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Reverse mortgages · Central Florida & beyond

You’ve built the equity.
What would you like it to do?

Make the monthly budget more comfortable. Move closer to family. Keep more cash available for the years ahead. Your home equity could help make the next chapter work better.

Richard McWhorter helps homeowners, families and their advisors turn those goals into a mortgage plan they can understand and act on.

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Richard McWhorter, retirement mortgage advisor
Richard McWhorterFormer CPA. Real estate finance veteran.
Your retirement mortgage advisor.

Start with what you want to change

Which conversation sounds like yours?

“I’d like less pressure from my mortgage payment.”

Explore whether replacing your current mortgage with a reverse mortgage could create more room in the monthly budget.

Review payment options

“I want the next home, with more cash left over.”

Compare a reverse mortgage for purchase with paying cash or taking a conventional mortgage.

Compare purchase options

“I want resources available when life gets expensive.”

Explore a line of credit for a planned expense, home improvements or future needs.

Explore a home equity reserve

Experience behind the conversation

The numbers matter.
So does the life behind them.

Richard’s career began in accounting with Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, followed by real estate finance, development and executive leadership. He connects a mortgage decision with cash flow, investments, the home and the people who depend on it.

Richard will look at what you want to accomplish, compare the choices and run the numbers. When a loan makes sense, he will help you move from the illustration through the mortgage process.

Meet Richard

What you can expect

A useful answer to your actual question.

  • An initial conversation about your goal and home.
  • A personalized illustration when a mortgage option appears worth exploring.
  • A clear review of proceeds, costs and the responsibilities that come with the loan.
  • Room for your family, CPA or financial advisor in the conversation.
Request your illustration

Real people. Different goals.

See what changed for these families.

Donna wanted to work on her terms.

She loved her work. Reducing the pressure from her mortgage payment helped her make a different decision about how much of it to do.

Read Donna’s story

Jim and Shirley wanted their home to work better.

After paying cash for a condo, they used a HECM line of credit for improvements while leaving their existing investments in place.

Read Jim and Shirley’s story

Jack and Irene needed two workable housing plans.

After 52 years of marriage, a divorce meant arranging separate homes. Two HECMs helped them find a way forward.

Read Jack and Irene’s story

These are experiences from past transactions. Current eligibility, proceeds and terms depend on each borrower, property and loan proposal.

For CPAs, advisors, attorneys & Realtors

Have a client whose plan needs another option?

A withdrawal, care expense, survivor concern or stalled move can be the opening. Start with an anonymized situation; Richard can help you decide whether a mortgage illustration is worth bringing to your client.

Tell Richard what you’d like to make possible.

You don’t need to arrive with a mortgage answer. Bring the goal, the question or the move you’re considering, and Richard will see what the numbers can support.