http://www.gogomortgageloan.com/reverse-mortgages.html Reverse mortgages pose a unique opportunity to get back what you put into your home. en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT Weblog Editor 2.0 Quimby had a problem - the pension plan for all the spies fell through. There was nothing he could do about it - budget cuts, high-end gadgets for that danged Inspector. But he couldn't let his agents all wither away into the depths of a poor retirement, so he called a meeting and carefully explained to them all the benefits of reverse mortgages. Retiring with reverse mortgages? Its not the best retirement plan in the world, but reverse mortgages can in fact do the trick. Heres how: If you actually own your home outright, you've probably lived there for a while. And not only do you have all that equity from repaying your loan principal, but you've lived through a major real estate boom, meaning you might possibly have incredible amounts of equity at your disposal. In come reverse mortgages. Your lender will actually send you a check each month, and you can use the money however you see fit. How much money? That depends on the amount of equity you have at the time you apply for these mortgages, the interest rate you secure and the duration of the loan program. You'll never have to pay a dime toward the repayment of your reverse mortgages until you actually sell your home or - God forbid - you pass away. With reverse mortgages you'll never be given an amount that you can;t repay with a sale at the market value of your home, and as long as home keep on appreciating like they are home owners should feel confident in their ability to repay these loans. All the retired inspectors shout out with glee when they heard about reverse mortgages. A tax-free income! Hundreds of thousands of dollars! And no repayment until we sell the home and we'll still probably see a portion of that sale price after repaying our loan obligations! They were happy, almost nothing could go wrong. Almost... Dr. Claw and his evil schemes! But like Quimby said, the only way reverse mortgages could get a home owner into trouble is if the value of their home fell below the amount of money they actually took out. So of course Claw is getting into the action! Predator lenders salivate at the opportunity to provide home mortgages to people who have money and might not know exactly what they are getting themselves into. Hello retired peoples! There are lenders out there who will provide reverse mortgages at a high interest rate and for an incredible amount, knowing full well that if the individual tries to sell the home they'll come up short of the repayment amount. That constitutes grounds for a foreclosure, and there is nothing a home owner can do to stop it save know the details of their loan., find a lender that is honest and there to actually hep them, and to know a bad loan opportunity when they see it. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT