FAA TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM

I Used to Be the Bank's Best Customer.

I financed cars, carried balances, and let my TSP sit in funds I did not control. When I retired and learned how much of that money belonged to the IRS, I made a decision.

I rolled out of the TSP. I max-funded IUL policies. I built a structure where I am the one earning interest, not paying it.

Today I use policy loans for real estate moves, major purchases, and opportunities that come up fast. My cash value keeps compounding while I deploy it. That is what being your own bank looks like in real life.

I do not teach what I would not own. Every strategy I recommend, I personally use.

Carl Bullard

What People Get Wrong About This Strategy

MYTH: "You have to use whole life insurance."

TRUTH: IUL offers the same banking structure with indexed growth and no cap on upside potential.

MYTH: "Policy loans hurt your policy."

TRUTH: Properly structured, loans do not reduce your cash value growth. The full balance keeps earning.

MYTH: "This only works for the wealthy."

TRUTH: This strategy works at almost any income level when the policy is sized and funded correctly.

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