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Adding Housing Wealth to a Retirement Plan

Topic

Retirement Savings and Income Planning

Program ID

319173

Hours

1

Format

Self-Study / Recorded webinar

Complexity

Advanced

Description

Retirement planning has traditionally excluded housing wealth, however, with rapidly appreciating home values, and the need to plan for longer lifespans, more advisors are taking a fresh look at reverse mortgages. In this session, we will explain how a reverse mortgage works including eligibility, misconceptions, and safeguards. We will then review case studies of using it to supplement asset distribution strategies, manage long-term care risks, facilitate Roth Conversions, delay social security and other tax-deferred distributions, fund legacy strategies, and much more.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand what a reverse mortgage is including the products, eligibility, and consumer safeguards. 2. Review different opportunities how home equity accessed with a Reverse Mortgage can be used to safeguard a retirement plan and better ensure its long-term success. 3.Learn how leveraging housing wealth with a Reverse Mortgage could increase legacy value.