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Impact on Work, School, Finances – Lois

 

Lois had to sell her house to afford retirement.

Transcript

So here’s the story that I’m going to tell you. I had a house over in East York that I sold recently, five years – or four years ago, made a killing. So it hasn’t affected my finances, but it could have. It might have if I hadn’t had the house to sell. So I’ve got a lot of money – I’ve got a fair bit of money for my retirement.


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