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- From: alvin@zany.mti.sgi.com (Alvin Oga)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Careers in reverse mortgages
- Date: 24 Nov 1992 04:44:38 GMT
- Organization: Mips Technologies, Inc.
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- References: <168A4D0F8.RKSHUKLA@SUVM.SYR.EDU>
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- In article <168A4D0F8.RKSHUKLA@SUVM.SYR.EDU>, RKSHUKLA@SUVM.SYR.EDU (Ravi Shukla) writes:
- |> One of my students sent me the following query.
- |>
- |> I might have a chance to get in on the ground floor of the reverse
- |> mortgages market working with one of the leading national figures in the
- |> area (I'm friends with his kid). What kind of a future do you see in
- |> this area?
- |>
- |> Since I do not have any practical experience in reverse mortgages, I am asking
- |> your help in providing some lead to the student.
- |>
- |> Thank you
- |> Ravi Shukla
-
- CAUTION...CAUTION....
-
- Reverse mortgages have been around for 5- 20 years...depending on how
- you count....It's only recently that it became very popular 'gimick' to
- convert some equity into cash...
-
- There are some very reputable companies providing such services..
- However, there are far more 'marginal brokers' providing such
- services or lack thereof....
-
- Furthermore, in some states, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A REAL
- ESTATE LICENSE TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES....not that
- the license is hard or meaningful...just another way to get some money
- for somebody...
-
- Before jumping into any 'business venture'....ALWAYS DO YOUR OWN
- INDEPENDENT HOMEWORK....
-
- My $0.2 worth... I think that most of these 'scams' will hit the fan when
- people find out that they lost their equity in their homes, because of
- improper consultations and mis-guided poor devils....
-
- Oh well...
- alvin alvin@mti.sgi.com
- (408)988-8500
-