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Article: Life-Changing Legacy.(Special Report)(how to handle inheritances)
- Article from:
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Byline: Steven T. Goldberg
When Jim Grabski's three teenage children come home from school, Jim is there to greet them. He considers that to be his father's real gift, the result of an inheritance that allowed Jim to quit his high-powered job in technology sales. "Financially, the last years I worked were the best I'd ever had," says Jim, 50. "But it wasn't fun anymore."
Now he's able to share parental chauffeuring duties with his wife, Luanne, 49, and work three days a week at a golf course near their home in Reston, Va., largely in return for golfing privileges. He also bowls and pays frequent visits to the gym. "I love my life," he says.
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