FAA Medical Disqualification Just Cost You $300k (Here's How to Protect It)

Are you flying your finances blind? For many airline pilots, a $300,000 annual income is just one medical disqualification away from becoming zero. In this episode, Paul Fugere and David Befort discuss why traditional financial planning—like locking wealth in a 401k or the walls of your home—can leave pilots grounded and liquid-poor when they need cash the most.

We dive into the "financial walk-around" every pilot needs to perform to ensure their family’s safety and their own financial "airworthiness".

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In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

The Fragility of the First-Class Medical: Why 1 in 20 pilots are on long-term disability at any given time.

The 260% Danger Zone: Why medical denial rates spike between the ages of 45 and 55.

The "No-Brainer" Insurance Rider: How the Disability Waiver of Premium ensures your policy continues to grow even if you lose your ability to fly.

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate: Applying the first rule of flight to your money—why liquidity is the "fuel" that keeps your financial engine running.

The Power of IBC for Pilots: How to use windfalls like profit-sharing bonuses, back pay, and green slips to build a private "war chest" you control.

Key Statistics for Aviators:

Nearly 5 out of every 1,000 active airline pilots are denied medical certification annually.

Standard long-term disability often only covers 50% of your average paycheck—could you maintain your lifestyle on half your income?.

Typical company-provided life insurance (often $1M) may only cover 4-5 years of income, leaving families vulnerable in the long term.

About your hosts: https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

David Befort and Paul Fugere are the hosts of the Wealth Warehouse Podcast. David is the Founder/CEO of Max Performance Financial. He founded the company with the mission of educating people on the truths about money. David's mission is to show you how you can control your own money, earn guarantees, grow it tax-free, and maintain penalty-free access to it to leverage for opportunities that will provide passive income for the rest of your life.

Paul, on the other hand, is an Active Duty U.S. Army officer who graduated from Norwich University in 2002 with a B.A. in History and again in 2012 with a MA in Diplomacy and International Terrorism. Paul met his wife Tammy at Norwich. As a family, they enjoy boating, traveling, sports, hunting, automobiles, and are self-proclaimed food people.

Catch up with David and Paul, visit the links below!

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Fugere494

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Befort399

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-befort-jr-09663972/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-fugere-762021b0/

Email us!

davidandpaul@theibcguys.com

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to 401k prison

04:54 Understanding the 401k Contract

09:56 Exploring Alternatives to 401k

14:51 The Importance of Financial Education

19:29 The Journey of Infinite Banking

22:24 Understanding 401k Limitations

25:32 The Importance of Access to Capital

31:32 Exploring Infinite Banking

37:44 The Risks of Traditional Investments

45:46 The Control of Banking Function

Paul Fugere and David Befort discuss the limitations of traditional 401k plans and introduce the concept of Infinite Banking as a more flexible and empowering financial strategy.

They explore the restrictions imposed by 401k plans, the importance of understanding financial products, and the benefits of controlling one's own capital through alternative methods.

The discussion emphasizes the need for financial education and the potential for individuals to take charge of their financial futures without relying solely on conventional investment strategies.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

David Befort and Paul Fugere are the hosts of the Wealth Warehouse Podcast. David is the Founder/CEO of Max Performance Financial. He founded the company with the mission of educating people on the truths about money.

David's mission is to show you how you can control your own money, earn guarantees, grow it tax-free, and maintain penalty-free access to it to leverage for opportunities that will provide passive income for the rest of your life.

Paul, on the other hand, is an Active Duty U.S. Army officer who graduated from Norwich University in 2002 with a B.A. in History and again in 2012 with a M.A. in Diplomacy and International Terrorism. Paul met his wife Tammy at Norwich.

As a family, they enjoy boating, traveling, sports, hunting, automobiles, and are self-proclaimed food people.

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Catch up with David and Paul, visit the links below!

Website:

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Fugere494

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Befort399

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-befort-jr-09663972/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-fugere-762021b0/

Email:

davidandpaul@theibcguys.com

The concept of the 'storehouse mentality' and how it can transform financial strategies for 2026.

We explore the importance of treating capital like a banker rather than a gambler, emphasizing the benefits of building a personal wealth warehouse. We speak on non-market correlated assets, the pitfalls of traditional savings, and the advantages of whole life insurance as a financial tool.

Takeaways:

1. Stop treating your capital like you're in a casino.
2. Create your own wealth warehouse.
3. Whole life insurance is non-market correlated.
4. Liquidity without liquidation is key.
5. The average return is not the actual return.
6. Banks profit by keeping money in motion.
7. Infinite banking adds a financial tailwind.
8. Every dollar in premium works forever.
9. Market dips don't affect whole life insurance.
10. Control the function of banking in your life.

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

The concept of the 'storehouse mentality' and how it can transform financial strategies for 2026. We explore the importance of treating capital like a banker rather than a gambler, emphasizing the benefits of building a personal wealth warehouse. We speak on non-market correlated assets, the pitfalls of traditional savings, and the advantages of whole life insurance as a financial tool.

