How do I convince my lying parents that FAFSA will check assets and stocks?

[Mwfan1921]

@Luckyjade2024

@cshell2

@Luckyjade2024

income, assets, (stocks, bonds, savings) home equity, other properties all play a part. IRA and 401k do not factor in. .

Home equity is not included in the FAFSA.

Depending on their income, assets might not even have a bearing on this. If income is really high he might not qualify for need based aid anyhow and if income is low enough all assets could be excluded so it might not even matter, but OP hasn’t answered the income question.

Home equity is counted against need for Colleges looking at CSS profile

Correct. But we are talking about FAFSA.