But I don’t give it primary weight.

-Ben ScarboroughHi Ben, I think the Cons out weight the Pros for Booking.com.

Will allow you to handle flipsIt does so much that it is worth its weight in gold.  

Yes asset protection, but you need to weight the burdens vs risk.

The income of the borrower is given much less weight (if any) on the lending.

This has left me with about ~$80K real net worth mostly in weighted index funds and money market funds.

If they specialize in REI and are good at what they do, they are worth their weight in gold.

That said, you have to weight the pros and cons of each system.

Do you think that they are such wholesome and kindhearted people that they are going to sacrifice making tons of money on investments to teach someone else how to invest? 

Just be mindful that the 401K distribution will be subject to A) Federal TaxesB) 10% PenaltyC) State TaxesIt may be more advised to take a 401K distribution in a year where you are not making as much money as your overall taxes might be lower.The question you have, is will the return on the real estate that you purchase, out weight the return that you will get in the stock market that it is invested in?