Since the loan accrues interest and the remaining spouse is not likely to be able to
qualify for a reverse mortgage large enough to retire the existing reverse mortgage in the event of passing, the borrowers should have a plan for this eventuality.
Not only does this limit how much cash can be accessed, homeowners with
larger mortgage balances may not
qualify for the loans any more since you need to be able to payoff all existing
mortgages when getting a
reverse mortgage.