“From what I’ve read, the house was paid off and then a family member started getting in trouble with the law, necessitating home equity loans that weren’t paid back.”
Article:The Kinneys paid off their house but took out a new mortgage to pay defense lawyers after a family member was arrested in 2002, the Red House on the Mississippi group has said.
Yes, most articles you have to read all the way to the end before this little detail is revealed.