Dimitri,  call your Vanguard rep and have him/her explain the rules for Roth IRA distributions.  

$4.50 for a card being distributed locally, sounds obscene though.

The home in question doesn't seem to have been used to cook meth, just distribute. 

if directed by the beneficiaries or director of the trust the trustee will distribute the funds to the beneficiaries based on percentage of ownership. 

You do get tax advantages by putting it into the 401k to then purchase, but you will kill your personal cash flow from the property by using a 5 year amortized loan from your 401k to buy it.With you wanting to be FI prior to the 401k distribution age, there really isn't a reason to chuck it into the retirement vehicle first.

Ideally, I'd like the option for us to disproportionately distribute expenses and associated deprecation or tax deductions.

Also talk to your accountant about 72t distributions.

@Colleen Ferrari,Unless you rollover your 401k into another qualified plan (such as an IRA), you will have to pay taxes on a distribution.

The title company or lawyer you’re using distributes the funds at closing to the lien holders in corresponding position then the seller.

Think of it as your IRA buying stocks, but in this instance your IRA buys real propertyYou can't combine your 457, which is pre-tax, with your Roth IRA, which is post-taxJust like with any other retirement account you will be taxed at the time of distribution on tax-deferred accounts, or pull distributions tax-free from Roth IRAWhen you sell property (or any other investment) inside of a qualified account (Traditional or Roth IRA) there are no taxes, you are investing inside of a tax-deferred vehicleHope this helps!