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The Business of Downsizing

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Estate sales are often utilized to help downsize or liquidate an estate when families or individuals have to adjust to a new living situation.

Downsizing – no matter what the circumstances – is never an easy thing.

That’s especially true when it comes to helping loved ones who may be moving from their longtime family home into senior living or other arrangements. It’s something we have all either done, will do, or are doing right now – for our families or ourselves. 

Helping with that transition is the business of Wauwatosa native Anne Neafie. Golden Transitions specializes in estate sales – both to help downsize or to liquidate an estate.

While the monetary benefit is important to many families, Neafie also seeks to ease the stress of downsizing. She visited the Lake Effect studio to give helpful tools and tips to help people prepare for the adjustment to a different lifestyle:

Bonnie North
Bonnie joined WUWM in March 2006 as the Arts Producer of the locally produced weekday magazine program Lake Effect.