Reverse mortgages: Where to start?
By Alain Valles, CRMP, MBA, CSA
Almost a million people have obtained a reverse mortgage to help achieve their personal and financial goals, and an...
Reverse mortgage rules are changing
By Alain Valles, CRMP, CSA, MBA
For the past 25 years reverse mortgages have allowed hundreds of thousands of homeowners 62 years old or older...
Reverse mortgages – New options
By Alain Vallès, CSA, MS, MBA, Managing Director, Helping Hands Community Partners, Inc.
As Managing Director of the self-funded nonprofit charitable mortgage company, Helping Hands...
6 tips on managing your 401(k)
Even if you’re a set-it-and-forget-it investor, unless you’ve pulled out of stocks altogether it’s likely the stock portion of your 401(k) account has grown significantly in the last few years.
Job market challenging for baby boomers
But as many boomers have lost their jobs and faced long-term unemployment in the Great Recession, career change has been difficult.
What you can do if inflation leads to a recession
By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer
REGION - Inflation is on the minds of just about everyone these days. But could it get even worse? Is...
Reverse Mortgages – Ask the Expert
By Alain Valles, CRMP, CSA, MS, MBA (Photo Alain Valles, Photo submitted)
You are invited to ask the questions. No question is too trivial or...
2 years after market low, the little guy is back
“It didn’t feel right to be back in until now,” said Richard Dukas, who heads a public relations firm in New York City. “I still don’t want to put all my money in the market, but I believe we’ve come through the worst of it.”
Top uses for a reverse mortgage
By Alain Valles,
CRMP, MBA, CSA
A Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) – often called a reverse mortgage - is a federally insured loan program that...
I love my home. I love my independence. I love my reverse...
By Alain Valles, CSA, MS, MBA,
Managing Director of Helping Hands Community Partners, Inc.
Home sweet home
“I love my home. I’m getting older. I want...