In four years of owning my home I went an additional 50k in debt over things that were hidden and not revealed during inspection or random unlucky things like a pipe bursting in the same basement room twice in six months (bad fitting replaced with an apparently counterfeit fitting). I’m just about to close on the sale and have no idea what my next steps are because wow, that was a terrible financial experience.
I’m not even breaking even on the sale even though the house is now in perfect condition, because it’s a very small town and people noticed how many repairs were going on in those few years :(
Well, to be fair they keep making cuts to the VA and then it’s had bad pr for as long as I can remember
In seriousness, nothing radicalized me more than when I finally got into the VA system and suddenly my medical and mental care needs were being taken care of with no cost to me. It makes me so angry that people have to be seriously injured in the military just to have full and free access to care