and I like working with people more than I like working with numbers. ..
By 'afford' I mean meeting the debt-to-income ratio (DTI) required by lenders. In the case of a couple making $60,000 per year, or $14.42 per hour each, they'd have a monthly income of $5000.
Just a note - normally a month is considered 173.3 hours and 2080 hours per year - $60,000 would be $28.86 per hour.
Have a good time at Big Wake Weekend and hope you get to see the boats run.