Congrats and hope you have continued success.

Gary Drumm I do not think you can you 401k money in that manner but you need to speak with a specialist like Brian Eastman With $3k what I would do is buy a partial note which are payments for a year and get back 10-12% and find ways to continue to contribute to your retirement plan.

The two of us would like to continue buying properties together in the future.I realize this is probably a rookie question, but I've learned a ton through BiggerPockets already and really respect the feedback that is given on these forums. 

I continuously keep in contact with people that are in the real estate business.

I will continue leveraging myself to a point where I feel most comfortable.

This will allow you to get all your investment back out of the home, rent it out, and continue your REI on more properties.

Here's where it continues to go downhill faster. 

Anyways, I’m here now and I’m ready to continue to learn and give the knowledge that I have accumulated.

Leading me to ask, "What are the legal remedies available to me that can be used to address this woman in such a way that she understands continued t 

Oh well, unless some great option pops up it looks like we will continue on as we are.