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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:45 PM Original message |
What Do Y'all See/Think When "Reverse Mortgage" Commercials Come On Teevee? |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. What the commercials say and the underlying motive aren't even remotely related. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think it can work for some people, who aren't leaving an |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think about leaving my house to my kids. nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. For those who don't want to do that, I wonder whether they'd prefer to finance someform of care |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. So did my parents, it didn't work out that way. |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. What I think first is.... |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Anyone see the one with |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah, they annoy me too, I think the same. Now let's go after the old folks and |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Actually, for someone with no family and a home that has depreciated |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've hard the fees on rev. mtg's are VERY HIGH & it's usually |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. I immediately think of the extortion involved with the fees. |
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XanaDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. One |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. I think "crooks" |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Ripoff/Sleepy Fred Thompson |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think it is just one more scam. I recall reading about the boomers retiring and how many |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. I expect to retire in 4-5 years. |
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Pyrzqxgl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. That and Pat Boone selling gold tell me the crooks think they're in charge. |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. it could be a viable deal |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. It is possible to lose a home with a reverse mortgage. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. A twist that I had not heard before. Scam is much too kind |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. I see capitalists trying to make a money ... |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. Picking the last pocket |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. I reverse the remote control and change the channel |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm reminded of the bumper stickers saying " I spent all my kids' Inheritance money!" |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think one word: scam. You know Grandma's getting taken for a ride. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. They're very useful in some circumstances |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. i think you don't know what a reverse mortgage is |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Make sure that you know what a reverse mortgage is |
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Wounded Bear (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. Next step.... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. You are betting that you'll die before the bank owns the house outright. |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. It is essentially a home equity loan, you pay interest on what |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. I plan to take it with me. n/t |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yet another way the banksters and corporations profit off our inadequate social safety nets. |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. I have a RM and cannot think of a worse thing I ever did in my life. |
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