A well-meaning but costly move to Georgia changed the course of my life.

A well-meaning but costly move to Georgia changed the course of my life.

Baltimore skyline.Dee Liu/Getty ImagesMy friend was selling her house in Georgia at a fraction of what ours had cost in Maryland.We bought the house and moved, but it wasn't the fresh start we were hoping for.We left, bought another house in Maryland, but eventually divorced.Hindsight is 20/20 — especially when I watch nearly $3,000 disappear from my bank account every month for a mortgage that should be nearly paid off by now. The reason I'm in…