What if a reverse mortgage could reduce the income taxes your clients pay in retirement?
In his fourth book, Don Graves argues that reverse mortgages offer tax planning benefits by allowing retirees to withdraw less from savings, reducing lifetime income taxes. Structured around twelve conversations, it provides advisors a framework for integrating housing wealth into existing strategies like IRMAA management, Roth conversions, RMD planning, and Social Security timing.
12 Conversations That Expand Tax Planning Possibilities
Social Security Taxation
Manage tax exposure intelligently
IRMAA Management
Keep Medicare surcharges in check
Social Security Delay
Bridge income gap tax-efficiently
RMD Planning
Reduce forced taxable withdrawals
Roth Conversions
Create tax-free income in retirement
Long-Term Care
Fund care without depleting savings
Volatility Buffer
Replace withdrawals in market downturns
Longevity Strategy
Extend portfolio life sustainably
Mortgage Payoff
Improve retirement cash flow now
Widow's Tax Penalty
Manage filing status tax shock
Life Insurance Funding
Premium payments without tax burden
Step-Up in Basis
Preserve legacy with tax timing
Testimonials
What Others Are Saying!

ED SLOTT, CPA
Author and founder of www.irahelp.com Founder of Ed Slott’s Elite IRA Advisor GroupSM
“Growing IRA balances are becoming a retirement tax problem for many clients. Don Graves presents 12 high-value conversations that help advisors uncover tax-saving opportunities by leveraging untapped housing wealth.”

HEATHER SCHREIBER, RICP, NSSA
Founder and President of HLS Retirement Consulting, LLC
“Don has truly opened my eyes to the untapped…and perhaps more importantly, untaxed…wealth that reverse mortgages can offer retirees, moving them from concept to application as a tax-aware planning tool.”

DAVID MCKNIGHT
Best-Selling Author, Power of Zero: The Tax Train is Coming
“Retirement success is not just about how much money you have saved, but how efficiently you access it. Don Graves demonstrates how reverse mortgages can serve as a critical tax-free income source.”

WADE PFAU, PHD, CFA
Former Professor of Retirement Income and RICP® Program Director at The American College | Founder of RetirementResearcher.com
“Housing wealth is not positioned as a replacement for traditional retirement assets, but as a complementary fourth bucket that can expand planning flexibility…Don’s framework shows how housing wealth can be deployed strategically.”
A Personal Message
Don Graves, RICP®, CLTC®, CSA, IRMAACP™
Don Graves is considered one of the nation’s leading educators on incorporating reverse mortgages into retirement income planning. He is a content contributor at The American College, quoted in Forbes, and recognized as one of the American College’s Top 11 Retirement Income Leaders.
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