Becoming Your Own Banker by Nelson Nash:

https://infinitebanking.org/product/becoming-your-own-banker/ref/46/

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

David Befort and Paul Fugere are the hosts of the Wealth Warehouse Podcast. David is the Founder/CEO of Max Performance Financial. He founded the company with the mission of educating people on the truths about money.

David's mission is to show you how you can control your own money, earn guarantees, grow it tax-free, and maintain penalty-free access to it to leverage for opportunities that will provide passive income for the rest of your life.

Paul, on the other hand, is an Active Duty U.S. Army officer who graduated from Norwich University in 2002 with a B.A. in History and again in 2012 with a M.A. in Diplomacy and International Terrorism. Paul met his wife Tammy at Norwich.

As a family, they enjoy boating, traveling, sports, hunting, automobiles, and are self-proclaimed food people.

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Catch up with David and Paul, visit the links below!

Website:

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Fugere494

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

With the end of 2025 in sight, Dave and Paul wrap on what real clients taught them about practicing Infinite Banking.

From why more families are starting kids’ policies and how planning ahead with convertible term keeps future options open, to simple ways disciplined loan repayment can supercharge your system.

Additionally, they dig into capturing big annual expenses as premium, building your IBC “tribe,” and a quick tease on changes coming to the show in 2026.

If you’re serious about using IBC in everyday life, this one’s a clean checklist of what to do next. Tune in, take notes, and head into January with a plan.

Becoming Your Own Banker by Nelson Nash:

https://infinitebanking.org/product/becoming-your-own-banker/ref/46/

Episode Highlights:

0:00 - Intro

1:01 - Episode beginning

2:54 - What we’ve learned over the last year

4:51 - Family and legacy

8:03 - Planning ahead, windfalls

13:24 - Opportunities

18:51 - Paying loans

24:11 - Capturing big, annual expenses

25:52 - Shared minds, “finding more room”

28:19 - Referrals

30:14 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

David Befort and Paul Fugere are the hosts of the Wealth Warehouse Podcast. David is the Founder/CEO of Max Performance Financial. He founded the company with the mission of educating people on the truths about money.

David's mission is to show you how you can control your own money, earn guarantees, grow it tax-free, and maintain penalty-free access to it to leverage for opportunities that will provide passive income for the rest of your life.

Paul, on the other hand, is an Active Duty U.S. Army officer who graduated from Norwich University in 2002 with a B.A. in History and again in 2012 with a M.A. in Diplomacy and International Terrorism. Paul met his wife Tammy at Norwich.

As a family, they enjoy boating, traveling, sports, hunting, automobiles, and are self-proclaimed food people.

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Catch up with David and Paul, visit the links below!

Website:

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Fugere494

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Befort399

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-befort-jr-09663972/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-fugere-762021b0/

Email:

davidandpaul@theibcguys.com

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Unwrap a Christmas-week convo on control, liquidity, and the Infinite Banking Concept!

Dave and Paul read listener emails to start off the episode (including one that calls out Paul directly) – and get into some bigger concepts from there like:

Keeping cash flowing and using mortgages/HELOCs strategically, rather than rushing to pay off a house.

They also break down refinancing vs. liquidity, how to move equity out of your walls and into policies, and why “becoming your own banker” is a business you build, not a get-rich-quick play.

Becoming Your Own Banker by Nelson Nash:

https://infinitebanking.org/product/becoming-your-own-banker/ref/46/

Episode Highlights:

0:00 - Intro

1:11 - Episode beginning

3:22 - Quick note

4:05 - First email: “I should’ve gone bigger”

5:48 - Second email: “Stop using banks, mortgages”

8:23 - “Money has to flow”

12:35 - Using the bank as a tool

19:47 - Creating your own banking system

30:56 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

David Befort and Paul Fugere are the hosts of the Wealth Warehouse Podcast. David is the Founder/CEO of Max Performance Financial. He founded the company with the mission of educating people on the truths about money.

David's mission is to show you how you can control your own money, earn guarantees, grow it tax-free, and maintain penalty-free access to it to leverage for opportunities that will provide passive income for the rest of your life.

Paul, on the other hand, is an Active Duty U.S. Army officer who graduated from Norwich University in 2002 with a B.A. in History and again in 2012 with a M.A. in Diplomacy and International Terrorism. Paul met his wife Tammy at Norwich.

As a family, they enjoy boating, traveling, sports, hunting, automobiles, and are self-proclaimed food people.

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Catch up with David and Paul, visit the links below!

Website:

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Fugere494

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Befort399

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-befort-jr-09663972/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-fugere-762021b0/

Email:

davidandpaul@theibcguys.com

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

It’s a common expense that many Americans carry – but what if there was a way that you could get something positive out of that debt?

In this episode, Dave and Paul discuss student loans and a counter-intuitive idea: extra payments on student loans can keep you capital-poor. They unpack why prioritizing liquidity, via properly structured whole life and the Infinite Banking Concept, can leave you wealthier over time while you still make the minimums.

Additionally, the guys touch on average debt realities, how to turn a payoff into a “windfall,” who this strategy is (and isn’t) for, and a legit path some borrowers use to shrink federal loan payments.

