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A lot of things are starting to make sense and if these reports are true, it’s no wonder Whitney Houston’s family sold footage of her funeral to the media and claimed it was for the financial benefit of Houston’s only child, daughter Bobbi Kristina. Despite selling over 200 million albums and singles throughout her career, Houston was reportedly broke when she died last month, and owed her label Sony Music tens of millions of dollars.While sales and downloads of Houston’s music increased soon after her death, which is often the case in these situations, her daughter won’t see any of the royalty checks until the debts are paid off and that could take quite some time. The Daily reports that when Houston signed a deal with Sony in 2001 for $100 million and six albums, her reserves were pretty much dry