Slow start is what I wanted looking for 50-100K condos.

Now that things have slowed down a bit, we need to sit down and record Season 2.

It's like they will move really fast on things that benefit the lawmakers' political allies, but then "slow walk" on their obligations to inform the stakeholders.Gotta love NY.

You can withdraw some portion (or with pre-tax dollars of a 403(b) all) of the funds but you WOULD likely incur a penalty and/or a tax.The "hack" of using your retirement account funds in investment real estate comes primarily from the idea that you can funnel funds into a Self-Directed IRA from a number of different sources (like rolling over a 403(b) when you separate from the service that sponsored it). 

Your clients are so busy and everyone in the game is so slow.

We met in coffee shops at a slow time of the day. 

This will all be valuable while making decisions as I continue going through my job search process, as I do not want to potentially slow down opportunities to break into REI.

We made it through this within our first year of real estate investing and it didn't slow us down a bit. 

@Sammy Weinstein59 1/2 is the "early retirement" age you can begin withdrawing 401k money, penalty free.401k withdrawls are considered ordinary income and a taxable event in the year you withdraw the money, due by April 15 of the following year. 

I lean more toward taking it slow, and buying one property at a time and really focusing on the numbers and making sure they cash flow well, as that's really my goal.