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If one owner out of six refuses to sign, any of the others can sue for "partition," which is an action to divide the property. It probably can't be divided up six ways, so the court would order it sold. If we are talking about heirs, this would mean that six people are entitled to a share of the owner's estate. The owner's personal representative can sell the house, and does not need the approval of the heirs (although an heir could object that the sale was not for sufficient value, or was defective in some other way).

If the debt was in his name alone and was not secured by collateral, the debt becomes a debt of his estate, and not of his heirs. Any property owned by his estate would be potentially subject to satisfying the debt.

Living outside Maryland does not prevent you from serving as personal representative of a Maryland estate, but you will have to designate a Maryland resident as your resident agent.