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Stay, Downsize, or Start Over
Focused Member Brief
Life After 50
Stay, Downsize, or Start Over
Separate financial sustainability from emotional urgency.
Your action sequence
Start here
Do these in order. Stop when the situation changes enough that the next step no longer fits.
1
Calculate total housing cost and maintenance burden.
2
Estimate home value/equity.
3
Write financial reasons and emotional reasons in separate columns before deciding.
Decision check