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A change of attitude

Altering lifestyle is key 
to getting back on track

In the early 2000s, new Richmond residents Rose and Jerry Anderson were doing well. Like many Americans feeling stable in their careers at that time, they decided to buy a home.

“We had a couple of years where we made $100,000 combined,” Jerry Anderson said. “Life was good; we were bringing in a lot of money, which was the reason we bought a house in Antioch.”

They bought their home for $176,000 in 2000, but the years that followed brought difficult financial times for the couple.

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