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Real advice from Diane Goldenberg, a Florida real estate agent for forty years.
How much could downsizing add to your retirement?
Answer the questions below and your results appear on the postcard on the rightbelow.
- 1What’s your home worth today?
- 2How much do you still owe on it?Put 0 if it’s paid off.
- 3What does your house cost you each month now?Mortgage, taxes, insurance, HOA and upkeep.
- 4Next, would you buy or rent?
- 5What’s the price of the new place?The purchase price.
- 6What would the monthly expenses be for the new place?Taxes, insurance, HOA and upkeep. Not sure? Use our estimate.
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Downsizing could put about
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