Feb 12, 2026

If you're going to own a fleet of vehicles, why wouldn't you finance them through your own banking system instead of the bank's?

In this episode of Without the Bank, we break down one of the most misunderstood—and powerful—chapters in Nelson Nash's Becoming Your Own Banker: equipment financing.

WTB Episode 256 walks...

Feb 5, 2026

Insurance premiums keep rising—but claims are getting denied. So the big question is: does self-insuring actually make sense, or is it a risky move most people misunderstand?

In WTB Episode 255, we dive into one of the most controversial chapters of Becoming Your Own Banker: expanding the system and self-insuring. We...

Jan 29, 2026

What if two people saved the exact same amount of money... but one retired with nearly $900,000 more than the other? The difference wasn’t discipline — it was where the money lived.

In this episode of Without the Bank, we break down one of the most powerful chapters from Becoming Your Own Banker: The Twin Sister...

Jan 22, 2026

Most people are taught to buy term insurance and invest the rest—but what if that advice is based on a massive misunderstanding of how life insurance actually works?

In this episode, we break down why dividend-paying whole life insurance is fundamentally misclassified, how insurance companies really make money, and...

Jan 15, 2026

Are you collecting financial knowledge... or actually using it?

In this episode of Without The Bank, we break down two of the most dangerous (and overlooked) chapters from Becoming Your Own Banker: Arrival Syndrome and Use It or Lose It.

These ideas explain why so many people stall out financially—even after reading...