Many attorneys will give free or low cost consultations. Also if there are any law schools in your area you can often get legal advice through their legal clinic (third year students working under supervision). Just because there is no law preventing you from spending your money as you wish does not mean that the plaintiff will not come after you. It would be far, far better to have the advice of a local attorney to whom you can tell all the facts, than to accept the judgement of nameless people on the internet who only know a portion of the story.

