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Matthew Bell Serving HNW, affluent clients, financial advisors and luxury real estate agents with custom, private-bank mortgage solutions that preserve wealth

CMG Financial, CMG Home Loans, Diversified Mortgage Group and HomeFundIt are registered trade names of CMG Mortgage, Inc. NMLS ID #1820, in most, but not all states. CMG Mortgage, Inc. is an equal housing lender licensed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Registered Mortgage Banker with the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending. To verify our complete list of state licenses, please visit www.cmghomeloans.com/corporate/licensing and www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org. Offer of credit is subject to credit approval. MLO NMLS ID # 665258
BRANCH NMLS ID # 2428237

CONSUMERS WISHING TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST A MORTGAGE BANKER OR A LICENSED MORTGAGE BANKER RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR SHOULD COMPLETE AND SEND A COMPLAINT FORM TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE LENDING, 2601 NORTH LAMAR, SUITE 201, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78705. COMPLAINT FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DEPARTMENT’S WEBSITE AT WWW.SML.TEXAS.GOV. A TOLL-FREE CONSUMER HOTLINE IS AVAILABLE AT 1-877-276-5550.THE DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS A RECOVERY FUND TO MAKE PAYMENTS OF CERTAIN ACTUAL OUT OF POCKET DAMAGES SUSTAINED BY BORROWERS CAUSED BY ACTS OF LICENSED MORTGAGE BANKER RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS. A WRITTEN APPLICATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE RECOVERY FUND MUST BE FILED WITH AND INVESTIGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE PAYMENT OF A CLAIM. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECOVERY FUND, PLEASE CONSULT THE DEPARTMENT’S WEBSITE AT WWW.SML.TEXAS.GOV.

10/15/2026

A common question from wealthy clients: Can I pay my home off extremely fast and still retain total access to my equity with the click of a button or a phone call? Yes!

Most families with $500,000 or more in net worth earn enough in five years to pay off their home. What is usually missing is a loan designed to put that income to work. The All-In-One Line of Credit was built for exactly that.

Here is how it works:

1. It replaces your traditional mortgage with a first-lien line of credit that also works as your checking account.
2. Your paychecks deposit directly into it, so your loan balance drops the day the money arrives.
3. Interest is calculated daily on that lower balance, which means more of every dollar goes to principal.
4. You pay your bills from the same account, just as you do today.
5. The equity you build stays available to you for 25 years, so paying the loan down quickly does not lock your money inside the house.

For families who consistently spend less than they earn, the result can be a mortgage paid off years early and hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest that is never paid.

It is not the right fit for every household. It works best for families with steady income, a healthy monthly surplus, and the discipline to let that surplus work.

If you would like to see what it could look like with your own numbers, send me a message and I will prepare a side-by-side comparison against your current mortgage.

Matthew Bell | NMLS # 665258 | CMG Home Loans, NMLS # 1820 | Branch NMLS # 2428237 | Equal Housing Lender. This is not a commitment to lend. All loans subject to credit approval. Programs, rates, terms, and conditions are subject to change without notice. Interest savings vary based on income, spending, rate and balance.

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10/14/2026

If you serve cash buyers and real estate, learn this phrase called delayed financing. It’s a way for your clients to recover their cash if they don’t want to go through a mortgage at the same time they’re buying the property. It allows them to close on the home and then immediately turn around and recover up to a certain percentage of their cash investment. I see this a lot with clients that need cash to win the offer but still want the ability to recover their cash

10/14/2026

It’s fourth quarter which a lot of wealthy families are mitigating 2026 tax bill, and this is the call I get when real estate purchase js needed: “I need to buy real estate so I’m not writing a $500,000 check to the IRS.”
If your CPA and advisor are recommending real estate as part of your 2026 tax plan, these are the three approaches I see work well:
Sell positions at a loss to harvest the losses, then buy an investment property with financing and take the depreciation on top.
Borrow against your portfolio instead of selling appreciated stock, then buy the property with a mortgage. Ask your CPA about a cost segregation study to pull future depreciation into this year.
Skip the mortgage entirely and buy with a loan against your investments. Your positions stay invested, and you avoid selling concentrated holdings.
Comment TAX and I’ll send you my one-page guide with all three.
Matthew Bell | NMLS # 665258 | CMG Home Loans | Equal Housing Lender. Not tax advice. Talk with your CPA and financial advisor about your situation.

