When I first started reading this, I had to pinch myself to know if this was real or not.Then I started laughing, not at you, but at what seems so out there yet so real, because we all know those relatives that will just stick no you like white on rice and expect you to carry them along.I feel really bad for you and I must ask, can your wife (his sister) not step in and try to do something here?

And you can also take up to a 50K personal loan from your Solo 401K if you get in a pinch.   

We hid Easter eggs, put out chocolates around Valentine's Day, etc. 

It can leave them in a financial pinch.

This year, I gave a box of Godiva chocolates. 

It does give me comfort to know that if he's in a pinch again, and doesn't get bailed out, that those kids will have a place to go.Oh, and we found out this weekend when we got rent that he just had cable installed a couple of weeks ago (we found out b/c the cable company disconnected the other tenants satellite dish when they did the install, and they had to pay $50 for the dish company to come out and fix it).Speechless.

I do all my repairs on two SFR units, but i would pay that price if I was in a pinch. 

If not, they will end up in a pinch, won't pay rent, and will have to be evicted.  

Its probably great now while prime is 3.25% (since May 2009) but it may not always be 3.25% in the future and if it rises your monthly cash out flow will be pinched either on your rental property end or your personal income end. 

If you buy a marginal deal, you'll really be in a pinch if things get bad.Don't give up.