<prompt> Human: TLDR; My 45 year old brother I am 44 had a stroke 6 years ago, claims is disabled due to this, weighs 500ish pounds, consumed by depression after the loss of both of our parents. Rode the wave all the way to the bottom, lost his job and wife left him. He has a long history of financial irresponsibility and is facing losing his home due to not being able to pay out his land contract only 8700 owed. He will have nowhere for him and his 14 year old daughter to go. Hi guys, as stated in the TLDR, my brother faces several health issues which have caused him massive depression. He states as a stroke survivor, that a stroke rewires your brain and can cause mass depression, anger, etc becomes overwhelming and cannot control emotions. I do not doubt this. Ive been the punching bag more than once. Its to the point as I avoid talking to him too much anymore as the constant doom and gloom he is consumed with negatively affects me. I cant bear to hold his hand with him to his self guided path to hell. Hes the last family I have, other than my 6 year old son. in 2014 our mother was diagnosed with brain cancer and passed away 8 miserable months later. He and his ex-wife did almost all of the care for her. He was a massively depressed mess. He finally started to try to push forward in his life for a few months. Until our dad died of a heart attack in June of 2017. Hes been on an insane path to death ever since. I try to encourage, I get yelled at. I cannot possibly understand his pain or how his stroke affected him. Dealing with his negativity and rage is intolerable and massively depressing to me as well. He had a pretty great job for around 10 years, but unfortunately it enabled his chosen lifestyle as he was an internet based marketing manager for a manufacturer dealing with musicians, internet, etc. The company had hard times and he was let go, or put in a position where he hastily quit - no unemployment. Within a month after losing his job, his wife began sleeping with someone else and left him. Now he finds himself jobless, loveless and nearly homeless. My friend and I have talked him into getting his life on track...talking to a professional about his mental health issues and seeing a doctor for his massive health issues. He always agrees to go. He NEVER follows through. I know I dont understand the changes that come with a stroke, but other than the loss of our parents, his path is very personally chosen. He has applied and appealed for SSDI a few times, but every time I ask about it he just says he is waiting to hear something from his lawyer who works on contingency...and the more back pay there is, the more the attorney stands to make. So now he is at the point that he is soon losing everything including his home, he is again talking about getting help. Pretty much too little too late at this point as far as saving anything other than his life. Before dad died, dad borrowed against his house and gave him an advance of his inheritance so he could pay off the remainder of the land contract he had left...since he was in no position to get bank financing. Instead of paying it off, he paid down some of it and spent the rest foolishly. I have a ton of resentment over his choices. He states he is unable to work as he cannot even walk 20 feet without running out of breath, feeling massive pressure in his head, etc. But this is where things are and what we have to deal with. There is no way they can move into my home. I have a 6 year old and I will not allow that as an example of how to live. Period. The thought of paying off his balance on his land contract is not appealing, but more-so than ever considering moving him in my home. He only owes 8,700. With the way he lives, you can guess what kind of care, cleaning and maintenance his house has gotten. None. Its worth anywhere between 20-50k. I really dont know. Not much, and it needs a TON of work. x200B;My thought is this: I have the money to pay it. It would take roughly half in what I have invested in index funds not counting an equally funded 529 for my son to pay the land contract off. The deed would go in my name, and I would own the home. I have always toyed with the thought of real estate, so this isnt terribly out of my realm. I would then sell him the home on a new land contract between him and I for the same terms 10 year, 6 he currently has, plus closing costs involved. Of course then I am on the hook for property taxes, insurance and maintenance which would be added to his balance on the land contract...which would hopefully be resolved soon with SSDI and he would be able to make payments to me.x200B;Personally, I would rather leave these funds in investments my brokerage, will not touch roth IRA or 529. I have plenty of storms in my own life including a divorce very soon. I really dont want involved in this but feel obligated to as I cant stand the thought of him and his daughter being homeless and having nowhere to go. On the other hand, I really dont have much risk of losing either. Hopefully he gets himself together and pays it off as per the agreement, Id be more than happy to go this route if I had confidence that this was the way it were to go. The no fun scenario - if he continues on his current path there is little doubt he will be meeting death sooner rather than later. I absolutely do NOT want this route, but if that is the path he chooses I should be OK in the deal financially as with closing costs my personal investments will be 10-11k, plus whatever tacks on paying property taxes and insurance between now and that time. I am able to do all basic and semi-advanced home maintenance myself. If the house were mine today, it could be cleaned, painted, carpeted I do all of this myself and sold for 40-50k. Again, please understand I do not wish to profit from this. I do not want this path at all. I quite frankly dont want involved in this mess in any way, yet feel obligated since I am the only family he has left. Help  <response>: If you give it to him, consider it a gift as you most likely will never see throat lomey again. If you can do that and be ok with it both personally and financially go for it The other hand is someone has to give your brother some tough love. Lifes tough for everyone, not just him, hes a grown man should be responsible for his own life. 