10/14/2026

Parents with wealth ask me: how can we help our adult kids buy a home?
These are the 4 ways I see families do it most:
•Gift the down payment
•Lend the money yourself with a recorded note
•Borrow against your investments instead of selling them
•Co-sign so your child can buy the traditional way
And a $100,000 gift usually means $0 in gift tax. In 2026, each parent can give $19,000 per person without reporting it, and no tax is owed until lifetime gifts pass $15 million.
Comment GIFT and I’ll send you my one-page guide.
Matthew Bell | NMLS # 665258 | CMG Home Loans | Equal Housing Lender. Not tax advice. Talk with your CPA about your situation.

Excited to connect with amazing experts in San Francisco this week at Sothebys GNE and also a proud sponsor of the OTN. ...
10/03/2026

Excited to connect with amazing experts in San Francisco this week at Sothebys GNE and also a proud sponsor of the OTN. Hope to meet you all soon!
Matt

Helped an MLB pitcher recently navigate a financial speed bump using strategy, timing and our All in One product. Great ...
09/21/2026

Helped an MLB pitcher recently navigate a financial speed bump using strategy, timing and our All in One product. Great win for he and his family and his advisor. His advisor told us “I’m not even sure why you weren’t my first call. Would have saved us headaches and delays”. Never too late to call!

Here is a situation I advised on in August of 2026. I see this often with advisors who are planning Roth conversions for...
09/21/2026

Here is a situation I advised on in August of 2026. I see this often with advisors who are planning Roth conversions for a client who just retired.

Picture a 64-year-old retired executive. $8.2 million in pre-tax retirement accounts, $1.4 million in a taxable brokerage account, and a $3.6 million home with no mortgage on it. She needs about $280,000 a year to live on.

The problems the advisor lists for me:

1) The years between retiring and the start of Social Security and RMDs are the window for conversions.
2) If living expenses come out of the IRAs, those withdrawals are income and use up the room the advisor wanted for conversions.
3) If they come from selling in the brokerage account, the gains are taxable.

One way to structure it is a tax-free line of credit on the home, with the $280,000 a year drawn from the line during those years. The draws are borrowed money, the portfolio is left alone, and there is no monthly mortgage payment. She still pays property taxes, insurance and upkeep. How the draws and the conversions are treated on her return is a question for her CPA, so talk with your CPA or advisor before doing anything like this.

Hypothetical composite illustration based on common client scenarios.

Matthew Bell | NMLS # 665258 | CMG Home Loans, NMLS # 1820 | Branch NMLS # 2428237 | Equal Housing Lender

Buying your first home or your fifth. Planning for retirement. Legacy planning to hand down your wealth. Gifting grandki...
09/20/2026

Buying your first home or your fifth. Planning for retirement. Legacy planning to hand down your wealth. Gifting grandkids their first down payment, avoiding capital gains, using equity instead of income. Every family has unique needs at different times. A mortgage advisor in the room who looks beyond a loan transaction. A mortgage advisor who tailors a product to meet your lifestyle. That’s what we do. Trusted by 3500 families since 2005. We are really good at making your wealth the forefront of what we do. Join the movement to do things different and better.

Welcome to The Loan Advisory. A truly national mortgage practice designed to serve families at every stage of their fina...
09/20/2026

Welcome to The Loan Advisory. A truly national mortgage practice designed to serve families at every stage of their financial journey, regardless of where they live. Since 2005, 3500+ families have trusted us to guide them thru the most consequential financial decisions of their lives. Join the movement to see how we are entirely different.

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