It's very much like a marriage. 

I already understand the VA requirements for occupying a property after purchase but are there any guidelines regarding marriage? 

It sounds like you guys have a great marriage.

At retirement, your recapture rate would be 25% verses whatever your retirement distribution tax rate would be.In either case you get to borrow from the IRS, so you would have to decide if that $20k/year loan outside the retirement account is better or worse than the tax-deferred loan you'd be paying back with 10% interest by taking the early distributionFinally, there's the marriage consideration.

Good luck with marriage, the child, and all your endeavors.

Jordan, congratulations on your recent marriage!  

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If your state is not a community property state and you had your name on the property prior to the marriage the x should only have dower rights to the property.

As I'm getting up heading to the restroom my aunt (by marriage :-)) is sitting in a seat in the back now(she originally was sitting up front) smoking a cigarette.