I'm retired Air Force and currently employed as a Project Manger.

What is your opinion (or anyone else's) on using retirement funds to pay down current debt (student loans).

If we could hold out until it was paid off then live there to retire would be one thing but seeing my wife has a brother, it would have to be split 50/50.

They may be retiring, they maybe be selling to move up to a larger property, they may have held the property long enough that their IRR has fallen and they want to invest elsewhere...

Given the amount of market appreciation, this can be $100k or more.I have over 100K of non-retirement investments in mutual funds in a brokerage account that I wish to sell to pay for this 'down payment' on the loan assumption.

We've worked with bunches of military folks just like you who have moved their portfolios with them to each posting and then to their final destination after retiring - all tax free. 

I'm looking for someone to help with financial/retirement planning who is experienced with retirement portfolios that consist of real estate along with traditional vehicles such as 401Ks/IRAs.

75M "Boomers" are going to retire before 2030 and collectively hold 70 Trillion in assetsSo what should you do to capitalize on this demographic trend?

My parents just built a custom house to retire in and I saw first hand some of the headaches they had to deal with.

I'd love to hear some feedback because at the end of the day, at age 54, I'm looking for some avenue for being able to retire without starving in 10 or so years.