Creative Uses for Reverse Mortgages… That You’ve Probably Never Considered
I’ve seen few things in my life as misunderstood or poorly understood as reverse mortgages, and the more I’ve learned about them, the more impressed I’ve become. In fact, I’ve come to like them so...
View ArticleUnderstanding Reverse Mortgages Matters – A Podcast with Impac’s Richard Johnson
It’s been over four months since I started researching reverse mortgages in an in-depth way and I finally can say with confidence that I now understand them… past, present… and I think, even their...
View ArticleHeirs of Reverse Mortgage Holders Should be Happy, Happy and Happy
“… the children of elderly borrowers are learning that their parents’ reverse mortgages are now threatening their own inheritances.” That’s a sentence from Jessica Silver-Greenberg’s recent article...
View ArticleEven with $2 million in the bank, you should still have a reverse mortgage
Even seniors with $2 million in savings whose homes are free and clear should at least consider a reverse mortgage, even though few may think so. (And if you’ve saved less, like most people have,...
View ArticleA Winning Team: Meet the Lawyers for Mr. Thomas Glaski… A Mandelman Matters...
It’s only been a couple of weeks since the California Court of Appeal first issued and soon after published the court’s opinion in the case brought by Mr. Thomas Glaski, and already there is no...
View ArticleGlaski Attorney Richard Antognini on the Court’s Decision and What’s Next for...
Richard Antognini is the appellate lawyer that represented Mr. Thomas Glaski of Fresno, California… and he’s my guest on this Mandelman Matters Podcast. Arguing the case in the Fifth District of...
View ArticleGUEST POST: Don’t Be Concerned Martin Is Dead Wrong, by Michael Pines
So, this morning I posted an article about the Glaski decision, which I first wrote about just after it became a “published decision” last August. In my article this morning I wrote about the Glaski...
View ArticleMeet the Lawyers who Won $16 Million for CA Homeowner – A Mandelman Matters...
Steven Foondas, Managing Partner, United Law Center When I started receiving emails from readers containing links to numerous articles being written about a California jury awarding a homeowner at...
View ArticleFinally, Florida & Connecticut AGs Shut Down Mass Joinder Lawsuit Scams
Well, it certainly took them long enough, but finally attorneys general from two states, Florida and Connecticut, have shut down and sued five supposed law firms in federal court. The suits claim the...
View ArticleAnd Here’s to You Mr. & Mrs. Robinson – Will Quiet Title Hold Up in California?
An interesting and sure to be controversial case in California has been working its way through the courts. On one side are homeowners, Daniel and Darla Robinson, and on the other, infamous with...
View ArticleGLASKI WINS! California Court of Appeal Ruling a Landmark for Homeowners… Maybe.
Hello, all… thanks for coming. If you’re from out-of-state… Welcome to California… “The Hardest Hit of the Hardest Hit States!” We’re thinking of having that line put on our license plates out here,...
View ArticleHow & Why to Retire South of the Border (at least Part-Time)
Jubilación! It means “retirement” South of the border. I have to tell you, I’ve started thinking very differently about retirement than I ever did in the past. I used to think about retiring in...
View ArticleHow & Why I Fell in Love with the Reverse Mortgage
I have absolutely fallen in love with the reverse mortgage, at least the HECM reverse mortgage… the one regulated by HUD and insured by the FHA. After almost two years researching and writing about...
View ArticleGLASKI WINS! California Court of Appeal Ruling a Landmark for Homeowners… Maybe.
Hello, all… thanks for coming. If you’re from out-of-state… Welcome to California… “The Hardest Hit of the Hardest Hit States!” We’re thinking of having that line put on our license plates out here,...
View ArticleHOMEOWNER ALERT: Mortgage Investors Fraud Recovery’s 50-2-40 Program & CFLA’s...
PRESENTED IN TWO PARTS: Part 1 - Mortgage Investors Fraud Recovery’s 50-2-40 Program Part 2 – CFLA’s Quiet Title Package, Audits and Experts A company using the name, “Mortgage Investors Fraud...
View ArticleGLASKI WINS! California Court of Appeal Ruling a Landmark for Homeowners… Maybe.
Hello, all… thanks for coming. If you’re from out-of-state… Welcome to California… “The Hardest Hit of the Hardest Hit States!” We’re thinking of having that line put on our license plates out here,...
View ArticleInterest Rates Play Havoc with Banks, Bonds and Borrowers
You can blame Fed Chair Ben Bernanke for even suggesting that the Fed may… could… has considered… or might consider… eventually… some day… the “tapering” off of quantitative easing, causing the yield...
View ArticleGLASKI WINS! California Court of Appeal Ruling a Landmark for Homeowners… Maybe.
Hello, all… thanks for coming. If you’re from out-of-state… Welcome to California… “The Hardest Hit of the Hardest Hit States!” We’re thinking of having that line put on our license plates out here,...
View ArticleBank of America forecloses on un-mortgaged Florida home… that’s hardly news....
Bank of America foreclosed on a home in Collier County, Florida. That’s certainly not news. The home’s owners, Warren and Maureen Nyerges, had paid cash for the property, so there was no mortgage on...
View ArticleGLASKI WINS! California Court of Appeal Ruling a Landmark for Homeowners… Maybe.
Hello, all… thanks for coming. If you’re from out-of-state… Welcome to California… “The Hardest Hit of the Hardest Hit States!” We’re thinking of having that line put on our license plates out here,...
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