Or is it that you are upset because you don't have good enough credit to borrow money from a bank? And you are simply jealous of those who do?
I think you got it backwards. I can borrow and I know reasonably well how that works. You don't and you refuse to even try while claiming it's free money. Something's not right here, it's almost like you're full of shit.
It doesn't say anything about him being a "bank CPA", so that's probably false too.
You're kinda funny. Just because one site doesn't say anything about him being a CPA, doesn't mean that a whole lot of other sites that you looked at don't say it. But...
I'll prove that the loan paperwork has value like money. It's real simple. You can prove it to yourself by getting a bank loan. And remember, this is for the US and Euro... but it is probably similar for many other countries and currencies. Here's the proof...
The setting: You are at the bank, ready to sign the last piece of paper to get you your loan, the promissory note. If you don't sign the paperwork, will the banker give you the loan? NO! Because there isn't any value in the paperwork without your signature on it. It's a valueless piece of paperwork.
If you sign the paperwork, then it has value. How much value? Value in the amount of the loan. Value that you are going to pay back the loan. It's written on the paperwork. What kinds of value does it have? Two value kinds in one:
1. It has value to the banker. We know it because he gives you your loan money... which he wouldn't do before it had value that you gave it by signing it.
2. Value in your promise to pay, because if you don't pay, he can get it out of you by taking you to court.
So, it's an even trade. Value for value. Your valuable promissory note, for his valuable cash or bank check. You did the terms on the promissory note by paying it off even before you got the loan. You didn't default on your loan... which you paid off even before you received the loan money.
Nobody needs Tom Schauf to understand this... except you. In your case, I probably messed with your thinking by throwing his name in there. Slow down a little, so that you can understand it. Take it one little step at a time, since you are having trouble understanding something so simple.
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The trick that is messing with your mind is like this little riddle story, which I have written before.
Back when hotel rooms were cheap, three strangers happened to meet at a hotel to get a room for the night.
The clerk said, "Sorry. We only have one room left. You three guys will have to decide amongst yourselves who will get the room. Or, if you want, you can all share the same room."
The guys talked it over, and decided to share the last room with each other.
The clerk charged them $10 each for the room, a total of $30.
The bellboy ran a couple of extra beds into the room.
The guys went up to their room.
Later, the clerk thought to himself, "$30 for that room was rather a lot." So he called the bellboy over, and gave him $5 to take up to the guys as a refund.
On his way up to the room in the elevator, the bellboy couldn't figure out how to divide $5 evenly among three guys. So, he decided to keep $2 as a tip.
When he got to the room, he gave each of the guys a dollar back. So, that means that the guys each paid $9. Three times $9 is $27... plus the $2 that the bellboy kept makes it $29. What happened to the thirtieth dollar?
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This whole riddle is based on a lie, as is the way the banking system loans money.