Get Your Finance in Order

by admin on October 26, 2008

Here is the second real story about a woman fought debt. In this story, there is something strange that we will notice. This woman has no savings, no income. If you were her, what should you do?

For 4 years ago, a woman left her career to take on a new role which is taking care of her old mother that has Alzheimer’s disease and needed oxygen tubes along the day.

Her monthly household budget shows the family must borrow to cover the basic necessities. Her brother helping them but that wasn’t enough too. She wished a miracle to take her family away from catastrophe that may occur.

But that was just a hope!

Here is what she thought about:

- Using the house as a loan. It’s impossible because the home is in her mother’s name and she didn’t have the legal authority to access funds from the house.

- Resort to a lawyer to take the right to make financial decisions on her mom’s behalf. But there was a problem which is Alzheimer’s disease that wouldn’t let her mother to give over any right.

- So she thought on guardianship of her mother and that was a great think so that she could then consider a home-equity loan or a home-equity line of credit. The family would have to make monthly payments on this loan.

- There was another think to solve this problem which is getting a reverse mortgage. It’s a more drastic solution, but costs many fees.

- Or the court might allow the home to be transferred to her under one condition that she must live there for at least two years caring of the parent for those years.

What did she choose?!

There are always surprises in every story. Heroine of the story today did not choose any of the previous solutions, but preferred to support her brother in building his fortune and therefore all the problems will disappear over time.

She was so brave! If the family couldn’t make ends meet, maybe they were broke, losing everything at once. Also, the situation would be worse if her brother had plans to retire or to save for his future life. Actually, he was a good support for them, worked hard, and never disappointed them.

So the magic key she used was her brother who has the right to have a loan option helping them to eliminate some of the family’s overdue bills.

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