The 'growing crisis of the young American male' could send home prices falling for years or even decades

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10. It was the same for us when we bought our first house in '76.

There was no way for a young couple to qualify on a single salary. If I hadn't had a VA loan for that first house, I probably wouldn't have qualified anyway. We paid rent for the first three years we were married and figured out that that was not the way to go; we were still buying a house, but we were buying it for someone else! The only easy money I have made in my life was buying and selling the houses that I lived in and will not be an option for these young adults. If mom and dad decide to sell out, they will be in a hell of a fix.

I could not imagine staying at home once I left high school. I wanted out so badly I joined the service and I was a damn hippie! ( I know that I was a damn hippie because everyone kept reminding me) By age 18, my parents and I were sick of each other. I had figured out that, half the time they were full of shit, and they figured out that I was not going to remain a complacent child forever. Our relationship improved greatly when I got married at 19 and they knew for sure that I wasn't coming back.

I am glad that my when my adult children went off to college they figured out how to make it on their own more for their security than my comfort.