Edith: HELP! Our 72-year-old friend is undergoing severe stress with a son in Iraq and estranged daughter-in-law and grandchildren. She wants to move out of the home she's been paying on for the past 12 years. She doesn't feel comfortable in that area and wants to move to an apartment right away.

She says she will mail the keys back to her mortgage company and walk away from 12 years of equity, just to get out. We have told her this will wreck her credit, but she does not care. Can you ...

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