A mother of five adult children agreed to lend her son and his wife $50,000 to help them buy a home. Three years later, they’re thousands of dollars behind on payments, and her son is now threatening to cut his parents out of his life over it. She and her husband set up the loan…
After eight years together and a house bought as a couple, a man’s girlfriend has decided to leave. The breakup is amicable, but it’s left him trying to figure out how to untangle a mortgage, a buyout, and a home that’s now worth less than they paid for it. She’s told him she doesn’t want…
A couple in their 70s sat down with family for the first time in about 50 years to look at their finances. What they found was close to $100,000 in debt, a monthly budget that doesn’t balance, and a sudden health crisis that’s about to make everything more expensive. Their child’s spouse helped lead the…
An employee finally decided to leave a job they describe as toxic, and they planned their exit carefully. When their boss tried to show them the door early, the plan held up better than the company’s did. They’d seen how the company treated people who resigned, so they went in expecting the worst. That preparation…
A husband warned his wife not to buy a house at the peak of the market, and he told her flatly that he wouldn’t pay a dime toward it if she went ahead. Two years later, she’s struggling to keep up with the mortgage, and he’s finding it hard to offer much sympathy. When they…
A 20-year-old agreed to cosign their mom’s apartment lease last year, hoping to help her get back on her feet. Now the rent is falling further behind every month, and the young cosigner is facing the possibility of an eviction that could follow them for years. Their mom has already been through one eviction. This…
