Reverse Mortgages Are Both Expensive and Complex [View article]
A reverse mortgage is certainly not for everyone, and what you say certainly has elements of truth, the equity in your home is used up, slowly but surely.
But we can't condemn the one, without looking at the other. Take the case of one sweet lady, certainly up in years which could affect the equation, she had desired all her life to travel the world, and not that her husband was gone and she had the time, she did not have the resources (or did she).
Her home had appreciated in value to be worth a small fortune, yet it set there without her being able to take advantage of it. The banks wouldn't talk with her since she had (basically) no income and no visible way to repay the loan.
A reverse mortgage allowed her to use a portion of her equity to take the trip of a life time, and without the burden of worry brought from credit cards, foreclosure concerns, or having to sell her home full of memories.
Never enter into any loan, be it reverse or whatever, without learning all you can, and taking the necessary steps to protect yourself. But also realize that a reverse mortgage could allow you to accomplish things that otherwise might not be possible.
While it's not necessarily an idealistic statement that "money makes the world go round", it true nonetheless.
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A reverse mortgage is certainly not for everyone, and what you say certainly has elements of truth, the equity in your home is used up, slowly but surely.
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But we can't condemn the one, without looking at the other. Take the case of one sweet lady, certainly up in years which could affect the equation, she had desired all her life to travel the world, and not that her husband was gone and she had the time, she did not have the resources (or did she).
Her home had appreciated in value to be worth a small fortune, yet it set there without her being able to take advantage of it. The banks wouldn't talk with her since she had (basically) no income and no visible way to repay the loan.
A reverse mortgage allowed her to use a portion of her equity to take the trip of a life time, and without the burden of worry brought from credit cards, foreclosure concerns, or having to sell her home full of memories.
Never enter into any loan, be it reverse or whatever, without learning all you can, and taking the necessary steps to protect yourself. But also realize that a reverse mortgage could allow you to accomplish things that otherwise might not be possible.
While it's not necessarily an idealistic statement that "money makes the world go round", it true nonetheless.
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