financial matters

the other day i was propositioned
 the use of my name to facilitate buying a house.
 i have thought long and hard on it and it i snot something that i am interested in.

 coincidentally, a day after i got a call from my father who advised he was leaving our family home because  - he had bought the house in his best friends name - at a time when he was in a position  of power and could not have the land trace back to him. he never changed the name of th house - and it turns out that so many years later about over 30 yrs the friend( according to my father) is planning to sell the premises he has build behind his back - because his name is on the deed. - i am suspicious about this whole thing to be honest as i have my ideas - but the are deep found with my mistrust and suspicions of family members... why after so many years would this person want to go behind my dad to sell the premises... there was opportunity to do it back then so why now..

 if anything defaults -  as my name is on the papers i will be implicated - not that anything is going to default -i dont know this.. but it is my view it is  not a win win arrangement.