Episodes Referenced:

Episode 11 Using IBC To Eliminate Debt: https://youtu.be/KiQ-pEcwKx4?si=nG1YeKsxcWmdxQ7N

Episode 26 Is a 15 year Mortgage Really Better Than a 30 year Mortgage? https://youtu.be/IwRn9UNbowU?si=6Soe_ns4XMkDF7ix

Becoming Your Own Banker by Nelson Nash:

https://infinitebanking.org/product/becoming-your-own-banker/ref/46/

Episode Highlights:

0:00 - Intro

1:17 - Episode beginning

4:07 - Breaking old mindsets

9:02 - Some of the data

10:34 - The alternative

16:01 - What if you just paid it off?

22:08 - Colleges and trades

23:30 - If you still have student loan debt..

27:04 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

David Befort and Paul Fugere are the hosts of the Wealth Warehouse Podcast. David is the Founder/CEO of Max Performance Financial. He founded the company with the mission of educating people on the truths about money.

David's mission is to show you how you can control your own money, earn guarantees, grow it tax-free, and maintain penalty-free access to it to leverage for opportunities that will provide passive income for the rest of your life.

Paul, on the other hand, is an Active Duty U.S. Army officer who graduated from Norwich University in 2002 with a B.A. in History and again in 2012 with a M.A. in Diplomacy and International Terrorism. Paul met his wife Tammy at Norwich.

As a family, they enjoy boating, traveling, sports, hunting, automobiles, and are self-proclaimed food people.

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Catch up with David and Paul, visit the links below!

Website:

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Fugere494

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Befort399

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-befort-jr-09663972/

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Dave and Paul celebrate episode 200 by riffing on Covey’s “7 Habits” and translating them into practical, IBC moves.

They discuss each of the “7 Habits” and double click on some big x-factors, like consistency, sequencing cash, win-win thinking, and ‘sharpening the saw’.

Becoming Your Own Banker by Nelson Nash:

https://infinitebanking.org/product/becoming-your-own-banker/ref/46/

Episode Highlights:

0:00 - Intro

1:41 - Episode beginning

5:22 - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

6:06 - #1: Be Proactive

10:11 - #2: Begin With The End In Mind

14:26 - #3: Pay Yourself First

18:00 - #4: Think Win-Win

20:26 - #5: Seek To Understand

24:29 - #6: Synergize

28:44 - #7: Sharpen the Saw

32:38 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

David Befort and Paul Fugere are the hosts of the Wealth Warehouse Podcast. David is the Founder/CEO of Max Performance Financial. He founded the company with the mission of educating people on the truths about money.

David's mission is to show you how you can control your own money, earn guarantees, grow it tax-free, and maintain penalty-free access to it to leverage for opportunities that will provide passive income for the rest of your life.

Paul, on the other hand, is an Active Duty U.S. Army officer who graduated from Norwich University in 2002 with a B.A. in History and again in 2012 with a M.A. in Diplomacy and International Terrorism. Paul met his wife Tammy at Norwich.

As a family, they enjoy boating, traveling, sports, hunting, automobiles, and are self-proclaimed food people.

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Catch up with David and Paul, visit the links below!

Website:

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Fugere494

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Befort399

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-befort-jr-09663972/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-fugere-762021b0/

Email:

davidandpaul@theibcguys.com

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Dave and Paul return for their monthly webinar where this time, they tackled the theme: How has "Rethinking your thinking" changed your life?

Additionally, they talk about using policy loans for cars, home projects, and surprise bills without bank stress; how to “capture your dollars first” so compounding isn’t interrupted; and simple ways to do private financing instead of the traditional bank runaround.

Becoming Your Own Banker by Nelson Nash:

https://infinitebanking.org/product/becoming-your-own-banker/ref/46/

Episode Highlights:



0:00 - Intro

0:51 - Episode beginning

1:50 - IBC’s impact on Dave and Paul

8:18 - Another housing story

10:53 - Car financing

15:35 - IBC in action, taking opportunities

22:50 - Both/and

29:04 - Daniel: What thinking differently has done

37:40 - People have been tricked

39:52 - It’s so simple

43:37 - “Finding” policies, proper classification

51:10 - Using and expanding your system

58:09 - Episode wrap-up

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS:

David Befort and Paul Fugere are the hosts of the Wealth Warehouse Podcast. David is the Founder/CEO of Max Performance Financial. He founded the company with the mission of educating people on the truths about money.

David's mission is to show you how you can control your own money, earn guarantees, grow it tax-free, and maintain penalty-free access to it to leverage for opportunities that will provide passive income for the rest of your life.

Paul, on the other hand, is an Active Duty U.S. Army officer who graduated from Norwich University in 2002 with a B.A. in History and again in 2012 with a M.A. in Diplomacy and International Terrorism. Paul met his wife Tammy at Norwich.

As a family, they enjoy boating, traveling, sports, hunting, automobiles, and are self-proclaimed food people.

Visit our website:

https://www.thewealthwarehousepodcast.com/

Catch up with David and Paul, visit the links below!

Website:

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Fugere494

https://infinitebanking.org/agents/Befort399

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-a-befort-jr-09663972/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-fugere-762021b0/

Email:

davidandpaul@theibcguys.com