“In this economy?” is the natural reaction to today’s housing market, which is especially tough for Gen Z folks trying to get started on the next chapter of their lives. Even though most of us are making more money than we were five years ago, inflation has rendered our pay raises obsolete. Meanwhile, homes have nearly tripled in price with tax and interest rates continuing to climb.

It may seem all doom and gloom with very little hope, but fear not – millennials have been there, and most of us…