<p>I’m sorry to hear about the circumstances! While your family does sound affluent it sounds like they have many constraints on their income as well. I think that the best bet is for your and your folks to sat down and work out! just as much they are willing to spend per year for your college education. </p>
<p>Once you get a $## down, you can look at what schools that #$# can cover as well as what schools you can get into with the parental contribution + any unsubsidized stafford loans (or whatever they are called now!!) </p>
<p>There aren’t a lot of schools that will count money that you support to spend on grandparents who live out of the country as well as the fact that you have three houses as factors in financial aid but i THINK (double check me ont his one!!) that some might care about if the parents are going to school too! it might not help you but it might help them and this may free up some money!</p>