(PRLEAP.COM) Joe Strattan has completed training at the 1st Metropolitan Mortgage National Reverse Mortgage Center in Orlando, Florida to earn the Reverse Mortgage Specialist (RMS) designation. The program covered regulatory compliance issues, processing, underwriting, and best business practices for originating the 8 types of reverse mortgages offered by 1st Metropolitan Mortgage. Los Angeles and Orange County, California are the 2nd and 3rd most active areas for reverse mortgages handled by FHA.

The Orange County branch of 1st Metropolitan Mortgage is listed on the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA) website (www.reversemortgage.org). As a NRMLA member, Mr. Strattan joins an elite group of individuals who are dedicated to helping America’s seniors fulfill their retirement dreams. Joe may also act as an instructor to financial services professionals on how to use a reverse mortgage as a wealth management and financial planning tool. For example, the National Council on Aging recommends using a reverse mortgage to fund long term care to enable seniors to “age in place” in their homes.

Mr. Strattan was quoted as saying: “My main reason for earning this designation was to be recognized as a professional who helps seniors enjoy the retirement they worked so hard to achieve.” Joe Strattan has been a mortgage advisor in Orange County, CA since 2002.

1st Metropolitan Mortgage is pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY throughout the Nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin. 1st Metropolitan Mortgage is licensed by the California Department of Corporations under the Residential Mortgage Lending Act.


For additional information about this release contact Joe at (949) 218-1502.