About Me
Thomas M. “Tom” Caruthers
Reverse Mortgage Advisor FAM
FINANCE of AMERICA MORTGAGE
2281 Lava Ridge Court, Suite 210
Roseville, CA 95661
916-888-1207
Tom is a new addition to the Roseville office of Finance of America, coming onboard as the first full-time Reverse Mortgage Advisor.
Prior to Finance of America, Tom owned a modest home-improvement contracting firm that specialized in residential energy upgrades using government home loan programs (Energy Efficient Mortgage, EEM); he founded the company with his wife, Lee, in September, 1982. In 2012, Patricia McBarron, a Credit Policy Specialist at HUD, acknowledged that Tom’s company participated in more EEM loans insured through the Santa Ana Home Ownership Center (HOC), than the rest of the nation, combined. Unfortunately, in January of 2022, the nation’s reaction to COVID, and the volatility of the FHA mortgage market finally took its toll.
Raised in Southern California, Tom attended San Diego State University, majoring in Business Administration with an emphasis on Marketing.
He took advantage of his education by dealing blackjack on the Las Vegas Strip for most of the 1970’s.
In September, 1978, having moved back to Newport Beach, Tom met a girl in a grocery store. She had cut in front of him in the check-out line and then proceeded to run out of money! Tom graciously stepped up to cover the lady’s shortage, with hopes he might make a friend. One year later, to the day, they eloped to Las Vegas, and have been living their dream ever since.
Tom is a graduate of the Xerox Professional Sales Institute (PSS) and was a certified trainer.
He is also a student of Dr. Stephan Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and is devoted to the lifestyle. Part of that core philosophy is the commitment to honesty and integrity in everything he does.
Tom holds a California real estate broker’s license, a general contractor’s license, and a private pilot’s license with an instrument rating.
And, he plays golf poorly…
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Frequently Asked Questions
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