Forget renting, now is the time to purchase an actual home.  As the market begins to tank and the recession grows longer people can grab homes at bargain basement prices.

We bought ours and a couple others at the end of the last recession literally for 1/4 of what they were assessed prior to the economy bottoming out.  Nice homes most needed no work and in 5 years they were back to their pre-economy-tanking value.

The mortgage on 4 was what a pre-crash single mortgage was, so keep an eye on the market and when the bargain basement foreclosures start to show up, buy more than a few and sit on them until the economy returns in 5 years or so.  Great retirement plan :-)