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Back to EpisodesDon Graves and Wade Pfau: How Home Equity Affects Retirement Planning
Description
Today we have two guests on the podcast, Don Graves and Wade Pfau. Don Graves is the president and founder of the Housing Wealth Institute and an instructor of Retirement Income at The American College of Financial Services. He is considered one of the nation’s leading educators on incorporating housing wealth into retirement income planning. He is also the author of three books, Housing Wealth: An Advisor’s Guide to Reverse Mortgages, Housing Wealth Conversations, and The Retiree’s Guide to Housing Wealth. He graduated from the Fox School of Business at Temple University.
Wade Pfau is professor of retirement income in the Financial and Retirement Planning Program at the American College of Financial Services. He is also co-director of the American College Center for Retirement Income and Retirement Income Certified Professional program director at the American College. Pfau has written several books, including his most recent Retirement Planning Guidebook. He is a co-editor of the Journal of Personal Finance, and he publishes frequently in a wide variety of academic and practitioner research journals. Pfau holds a doctorate in economics and a master’s degree from Princeton University and Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of Iowa. He is also a chartered financial analyst.
Background
Don Graves: Bio
The American College of Financial Services
Books: Housing Wealth: 3 Ways the New Reverse Mortgage Is Changing Retirement Income Conversations
The Retiree’s Guide to Housing Wealth
Wade Pfau: Bio
Books: Retirement Planning Guidebook
Reverse Mortgages: How to Use Reverse Mortgages to Secure Your Retirement
Reverse Mortgages
Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM): Definition, Eligibility
“Reversing the Conventional Wisdom: Using Home Equity to Supplement Retirement Income,” by Barry H. Sacks and Stephen R. Sacks, financialplanningorganization.org, February 2012.
“Using Reverse Mortgages in a Responsible Retirement Income Plan,” by Wade Pfa