Please  feel free to connect with me and and I'd be more than happy to help guide you.

In fact, you can probably go further south into North Carolina or west into West Virginia to stay close.

@Willam KuczmeraIf you decide to proceed with the distribution, the following IRS web page is a good resource for the rules and tax consequences. https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/401k-resource-guide-plan-participants-general-distribution-rules

I found older post from 5+ years ago that all say stay away, have times changed or is it pretty much the same?

I have a theory that the more heavy things a tenant brings, the longer they stay because of the difficulty of moving heavy things multiple times. 

As you embark on your real estate journey, continue to educate yourself, network with other investors, and stay focused on your long-term goals. 

You need some estimate for vacancy because tenants don't stay forever.

We vacationed in your area the past three summers and stayed in Edisto once and St Helena twice. 

So I want to pose a question, what happens if that does not happen and interest rates stay out there more historical of 5% above over five years?

Of the 2 guys that stayed at the house, one was 6'4" and the other 5'8".