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Better option between HECM Saver and HECM Standard

By Brentt Taylor on Apr 22, 2013

A Reverse Mortgage is available for any home owner who is 62 years or older in the United States. The home owner must be either a Citizen or a Permanent Resident. He must also have sufficient equity in his home. The difference between a reverse mortgage and a normal mortgage is that, in a reverse mortgage, one does not have to pay monthly mortgage payments to the lender. Money from the home equity is paid back to the homeowner in the form of a loan. Read more...

The Zen of Biking

By Marie Bruce on Nov 13, 2012

I was reluctant to rejoin walking groups or book clubs in fact any of the activities I normally enjoyed before George died – I didn’t have the heart to return to the normal fray of my previous life. Read more...

Memories of Days Gone By

By Dee Walmsley on Oct 11, 2012

My Mother always wanted to live by the sea. She finally got her wish in 1955 when we sold the hobby strawberry farm in Aldergrove and moved into our "little cottage" on Cotton Drive. Read more...

The Uninvited Guest

By T. Marenda on Sep 18, 2012

All I wanted to do was clear a small area of the yard so I could plant a few tomatoes. I figured I'd break a sweat, maybe get a blister or two. What I didn't count on was the wrath of my home's deceased former owner. Read more...

WSHYGO

By Barry Bowman on Sep 9, 2012

In case you haven’t realized it, WSHYGO- this non-committal declaration that someday we will have you guys over to our place (for what-drinks, dinner?) has infected our social discourse. This non-declarative gesture is usually hastily made upon parting after a quick chat on the street or at the grocery store, often shouted from a distance by your never-to-be host on the way out. This never affords us an opportunity to reply: “Sure, when!?” Read more...

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