<prompt> Human: My mom brought a nail salon from her friend for 20k. She paid her 15k and owes her 5k. She also took over the lease of the salon which is 2k a month and pays the lady 200mo until the 5k is paid in full. The lease of the space is also until July 2018 so my mom is responsible to pay until then.The business is not making any money at all right now, and my mom has to pay rent and the lady back each month. My mom has the option of forfeiting the business back to the lady, but she will not get the 15k back.What are your thoughts? Should she try to put more money to grow the business or should she just give up and take her loss of 15k? My mom doesnt have any money at all left after this. Thankfully she didnt go into debt for this but she has no money left over.The woman who sold the salon opened a new salon about 5 mins away and took all her customers with her. Also all the employees who worked here have quit, so its just my mom and my brother who helps her occasionally there.Thank you!Assistant: Does she understand why shes not making any money? Does she have a plan that she thinks would grow the business and make it profitable enough to be worth keeping?Otherwise, is the business marketable to other people? Could she sell it for more than the 5k she owes to the woman she purchased it from?Human: The woman who sold the salon opened a new salon about 5 mins away and took all her customers with her. Also all the employees who worked here have quit, so its just my mom and my brother who helps her occasionally there.  <response>: Pretty sure this friend just baited your mom. Not much you can do here if you cant make it profitable and if the entire customer base left with the original owner, this might just be an extremely expensive lesson. 