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Oct 2021
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1263: Ask Farnoosh: OK to Cash Out My Li...

Farnoosh Torabi
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This week’s Ask Farnoosh offers advice to a listener post-divorce on ways to think about re-establishing her financial life, as well as whether it’s OK to cash out a life insurance policy to use towards buying a home. How to establish boundaries with a parent that’s financially dependent on you? And what to do with a $50,000 inheritance? (Replay from Sept 17, 2021)

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