# Family Loans – Lend Only What You Could Afford to Give Away

- Source: Money Crashers
- Published: 2026-10-17T22:30:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://www.moneycrashers.com/lending-money-family/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/family-loans-lend-only-what-you-could-afford-to-give-away-012850/

Say your brother loses his job and asks for $3,000 to cover rent. Agreeing feels like the only decent answer, and it may be. But plenty of these loans never come back. In a 2021 Bankrate survey, 38% of people... Source

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