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thanks...I'll check that out

Quote: Nope--I'm pretty tough. No offense taken...I just maybe left out some important info the first time around so I thought I'd clarify. My parents don't gamble, do drugs or spend money left & right. This is why it's so darn frustrating...there is really nothign to look back on & say--"Oh...

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Quote: THANK YOU! Yeah...when the economy took a nose dive, so did their business. They lost over $100,000 in their retirement when the stock market crashed.

thanks...they are talking to a realtor now...

Quote: My grandmother got sick with cancer & no insurance. Her chemo was outrageously expensive. They used the money to pay her bills and then she died anyway. So that is where it started. At that time, they were making $150,000 to $175,000 or so per year. Right before my grandma got sick...

Quote: Thanks. I think they have been working on that...but without much luck....they are only two payments behind...but their mortages are like $2500/month for both homes...

Quote: Thank you!!! I offered one of the spare rooms to my parents (they will have to share it with incubators & chicks, though). So we'll see...we have connections here and can probably get them decent jobs...but it will be like starting all over for them...I cannot imagine.

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Quote: I'd think so??? I'm not sure...my parents are good people, too...not lazy bums...this is just sooo frustrating! I'm an 8 hour drive away...sighs...

I don't know...they owe $400k on all of their debt & mortages (took out seconds & a third) and they have a lot of stuff on craigslist...but I'm just not sure...they went from bringing home close to $150k per year to not being able to make payroll last year (had to let go two people) and some...

I just got an email from my Mom in Portland...they are losing their home. Things started going from bad to worse this past year...their camera business started failing & my dad took a second job at Fred Meyer's, working 11pm to 7am. Then, he'd come home, take a shower & a nap and go to work 9am...