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I continued to rent the house to Mom andDad Walsh at a substantially lower than marketrate rental and I was paying them a good intereston their loan to me. Yet, I seemed to be the badguy? Go figure.Unfortunately, the Walshs were veryisolated on Long Island. They had no friends andLyn and I were working most of the time. Dr.Walsh’s health had continued to decline and Mrs.Walsh decided to move to Ithaca. There was anursing home in Ithaca that would take Dr.Walsh as a residential patient on his veteran'spension. Mrs. Walsh grew up in the Ithaca areaand still had friends there. She decided toliquidate her inheritance and give the money toher children. I advised against this, but onceagain all her children said, "For Christ's sake, lether do what she wants."Dr. Walsh could not receive thegovernment assistance they needed because theirfinancial holdings were too large. That was themotivation for giving the money to the children. Itried desperately to point out that homeownership would not be included in thegovernment's calculations. She could liquidateher assets and invest in a house or condo. Thisway she would get the government assistance for269