“We live in a culture that values weakness at some level.” - Mark Rippetoe I’m a fitness trainer. I have mentioned that multiple times the past few months to many people asking, usually with a little shame attached. Every time a mortgage officer asks me what I do for a living this is what I say, and every time I can feel them judging me over the phone, probably saying to themselves, “Why don’t you go get a real job first before even thinking of financing a home?” I should be