[Elena fills this with the opening of the story. The moment, the room, the lawyer. 100 to 200 words. Set the scene.]
What we walked in believing
[Elena fills: what you thought you knew, what your research said, what you expected. 200 to 300 words.]
What the lawyer said
[Elena fills: the moment, the words, the calculations. What they laid out, why our income didn't qualify on their reading. 300 to 400 words.]
What we did next
[Elena fills: the conversations on the way home, the second opinion, the lawyer we ended up using, why they had a different reading. 300 to 500 words.]
What we wish we had known
[Elena fills: the specific pieces of advice that would have saved weeks. Concrete. Useful. 300 to 400 words.]
If you are about to walk into a similar appointment
- What to bring: [Elena fills the exact document list]
- Questions to ask: [Elena fills the questions that mattered]
- Red flags to watch for: [Elena fills the warning signs]
- The exact phrase that saved us the second time: [Elena fills, or this stays in the playbook]
