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It's TROLL DAY on Farming Without the Bank Ep 371 with Mary Jo Irmen — and the trolls brought their best hate comments. Mary Jo reads them all and answers back: charging her own son 9% interest (vs 11% at the bank), helping a client farm 6,000 acres from scratch, why...

Lending money to your kids from ONE policy is a recipe for a family fight. In this episode, Mary Jo Irmen shares 2 creative strategies she used this week to solve real client problems around kids, money, and fairness. If you have 3 kids and help one start a business...

Mary Jo's back with three money topics every farmer and rancher needs to hear. The thread running through all of them: it's not how much money you make — it's how you USE it. In this episode: the private equity news making headlines in the life insurance world (and...

The biggest threat to your farm's legacy isn't the bank — it's an unplanned long-term care event. In this episode, Mary Jo Irmen sits down with long-term care expert Michelle Prather, author of Who's Wiping Your Assets?, to unpack why modern long-term care insurance...

Buying a whole life insurance policy for infinite banking? Many agents have no idea what they're actually selling you — and it could cost you decades of compound growth. In this episode, Mary Jo breaks down the 5 things you MUST check before you sign anything, based...

Mary Jo Irmen walks through a real whole life insurance policy illustration for a 27-year-old client paying just $6,000 a year — and the numbers might surprise you. In this episode, Mary Jo breaks down what the cash value growth actually looks like year by year, what...