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I've been a mainframe programmer for 20 years, the last nine of which were as a consultant. I was out of work for several months in 2000 and sold some real estate while I waited for the market to come back.

It did, albeit anemically. So far, so good. I have a plan B and a plan C and even a plan D, two of which include moving out of the Seattle area, one of which includes moving outside the country. Heck, maybe they will need some of us to rebuild Iraq...

This isn't adding up. How can you lose a home that isn't yours in the first place? $2000 a month rent and $1200 a month health insurance on $65k a year, sorry charlie not gonna happen. His ratio's are so far out of whack that no one who managed to pull a credit check would rent to him. After taxes hes pulling maybe 51 to 55k a year and just under half of that is going to his home? I don't think so. This "story" reeks of bias, if not downright lies in order to squeeze the emotion out of the reader.

This just isn't passing the smell test in my opinion.