We’re not going to mince words. The Recession was like a swift kick to the stomach. Maybe lower. At one time, Nevada earned its title as the Foreclosure Capital of America with 1 in 16 homes filing for foreclosure, compared to the national average of 1 in 69 according to CNN Money. Thankfully, Nevada is on its way to recovery. We even ditched our unsolicited title.

Rumor has it that millennials aren’t buying homes. We wanted to see if that’s actually true, and if so, why not? So we did our homework. (See what we did there?)

First of all, who are millennials? They’re anyone in the generation of people born between 1982 and 2004, so say most sources. By the end of 2016, they’ll be the nation's largest living generation according to The Pew Research Center.