POV: The House Was Affordable — The Ownership Wasn't

We bought the house we could afford. Sixteen months later we had twenty one thousand dollars in the bank and a seventeen thousand eight hundred dollar roof, and we still couldn't pay for it. Not because of one bad decision. Because of everything that came before the roof. A fictional POV story about the difference between affording the mortgage and affording the house. Written, researched and edited by a human. AI is used for narration and imagery. Timestamps: 00:00 The wet spot 01:21 Friday 03:35 Saturday, ten a.m. 06:53 Saturday, nine forty p.m. 11:19 Sunday 15:03 The first #Homeownership #CostOfOwningAHome #FirstTimeHomebuyer #PersonalFinance #MortgageVsOwnership #POV