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Sukie Gao

Sukie Gao

Sukie Gao
Written by Sukie GaoLast reviewed October 12, 2026

Founder & Editor, MortgageAmortizationCalc.com

Sukie Gao builds independent mortgage calculators that show homeowners what a loan actually costs over time, from standard amortization schedules to HUD-based reverse mortgage estimates. MortgageAmortizationCalc.com is written and maintained by Sukie, with every formula checked by hand and every lending rule linked to the agency that sets it.

Every calculator and article published under this byline goes through the same process: draft with AI research assistance, verify every formula against a hand calculation and published amortization tables, cite primary sources (the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey) rather than secondhand summaries, and revisit periodically to keep numbers current. See the About page for the full editorial process and how this site decides what to cover.

What Sukie Is, and Is Not

Sukie Gao is not a licensed mortgage loan originator, a financial adviser or a HUD-approved housing counselor, and holds no finance credential. What this byline offers instead is work you can check: every calculator runs on formulas published on this site, every rule is linked to the regulator or agency that sets it, and every worked example states its inputs so you can reproduce it. For advice on your own situation, the CFPB lists HUD-approved housing counselors near you, and a reverse mortgage requires a counseling session with one before you can apply.

Mortgage Amortization Calculators by Sukie

Reverse Mortgage Calculators by Sukie

  • Reverse Mortgage Purchase Calculator

    HECM for Purchase: the down payment needed to buy a home with a reverse mortgage.

  • Jumbo Reverse Mortgage Calculator

    Homes above the FHA limit: what a HECM leaves on the table and what jumbo loans change.

  • Reverse Mortgage Line of Credit Calculator

    How an unused HECM line of credit grows each year.

  • Reverse Mortgage Amortization Calculator

    Reverse mortgage amortization calculator showing how your loan balance grows every year from interest and MIP — the opposite of a normal payoff schedule. Free, no signup.

  • HECM Reverse Mortgage Calculator

    HECM reverse mortgage calculator for FHA-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages — model your growing balance, MIP, and available funds. Free, no signup.

  • Reverse Mortgage Eligibility Calculator

    Reverse mortgage eligibility calculator: check the age, equity, and financial requirements, then project how much you could actually borrow. Free, no signup.

  • Reverse Mortgage Refinance Calculator

    Reverse mortgage refinance calculator: model how a new HECM balance would grow after refinancing an existing reverse mortgage. Free, no signup.

  • Reverse Mortgage Closing Cost Calculator

    Reverse mortgage closing cost calculator: see the origination fee, upfront MIP, and other fees added to your loan balance at closing. Free, no signup.

  • Reverse Mortgage Monthly Payment Calculator

    Reverse mortgage monthly payment calculator explaining why there's no single payment number — and how age, rate, home value, and payout choice set what you receive.

  • HECM for Purchase Calculator

    HECM for purchase calculator for the FHA's H4P program — estimate the required down payment, model your loan balance, and see how buying with a reverse mortgage works.

  • Reverse Mortgage Interest Calculator

    Reverse mortgage interest calculator — see how fixed and adjustable HECM rates are built (index + margin + MIP), how interest compounds, and what it totals over 10-20 years.

  • Reverse Mortgage Lump Sum Calculator

    Reverse mortgage lump sum calculator: project what a one-time HECM draw costs over 15 years versus gradual withdrawals, and see the 60% first-year cap.

  • Reverse Mortgage Equity Calculator

    Reverse mortgage equity calculator answering both questions at once: how much equity you need to qualify, and how much you'll have left at years 5, 10, and 15.

  • Reverse Mortgage Formula

    Reverse mortgage formula, both halves of it: Principal Limit = Maximum Claim Amount × Principal Limit Factor for what you can borrow, and B = P(1+r)^n for how fast the balance compounds. Worked at 5, 10, 15 and 20 years.

What This Author Covers

Every page under this byline covers one of two related topics. The first is forward mortgage amortization: the standard fixed-rate schedule, extra payments, PITI, PMI, recasting, balloon and interest-only loans, term comparisons and refinancing. The second is the reverse mortgage, where the balance grows instead of shrinking: how much a HECM lends under HUD's factor table, its costs, payout options and long-run balance. New calculators are added when real search data shows people looking for a specific scenario this site doesn't yet cover, not on a fixed publishing schedule.

How Each Page Gets Written

The process is the same for every page, regardless of topic: identify a real search query with genuine volume behind it, build or extend a calculator that answers it completely, write the surrounding explanation with concrete worked examples rather than generic advice, verify every number against the site's own calculation engine and against a hand calculation, and cite a primary source (the CFPB, HUD, the Code of Federal Regulations, Freddie Mac's rate survey or Fannie Mae's Selling Guide) for any claim about lending rules or regulations. The full list of sources is kept in a source register and re-checked when a page is revised. Nothing gets published just to fill out a page count.

Why the Math Can Be Trusted

Every calculator on this site runs on one shared engine, not a separate implementation per page — so a formula fix or improvement benefits every page at once, and there's only one place for a bug to hide rather than one per page. That engine was verified against textbook amortization examples before the first page was published, and every new feature (PMI drop-off, biweekly acceleration, recast math, balloon schedules) was checked the same way before shipping.

Corrections and Feedback

Spotted a number that doesn't match your own math, or a claim that needs a source? Every article here is actively maintained, not published once and forgotten. Reach out through the Contact page and corrections typically go live within a few days of being verified.

A Note on Privacy

This byline intentionally keeps personal details generic — you'll find a real name, a real photo, and a documented, consistent editorial process across every page, but not a detailed personal history. What's verifiable is the work itself: every formula, every worked example, and every cited source on this site can be checked independently against the methodology page and against the primary sources linked throughout.

That trade-off is deliberate: rather than asking readers to trust a biography, this site is built so every claim can be checked directly — run the same numbers through the calculator, compare the formula against the methodology page, or follow a citation back to its original source. If those checks hold up consistently across every page, that consistency is the actual credential.