But until unemployment decreases and these young adults find the jobs, income, and stability to buy or rent a home, I think many of them are going to remain "boomerang" kids and continue living with their parents, once again denying the rental market another household to service.Since housing is not as liquid as other investments, like stocks and bonds, everything tends to move like molasses.

I plan on working full time after college while investing part time and expanding my parents business part time.

Realtyman, I agree with you in some aspects of life, but when it comes to buying real estate I do not agree.My parents helped me with the money to buy my frist investment property.

Without that you start competing with the luxury complexes catering to students sprouting up along the bus routes.The good news is that if you choose to sell you have three distinct target markets: rich parents buying for their kids, college rental investors, and regular homeowners including the college faculty/staff.

Offering money places value on the money.There was once a day care center that started charging parents who were late picking up their kids at the end of the day.

My second child was a crazy experience.

I have a new found respect for all those single parents out there!

Child was badly burned and has been in ICU at a burn unit about 2 hours away.

Ive used courrier font lots of times to look like I sat at an old type writer and banged it out one at a time but at some point people are going to accept the fact that no one hand writes letters any more... even my parents who are in their late 80"s use word and email their letters back to their relatives in Spain.

My wife and I bought a house and we had our first child, Mabry.