@Ryan BiankowskiIn my opinion, if you have no experience flipping houses, no experience dealing with contractors and this is your first deal, $10K is nothing.Sorry to burst your bubble.An unscrupulous contractor will burn through your $10K in one day..... literally and you may never see him again.Assuming you have no experience, I would advise you as a starting point to slow down, sit yourself down, and buy J Scott's books for $49.00........and save yourself $9,951.00.Make sure you read them through thoroughly at least once, if not twice before making your first move.There are other good books out there, maybe a good local mentor that you can learn the ropes from and even some good "guru's" that you can learn from despite all the guru bashing on BP but I would definitely start with J's books.Said books are:The Book on Flipping HousesThe Book on Estimating Rehab Costs

Sit down with your spouse and discuss risk reward.  

Been sitting on a lot in Gatlinburg near downtown since 2022. 

I sit in the parking lot of grocery stores and fast foods and look at the clientele.

For the 10 year period spanning May 2014 through May 2024, single-family prices in Austin nearly doubled, yielding an annualized appreciation rate of ~9.2% in that period.A 30-year fixed rate mortgage is sitting around 7% interest, which is down a bit from recent months, but still well above where we began 2024:The Fed monetary policy and rate decisions remain the biggest single driver of the residential real estate market overall.

Looking for input regarding the pros and cons of withdrawing from a TSP (= govt 401K) plan that is just sitting to use to purchase an investment property.

Quote from @Gabe Walters: Sit down with a pen and paper to calculate your actual losses, then see which one hits harder.

I have had messaging problems, calendar sync problems(literally the most basic thing they are supposed to do), and now it will not save notes on the calendar so I cannot recall why I blocked times as unavailable. 

Included in that list was:Garage Door Replacement (this had the highest ROI of 200% recouped cost according to the article)Entry door replacementMinor kitchen remodelWindow replacementThere was more, but those are the items that I recall.

Just don’t know if I should sit in the side lines or get involved.