Quote from Thalamus09:
Real-estate will continue to plummet for many years with too few buyers and fewer people qualifying for ever harder to get loans. Money = Debt and the banks aren't giving it out. Sell everything and get out of debt.
In a massive inflationary cycle, being in debt before the cycle begins is actually bennificial. You will be paying your debt back with dollars worth less.
I am debt free, but that is the thesis.