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    Greetings and welcome to my website!

    I am a financial services professional dedicated to helping my clients to protect their assets, build wealth, plan for retirement and to leave a legacy to their heirs through the use of innovative insurance products and services.

    I have over 12 years of experience in the insurance field as well as a background in banking and finance. I take a consultative approach with my clients and make sure that I look at their total financial picture. I educate as well as advise my clients on the best products and strategies to put in place in order to meet and exceed their financial and retirement goals. My hope is that the information that I share on this website will help in some small way to make your financial future brighter! I work with clients in the areas of life insurance, disability income, long term care, medicare advantage & medicare supplement insurance and annuities. I would consider it a privilege if you chose to become one of my clients. If you would like to book an appointment with me for either a phone or in person consultation, please visit my appointment calendar here. Thank you, Steve Baker

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    Credit Scores – The Basics

    Good credit is important in America today because so many of the things that we want
    to buy must be financed or purchased on credit.
    And once you have had a bad credit rating it is almost impossible to avoid detection.
    A network of credit reporting agencies keeps track of every person who buys on credit.
    Each time you [...]

    Repair Your Credit before Applying for a New Mortgage

    Fooled into satisfaction by the fact that they can make a larger down payment on a new home with funds received from the sale of their “old”, some sellers fail to address negatives on their credit reports and thereby suffer such consequences as higher interest rates and additional costs associated with obtaining their new home [...]

    Imagine Getting A Check Each Month Instead of Writing One

    Here is a great article and video on Reverse mortgages, from MSNBC.

    Imagine getting a check each month instead of writing one
    REDFORD, Mich. – For 88-year-old Mort Linick, a red scooter symbolizes financial freedom. He bought the scooter with money he and his wife, Fran, get from the mortgage company, instead of sending the mortgage [...]

    The Mortgage Crisis

    WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
    How did Americans progress from being the world’s economic leader to becoming the world’s economic anchor?
    Friends and clients keep asking me, “What happened? Three years ago our economy was booming and our home values were rising at an intoxicatingly dizzy rate.  Last October, the US stock market was making historic highs. Today, home [...]

    Experts: ‘Credit recession’ could last two years

    When I read an article like this one, it makes me glad that I am in a position to help people deal with their credit issues and end up in a much better and more secure position…
    Steve
    www.CreditRestorePros.com

    After subprime fiasco financial sector to undergo ‘massive consolidation’

    Reuters

    NEW YORK – A “credit recession” sparked by the U.S. housing [...]