<prompt> Human: My wife and I have started to become very adept and aggressive at saving. In 2016, we paid off 26,000 in car loans and credit card debt. We are now only left with student loans which are a combined 60,000 and are deferred until next month. I plan to enter an MHA graduate program in Fall 2018 which would add 60,000-80,000 more in debt. We are planning to live in an RV full-time during my studies to minimize expenses.We are living in Korea this year and plan to save nearly 35,000 this year which has brought us to consider the following two options:-Begin paying down student loan debt aggressively approximately 30k per year, taking 4 years all things considered OR...Save for 2 more years and buy a small house outright in cash, then begin making large strides in paying off student loans.We are currently seriously considering that we should buy a house first as it would be an asset and potentially become a source of capital gains if we were to renovate and then flip, along with the fact that our educations or degrees could never be repossessed in the way that a house with a loan could be if something bad happened.Is this foolish or wise? I know that putting less emphasis on the student loans will cause interest to continue to accrue and that is a factor to consider. We are also investigating investment options that would give returns to allow us to pay off our loans from income other than wages.EDIT: I really appreciate the comments so far and hope they keep coming, but I think some people are missing the point: We do NOT want to get a mortgage, when we buy a house, it will be outright. The question is more about whether buying a house first will be more prudent than paying off existing loans.EDIT 2: Clarification of timeline not looking to buy a house in DCCurrent to Summer 2018: Wife and I live in KoreaSummer 2018-Summer 2020: Enroll in grad school in Washington DC area  <response>: planning to live in an RV full-time during my studies to minimize expensePlan for this to fail. Im not saying it will, but you will possibly get sick of this lifestyle and want a change after a year of doing it.Other considerations: student loan interest is an above the line deduction, up to 2500, with a phase out with higher incomes. Conversely, mortgage interest combined with taxes and qualifying tuition mean youll likely want a combination of all these things to minimize your tax liability. 