The amount you withdraw is still included in your taxable income if you are withdrawing from a 401k or a Traditional IRA.  

Where they can be found is NO secret and the bank will take the strongest offer.There are thousands of REO properties to be found, that are under perceived "market value," however in CA "market value" is very subjective.Most REO transactions take longer to close than a traditional transactions and there are obstacles to overcome, even in the best case scenario.I have represented many clients, in which an REO property LOST value during the transaction period.Where I do see an investing opportunity is as follows:Best case, look for a short sale in which the inventory is stale and the bank wants the property off the books.

These are big changes.This is true for traditional Fannie/Freddie loans, but not necessarily the case for portfolio lenders, rehab loans, or hard money.

You think that if you get in and just renovate one or two properties, clean the yards and plant some nice garden, they will all follow in the tradition of "If you build it, they will come".

If you don't have cash to pay for your deals or income to qualify for a traditional mortgage, you just have to find a different way to finance the deal.

To my knowledge, this is typically tied to Traditional IRA's (aka Pre-Tax IRA's), but my question is whether or not one can take a ROTH IRA and invest it into real estate?

Now that combined with your UNDYING preoccupation with traditional financing issues in wholesaling, just really seals it for me in questioning your understanding of wholesaling.

And most banks require that this amount be equal to or greater than the amount that they are willing to finance.But then again when the buyer brings cash from whatever source he has there is no requirement for that insurance and you are right back to the CMV instead of financiable value or insurable value.The Currment Market Value for any particular home in the end is determined by only the buyer and seller and is based upon the home itself with all its unique draws to each of them regardless of what home values in the area have been traditionally going for.

Yes the government is always a hassle to deal with and yes Sec. 8 rocks in most cases.Just like a traditional tenant - you have your good apples and your bad.

In the US there have been court cases where the dog was not considered a trained SD because it in fact had received no training, obedience or otherwise and did not perform trained tasks.Service Dog central has a good list of case law.http://www.servicedogcentral.org/http://www.servicedogcentral.org/content/The deltasociety.org site has a lot of info, too. http://www.deltasociety.org/ServiceInformationBasic.htmhttp://archive.deltasociety.org/ServiceAccessHousing.htmAnd if you're interested in "traditional" tasks, there is http://www.iaadp.org/tasks.html with a pretty comprehensive list of tasks that can be trained to mitigate a disability-keys being TRAINED and mitigating the disabled persons disability.Ofgift