My mother sold her house and made a nice profit in 2007. Yet now she's in debt and owes me over $1,500. I'm 30 years old and planning a wedding this year. At what point should a child not be responsible for helping a parent who has made bad financial choices? -- Matt, Annapolis, Md.
My wife and I are 62 and just starting to take Social Security. We're thinking about taking out a reverse mortgage and using it as a line of credit. The extra money could come in handy. What do you think? -- S.W., Red Oak, Texas
Thanks to new federal rules, reverse mortgages don't have to sting as much at the outset. Previously these loans -- which let owners 62 or older borrow against their home and don't have to be paid back until the owner moves or dies -- always carried high upfront fees.
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QUESTION: I'm a 73-year-old widow who receives about $1,150 a month from Social Security and a pension. I own a small home valued at about $100,000, but no other assets. I have about $25,000 in debt that requires payments of $600 a month.
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