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25 Ways to Use a Reverse Mortgage

***This list is a reprint from the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Associations Compilation**

  1. Pay off your forward mortgage to reduce your monthly expenses.

  2. Re-model your home to accommodate aging limitations.

  3. Maintain a line of credit (that grows) for health emergencies and surprises.

  4. Cover monthly expenses and hold on to other assets while their value continues to grow.

  5. Cover monthly expenses and avoid selling assets at depressed values.

  6. Pay for health insurance during early retirement years until Medicare eligible at 65.

  7. Pay your Medicare Part B and Part D costs.

  8. Combine life tenure payments with Social Security and income generated by assets to replace your salary and maintain your monthly routine of paying bills from new income.

  9. Pay for your children’s or grandchildren’s college or professional education.

  10. Maintain a “standby” cash reserve to get you through the ups and downs of investment markets and give you more flexibility

  11. Combine proceeds with sale of one home to buy a new home without a forward mortgage and monthly mortgage payments.

  12. Pay for long-term care needs

  13. Fill the gap in a retirement plan caused by lower than expected returns on your assets.

  14. Pay for short term in-home care or physical therapy following an accident or medical episode.

  15. Pay for a retirement plan, estate plan or a will.

  16. Convert a room or basement to a living facility for an aging parent, relative or caregiver.

  17. Set up transportation arrangements for when you are no longer comfortable driving.

  18. Create a set aside to pay real estate taxes and property insurance.

  19. Delay collecting Social Security benefit until it maxes out at age 70.

  20. Eliminate credit card debt and avoid building new credit debt.

  21. Cover monthly expenses in between jobs or during career transition without utilizing other saved assets.

  22. Cover expenses and avoid capital gains tax consequences of selling off other assets.

  23. Purchase health-related technology that enables you to live in home alone.

  24. Pay for an Uber or Lyft account so you have mobility and access to appointments and social activities.

  25. Help your adult children through family emergencies.

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Don Graves, RICP®, CLTC®, Certified Senior Advisor, CSA®
Don Graves, RICP® is a Retirement Income Certified Professional and one of the Nation’s Leading Educators on the Emerging Role of Reverse Mortgages in Retirement Income Planning. He is president and founder of the HECM Institute for Housing Wealth Studies and an adjunct professor of Retirement Income at The American College of Financial Services. He has helped tens of thousands of Advisors as well as more than 3,000 personal clients since the year 2000
Don Graves, RICP®, CLTC®, Certified Senior Advisor, CSA®
Don Graves, RICP®, CLTC®, Certified Senior Advisor, CSA®

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