If you think that the title of this blog is rubbish, please, read on. There are some easy ways that you can use the money from a second mortgage loan to greatly increase the value of your home. The recipe is simple for this one my friends. First get your home appraised and gets some quotes on a home remodel. Then take out a second mortgage loan on your home for a little bit above the amount that you need to remodel your home. Use the second mortgage loan to get your home renovated. Then have your home appraised again, and notice an immediate increase in the value of the home. Finally, take the extra money that you have left over and use it to balance out to the difference of the monthly rate increase in your bill from your new second mortgage loan. Over time the home will continue to appreciate in value, but the interest rate on the second mortgage loan will stay the same. When you eventually sell the home, you will make more money on the sale. In the meanwhile you get to live in a nicer, newer home.