Come on...they both lost their jobs, she has cancer, he just started a new career...and the wrong mortgage is the problem?
>>Come on...they both lost their jobs, she has cancer, he just started a new career...and the wrong mortgage is the problem?<<
Your point is well taken.
However, he now has a job. And the resetting of the load was a problem regardless. However, this is not as unusual a case as you might think. Lot's of people have health problems. She had a benign growth removed. Happens to lots of people. Usually they don't even loose their jobs.
And buying a home with zero down and interest only when you are not well established?! That is just asking for trouble - which a lot of people do.