Should I get out of debt before investing?

[Zachary Giles]

My wife and I are split 50/50 on wether or not to pay off all our existing debt such as student loans and auto payments before we take on more debt to invest into real estate, or we begin saving to buy our first rental property. My personal opinion is that debt in real estate isn’t true debt, but I am just curious as to what others have done and how others feel about this topic?