Reducing Retirement Savings for a House
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Would it be a mistake to reduce our retirement savings in order to float the purchase of a more expensive house?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. It's Wednesday, February 25th, and we are here trying to help you make better, sometimes just less bad financial decisions. So if you are considering something in your life and it remotely touches a dollar or you're making a change that could potentially impact your career. |
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| 0:36.6 | But no financial services here. We are just here to guide you along your financial journey. We're your Sherpas. So get in touch with us. If you've got a question, go to jill onmoney.com. Click the contact us button. Write us a note. And if you'd like to join us live, just check the box. Mark, we'll do everything else. And hey, guess what? You have just one more day until our live webinar. |
| 0:59.9 | This is with Ed Slot. He is an IRA expert. He is a Roth IRA expert. He is a CPA. He's going to walk us through tax season. |
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| 1:39.8 | Ed Slot tomorrow night. |
| 1:40.7 | Oh, what's the cutoff mark to sign up for the live version? When do we |
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