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Increasing home values spurs downsizing among older adults

With the recent surge in home values, many homeowners are looking at ways to benefit from these increased values. One common strategy, particularly for those near or in retirement, is to downsize. And while this can certainly be a good idea, our next guest says there are many considerations that need to be carefully planned for, to ensure that that strategy is successful. Mike Switzer interviews Roy Janse, a certified financial planner and managing partner of Goldfinch Wealth Management in Greenville, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.