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Reverse Mortgages
You have questions.
You deserve answers.
Yes. you retain ownership of your home. Yes. you make no repayments.
Yes, it's tax free. Yes. it’s Federally-insured.
Imagine a mortgage that pays you!
Today, many homeowners are
choosing Reverse Ultra™ to supple
ment their retirement savings.
Unlike traditional mortgages
Reverse Ultra allows you to receive
tax-free money - without ever mak
ing mortgage payments or giving
up ownership of your home.
You continue to live in your
home. You receive tax-free money
as monthly payments, a lump sum
or a combination of both; and you
don't have to pay it back as long as
you live in your home.
Sound too good to be true?
Independent government
certified advisors will explain
Reverse Ultra, and guide you to
which plan is most beneficial to
you and your heirs.
A Reverse Ultra advisor will even
come to your home, and speak
directly to you and your loved ones.
• You receive monthfy income for life
• Retain ownership of your home
You keep your home and can even
grow the legacy you leave to your heirs
• You make no repayments
• Tax-free money The money you
receive is not considered income and
will not affect vour Social Security or
Medicare benefits
• Federally-insured for any senior
62 or older - .
• No credit or income '
qualification
• Fixed and variable
rate loans
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Typical Florida homeowner
receives over *1,130 per month.*
For life!
* For a 72-vear-old homeowner living in
Palm Beach County who has a home
worth $300,000. Monthly payment
of $ 1,130 or a lump sum payment of
$174,000. Figures may vary based on
current market rates.
Get straight talk.
Call a government-certified
advisor today and you'll learn:
• What is it and how does it work?
• How much money can 1 get?
• How do I receive the money?
• Is it true that Reverse Ultra can
pay me for the rest of my life?
• Will Reverse Ultra affect
my estate?
• Can 1 stay in my home as long
as I want?
• Will my heirs benefit?
MRP: - With a reverse mortgage, the
lender sends you cash, and you make
no repayments"
We’re ready when you are.
Call one of our expert Care
Advisors to find out the financial
benefits of Federally-Insured
Reverse Ultra.
Reverse Ottra-
1 -800-915-6929
www.reverseultra.com/u1
We've turned the comer on
Fighting cancer
No longer called "the Big C"we now address it forthrightly.
WHEN I WAS a child, cancer
was a scary, taboo topic that
folks never discussed. Even
John Wayne didn’t use the term after
his lung cancer surgery, instead calling
it “the Big C.” Perhaps he did that be
cause our ability to diagnose and treat
cancer a generation ago was more lim
ited, so the diagnosis carried with it a
more ominous outlook.
Well, things have changed. Advances
in medical science have dramatically im
proved our ability to diagnose a number
of cancers at earlier stages, when treat
ment is more effective. And because early
diagnosis is still the best way
to successfully intervene, nu
merous organizations have
embarked upon campaigns to
increase public awareness.
Today, survival rates for f
those with cancer have im-1 1
proved enough that the pen
dulum has swung. Folks w’ho
once were expected to suffer
in silence now’ find strength
in facing their illness in a full
frontal assault. Family mem
bers and friends have joined
the fight, as well, volunteer
ing in events such as walks,
fun runs, telethons and all
sorts of fundraisers.
The shift in how r far we’ve come with
public awareness about cancer has even
moved to the funny pages. A patient of
mine, Tom Batiuk, author and “Funky
Winkerbean” cartoonist, has written a
book called L iso’s Story: The Other Shoe,
w’hieh chronicles the heroic struggle of
a woman with breast cancer. He uses
the comic strip to illustrate the triumph
and struggles that cancer brings to in
dividuals and their families and friends.
Speaking about what inspired him to
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Health
By DR. TEDD MITCHELL
write the book, Batiuk said: “The first
part of Lisa’s Story was based on the ex
periences of friends and relatives who
had been touched by cancer. When I was
diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2003,1
realized what a huge gulf exists between
empathy and personal experience and
that I had only skimmed the surface of
a cancer story in the first telling. This led
to the second half of Lisa’s Story, which
I hope will be a cautionary tale about
the importance of early diagnosis.”
As a cancer survivor, the author has
a keen sense of its implications for a
family. His book is also a remarkable il-
"THERE HE TOO
(VtANWOFIA !
SURRENDER.'
A new book by cartoonist and cancer survivor
Tom Batiuk uses a comic strip to talk about
empathy, experience and early diagnosis.
lustration of how much we’ve changed
our approach to the problem.
We have turned the comer in our dis
course about cancer. Addressing it in a
forthright manner helps people under
stand that having “the Big C” no longer
means giving up. John Wayne certainly
would be proud. O
Contributing Editor Tedd Mitchell,
M.D., president and medical director
of Dallas’ Cooper Clinic, writes
Healths mart every week.
Smart
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TOM BATIUK