The Moneyist: I paid off $57,000 of my boyfriend’s mortgage. We married, but now he wants a divorce — and this property.

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‘Once his loan was paid in full, our plan was to sign the house over to me and my son’

“It now looks like the kindness I showed him in trying to help save his house and his credit rating — and to ensure that my son had his own home — is going to cost me $57,000.”


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Dear Quentin,

I got myself into a real doozy of a situation. 

I made $57,000 in loan payments on my then boyfriend and now husband’s house. He was going to let his place get foreclosed on, but since I had already spent quite a bit of money helping him out, I didn’t want that to happen. Our plan was for him to sign the house over to…