Reverse Mortgages - Get The Money You Need - Part 2 of 4
To recap part 1, Reverse Mortgages are loans that allow you to borrow back the equity in your home. If you are 62 years of age or older, they are a way to borrow against the equity in your home to provide you with tax-free income. Probably a good idea if you're a senior who needs cash for medical ... more...

Do You Have to Be Aggressive to Make Sales?
A few weeks ago I was onsite at a company that had hired me to train their sales team on how to stop using traditional selling and start using the Unlock The Game sales approach.After one coaching session, one member of the sales team came up to me and said, "Ari, your approach makes complete sense ... more...

Reverse Mortgage: An Investment for Your Future
As seniors today grow into retirement, more and more are finding that their savings and retirement plans are less and less unable to cope with the rising cost of medical services, inflation, and the burden of unforeseen emergencies. More and more seniors have to cash in annuities, investments, and ... more...

Mortgage Marketing and Advertising The Magical Ingredient
Do you offer superior service, consistently close loans on time and overall are more adept than your competitors, yet youre struggling to figure out the mortgage marketing and advertising puzzle?For many loan officers, marketing is a real puzzle. Your expertise is in pricing loans, closing them ... more...

Advantages and Disadvantages Of A Reverse Mortgage
Betty and John, are in their mid-seventies and are currently weighing the advantages and disadvantages of a reverse mortgage as a way of freeing up some cash. The couple purchased their home 45 years ago for about $14,000 since then home values have skyrocketed and recent single family homes in ... more...

Reverse Mortgage Putting Your Equity to Work
If you're like many seniors, your home is your largest asset, and although you are concerned about the thought of borrowing against it, your house may be the only way to increase your income.Rising real-estate prices have caused many seniors' homes to significantly increase in value. But unless ... more...

Mortgage vs. Reverse Mortgage: How Do You Put Your Mortgage in Reverse?
Many people look at the process of a mortgage and wonder how exactly do you put your mortgage in reverse?In order to understand a reverse mortgage, let's first investigate at a normal mortgage for a first time home buyer. When you first start the mortgage process, you shop many mortgage lenders or ... more...

Reverse Mortgages: Information You Need to Know
Reverse Mortgages are exploding in popularity and as the baby boomers reach age 62 and beyond they will become eligible to cash in on their home equity with a reverse mortgage.A reverse mortgage is a home loan that you do not have to pay back for as long as you live in your home. It can be paid to ... more...

Retirement Income Needs---Less Than You Think?
It is widely written that you need 75% of your present income to maintain your present life-style in retirement. If you make 100 thousand now, figure 75 thousand in retirement.Fifty thousand now, figure 37.5 thousand in retirement. The average retirement income in the US is 27 thousand. See ... more...