Sept/Oct 2021 Reverse Mortgage Magazine

ROBIN LOOMIS has written reverse mortgages for people ages 62 to 100 “and everything in between.” The youngest gifted himself with a no-mortgage life by scheduling the closing on his 62nd birthday. As for the centenarian, her children were fulfilling a promise to their mom. “They honored her by allowing her to stay in her home by the use of the reverse mortgage,” says Robin. “It was less than a year later that she passed away. They called me and thanked me and said that her last year was spent comfortably in her home, with the family knowing they did what was right by mom. How do you get a better feeling?” Robin is in Tucson, AZ, a long way from her snowy childhood home in Connecticut. In Tucson, she raised a family, builds awareness of reverse mortgages, and opens her home to those without families, whether they’re children or the clients she loves enough to call “my seniors.” Robin discovered Tucson in the late 1990s. She and her mother took a “Thelma and Louise” trip, searching for a healthier climate for her mom. On their way to Phoenix, they made an unplanned stop in Tucson. “This is it,” Robin’s mother says. “God just told me.” The whole crew—Robin’s parents, and Robin and her family— packed up their homes and moved to Arizona. CRMP’s Love of Seniors Leads to Love of Career A Chat with Robin Loomis, CRMP, Bay Equity, Tucson, AZ By M. Diane McCormick Robin Loomis CRMP: Across the Kitchen Table 16 REVERSE MORTGAGE / SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2021