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Money Guy Show

Should I Take a 401(k) Loan?

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Investing, Education, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Most 401(k) participants have the option to take out 401(k) loans, and many take advantage. Should you take out a 401(k) loan to buy your first house, or maybe put in a new pool? In this Q&A, we'll discuss the basics of a 401(k) loan, some drawbacks to taking money out, and a real-world example of how it can affect your Army of Dollar Bills. Subscribe on YouTube! Download FREE Financial Resources from the show Get our Net Worth Tool Now! Sign up for our Financial Order of Operations course Let’s make sure you’re on the path to financial success - then help you stay there! The Money Guy Show takes the edge off of personal finance. We’re financial advisors that believe anyone can be wealthy! First, LEARN smart financial principles. Next, APPLY those principles! Then watch your finances GROW! Visit our site for more info. Instagram Twitter Facebook TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Here's a question.

0:01.6

Should you take advantage of your employers for one K loans?

0:04.4

It's Brian Preston, the money guy, restoring order to your financial chaos, retirement,

0:11.6

investing, taxes.

0:13.4

You've got financial questions.

0:15.0

He's got financial answers.

0:17.0

It's Brian Preston, the money guy.

0:19.8

Yeah, Brian, I am super excited to talk about this because I think we're going to be

0:24.8

able to write a wrong.

0:26.4

I think we're going to share some good information that folks might not have otherwise known about

0:33.2

and prevent you from hopefully making potentially a huge mistake.

0:37.0

Now we saw in our YouTube comments because we are part of a live stream and we had folks

0:42.2

that said, well, this is easy.

0:43.7

They go just say no.

0:44.8

So before we jump to the answer, but why don't we first walk them through what the brochure

0:51.4

says for one K loans provide for employees?

0:55.2

Yes, let's talk a little bit about what is a 401K loan and how does it operate?

1:00.2

The first thing is a 401K loan allows you to borrow money from your retirement account.

1:05.6

If you've been saving inside of an employer-sponsored 401K, rather than having to take a

1:10.1

distribution, rather than having to trigger taxes, rather than having to trigger a penalty,

1:14.5

you can actually borrow money from yourself.

1:17.1

You may be wondering, who does this?

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