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Re: Reverse Mortgages Are Booming Worldwide, and the United States is Next

John Yedinak — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 22:11:17 -0000

Not sure what you mean but I meant announcements about some things we are doing at RMD.

Give me a few more days =)

Re: Reverse Mortgages Are Booming Worldwide, and the United States is Next

John Yedinak — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 20:54:41 -0000

Carmine,

Thanks for the note. I updated the article regarding the June 2018 volume, thanks for catching that.

I know it can be hard to look past the last couple months of low volume, but I'm confident we will bounce back — it's only a matter of time.

We will be here to cover it with more people and announcements coming soon. Stay tuned.

John

Re: Editor’s Take: Reverse Mortgage Industry Can’t Bite the Helping Hands Reaching Out

John Yedinak — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 22:15:36 -0000

Matt,

Fair points and trust me I wish there was a better way to manage comments.

Serious question — if we charged $100 a year to comment on RMD would you do it?

Every person would have to be verified by a human with their picture... thoughts?

Re: Mutual of Omaha Bank Enters Reverse with Synergy One Acquisition

John Yedinak — Fri, 11 May 2018 09:08:14 -0000

@Jason Levy @Dan Stemen

Thanks for contributing and supporting us. All I can say is just ignore Critic and it will end.

Jason - long time man, we need to catch up. Hope the family is well.

Re: AAG Expands Beyond Reverse Mortgages with Real Estate Launch

John Yedinak — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 20:12:22 -0000

Howard, confirmed with AAG that the company doesn't own the title company. Wanted to set the record straight.

Re: Tough Lessons

John Yedinak — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:05:35 -0000

Drove Uber to pay his own bills while running the company, respect. Sounds like you've got a good one running the company.

Re: Two Major Trends to Watch

John Yedinak — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:18:53 -0000

I own a few b2b trade pubs that cover senior housing and home health, so I think about this stuff all day.

You talk about the tech and baby boomers and while I totally agree there are pain points tech can solve, there hasn't been too much adoption yet in the industries we cover because everyone is dragging their feet until they have to do it.

With minimum wage going up across the country and people living longer, the industry will be forced to adopt technology... it's the only way they will be able to survive long term.

Re: Behind the Headlines Podcast: How to Be a Home Care Hero

John Yedinak — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:34:08 -0000

Working on it!

Re: California Reverse Mortgage Bill Awaits Senate Vote

John Yedinak — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:13:03 -0000

I dropped the ball on approving them — had two people out of the office all week so we were doing double duty.

Sorry about that... all approved.

Re: What Is The Permanent Value of Beauty?

John Yedinak — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:48:14 -0000

Jealous, pumped to see the movie. Have a good time!

Re: No Docs, No PAs, No Nurses Available

John Yedinak — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:47:44 -0000

Jeff,

You're 100% right. I own Senior Housing News, the largest b2b trade publication covering the industry and it's honestly scary how much trouble we are in when it comes to taking care of the Baby Boomers.

Luckily, there are companies like Care Innovations (Intel/GE), Healthsense, and Status Solutions are working on remote monitoring solutions that will identify and track falls, change in behavior, ect. to notify staff of problems. Full disclosure, all clients of mine, but best of breed providers.

These solutions are primarily being deployed in assisted living like settings, which unfortunately cost on average about $4500 a month. Not many of the boomers will be able to afford that type of care, which means it has to be delivered in the home.

There are so many barriers to that happening and too long to type in a comment. It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out and unfortunately it's going to be painful for all of us to figure out how we pay for the wave of Boomers turning 65.

Lets just say reporting on this stuff everyday has scared me into being a big saver... we are all going to need it to fund retirement and care.

Re: GitHub for Writers

John Yedinak — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:34:56 -0000

I second that... nate is doing a kick ass job

Re: FHA to Get Second Opinion on Insurance Fund Shortfall

John Yedinak — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 11:17:15 -0000

might be your best/comment insight I've read.

hope all is well

Re: HUD to Combine Existing Reverse Mortgage Products

John Yedinak — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 14:37:42 -0000

Didn't hear anything about it, sorry

Re: Selling Your Product | Points and Figures

John Yedinak — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:24:33 -0000

Totally agree!

As a side note, we started using braintree about a year ago and they have blown me away... one of my favorite vendors.

Re: Live Like You Are Dying | Points and Figures

John Yedinak — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:35:57 -0000

Loved the video, thank you for sharing!

Have to admit though, I thought the post was going to reference Tim McGraw since he has a song "Live Like You Were Dying". =)

Re: [Update] Walter Investment Management Buys Security One for Up to $31 Million

John Yedinak — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:12:16 -0000

They are acquiring all of the stock, so not an asset deal. Updated the post to reflect it.

Re: Is the Reverse Mortgage Industry Missing the Opportunity of a Lifetime? Yes.

John Yedinak — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:33:13 -0000

We're up to 68 comments filed now...

Re: Is the Reverse Mortgage Industry Missing the Opportunity of a Lifetime? Yes.

John Yedinak — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:25:54 -0000

Not sure if they're going to submit comments, the industry shouldn't wait on someone else to do it

Re: Is the Reverse Mortgage Industry Missing the Opportunity of a Lifetime? Yes.

John Yedinak — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:25:09 -0000

To be fair to the CFPB, which if you knew my personal views seems crazy, they're not supposed to be a friend to the industry.

If they don't know how important the product is to seniors, what motivation do they have to make sure it's available to them?

Re: Is the Reverse Mortgage Industry Missing the Opportunity of a Lifetime? Yes.

John Yedinak — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:23:31 -0000

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Re: Reverse Mortgage Industry—Too Big or Important to Fail?

John Yedinak — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:08:34 -0000

Fair point on those who are still servicing loans, but not when they're implementing how things should be underwritten at the time of origination.

Re: Major Lender Exits Present New Reverse Mortgage Job Opportunities

John Yedinak — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:09:40 -0000

Yeah, its working great for people.

Re: Urban Closes Guardian Acquisition, Prepare for Robert Wagner Reboot

John Yedinak — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:40:35 -0000

Yup, our fault. It's fixed, sorry about that.

Re: Senior Groups: Congresswoman’s Reverse Mortgage Statements “Unfair and Wrong”

John Yedinak — Wed, 25 May 2011 12:28:11 -0000

I see what you're saying, I just didn't take it the same way. Oh well, per usual, we will have to agree to disagree =)