I always wait until at least 30 days has past after the foreclosure has finished to close but with banks being so slow that is not a problem. 

Essentially, the withdrawal is added to your Adjusted Gross Income for all tax purposes.If I were you, I'd go ahead and pull the $10,000 maximum out to put down on your first house.  

Depends a lot on the area, but I'd guess % wise it'll slow down as you get that high on a condo.

I got a question3 months ago i got in to the contract with the Florida apartment builder and was gonna buy one of his brand new apartments.Everything was going so slow, i believe 3 months or so?

Maybe this is just too simplistic but couldn't you open a joint account for the mortgage withdrawal?

Sounds like a slow and boring strategy, but I'm just outside of 10 years away. 

Would it be a good idea to buy one mobile home for now, or keep saving and buy 5 of them all at once. 

It's a very slow process, so if you remain quick and nimble it should help mitigate your risk from a base closure.

Advising tenants to keep faucets on a slow drip overnight if temps get very cold is a good idea, and opening up cabinet doors to let the heat circulate to pipes can help as well.One thing to think about with winterizing is that it really is a pretty simple process, but will help you avoid water damage to vacant properties...even if you intend to keep the heat on, a winter storm with high winds or heavy snowfall can knock out the power and then you end up with NO heat at all.

I don't really want to deal with the high interest rate associated with hard money, and I think 203k loans are too slow for the markets we are looking at.