(Random numbers for illustration) I hope this helps and sorry you’re experiencing this.

I tell you all that to illustrate this; I have a strong will and I dont quit.

I tell you all that to illustrate this; I have a strong will and I dont quit.

Averaged over the life of the policy, the cost is usually between 0.5 to 0.75%.Hi Mike,I appreciate you providing us with an illustration of how this works.  

@Wes Mccullar @Bikash ChhetriHere’s a link into a blog post I wrote about investing $50,000 a year for 10 years  Of course, returns are never guaranteed but the returns I use in this illustration are quite doable  Demonstrates the power of consistent investing in syndications.

They both have the same effect on your net worth.I hate hypotheticals, but just as a simple illustration, if someone gave you $500 as a gift, you could either put it in your pocket or you can use it to pay down your CC debt.

The table below illustrates how the levered yield changes based on the interest rates that are less than, equal to, and greater than the unlevered yield.

As of 29-Jul-2021 the inflation rate sits at 5.5 or 5.6%, and the problem of this is illustrated by asking yourself "How much gas can I get today compared to this past March?"

But ProPublica also reported that the IRS had audited Thiel in 2011 and determined that no additional taxes were due.This dramatically illustrates the difficulty in determining a fair market value for start-up company stock and likely explains the reason why Senator Ben Cardin (D - Maryland) is “considering reforms, such as banning the use of IRAs to purchase nonpublic investments”.If enacted, this axe-rather-than-scalpel approach would mean the end of self-directed IRAs.Yet the vast majority of self-directed IRA investments, while illiquid, are relatively easy to value on an annual basis as required by the IRS. 

I especially appreciate frank chin's illustration.