I’ve had my real estate license for 23 years. We used to say “it’s the only thing they can’t make any more of.” Just as there will only ever be 21 million bitcoin, nobody is going to manufacture a whole bunch of new land. Scarcity makes the value go up.

The number of dollars someone pays for a house may go up and down but everyone needs a place to live, the population is still increasing and they don’t make any more land. The “crash” you speak about will be absorbed by the market in a couple years and after the dollar is debased/re-based everyone will think they made a bunch of money.

I actually pay off my rental properties ASAP, take very good care of them and don’t worry about profit right away but cash flow over time. After 30-40 years of inflation the dollar amounts will be drastically higher, but the value I receive each month will also increase because of scarcity.