<prompt> Human: This all happened a three years ago, but I have not seen any of that money back in principal until recently and not from my uncle.Back story: My old company was acquired by Google and I made over 120k after taxes in company stock. I was 32 at the time, looking for ways to invest my newly acquired wealth... and of course family comes knocking at the door! My parents sold me on the idea of loaning my uncle 100k for five years to open a dry cleaning business. He has owned several in the past and would be paying 400month of interest until the principal was paid back in full. My dad cosigned on the loan with a handshake as well, saying my uncle was good for it word is bond - if not he would make good on the loan.What I did not previously know, until about a year after of just interest only payments red flag.. was that my uncle had borrowed money from other investors as well! He had raise approx 500k in capital. 150k from some lady, 120k from my parents, and 100k from me ahhh shizzle... my parents didnt tell me that part. The story gets even better. My uncle sold his house in hopes of paying everyone back, but lost 150k on that transaction. doh Now I am coming up on 3 years of interest only payments approx 15k, the lady has been paid back in full. 20k has been paid to my parents. He has approx 200k left to pay back. I was starting to question the fact if I will ever be paid back. I obviously have serious doubts and after some serious discussions with my parents, they agreed to assume half the loan I gave to my uncle. They transferred me 50k cash and we will now split the 400month interest paymentsSo my question is, where do I go from here?about me: 35 years old single male Salary: 90k Monthly expenses: 1450 for rent 1000 -1500 credit card always paid in full 525 car payment 100 for insurance 100 cable Savings - 50k Debt - None Do I think I will see the rest of the 50k? Someday How would you invest the 50k I just acquired? I have dabbled in stocks in the past boughtsold stock in united airlines during the swine flu outbreak oil was under 50 barrel. Not sure where to go from here. I would like to hopefully buy a house in a couple years. TL;DR How would you invest 50k with hopes of buying a house in couple years.  <response>: This is mostly in the FAQ.As for the 50K owed to you. If your parents cosigned the loan they put themselves on the hook for 100k not 50k. You could try legal action, but lets say you win a judgment on your uncle, hes broke how will you get paid? And you probably destroyed your family relationship. Granted I wouldnt sit next to the guy at Thanksgiving now. 