If dollar falls, real estate could be the best investment.
With all the enormous printing of money by the government, inflation is inevitable. If dollar tumbles as the result of it, then the value of all loans you own would fall too. And the biggest loan is usually your mortgage. So when inflation rises, the value of money you owe on the mortgage would be much lower then now.
For this reason, investing in real estate (as well as gold) is one of the best ways to protect savings and retirement money from being wiped out by inflation.
The downside of this scenario, is that sharply falling dollar could trigger severe recession, which will lead to a lot of people loosing jobs. And it's hard to make mortgage payments if one doesn't have a job, even if the value of payment is much lower.
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