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Question: When we decided to downsize, we put our 9 rooms 4 bedrooms home up for sale in June. It sold in just a couple of days. This was...

Question: Thinking about closing my 529 Savings that has about $8500 in it right now. I put $50 a month. My thoughts were the same as one of the...