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I thought 401k loan limit was $50k. Can you do a second mortgage?
^this
A couple of things to consider. You can’t take a loan to fund retirement. Mortgage interest is tax deductible. What would the interest rate be if you didn’t touch it? Typically there is a limit on how much you can borrow against the 401k - seems like this amount might be above that limit. Also typically you have to pay it back within 30 days if your job is terminated or else it is treated as an early withdrawal. If it was a smaller amount being borrowed for maybe a first time home, I might would suggest it but I don’t think it’s worth it… not running actual comparison numbers of course.
Interested to hear how parting with 450k in liquidity (I guess it’s really only the $100k in cash + wherever you get the remaining $150k that’s not from the primary sale) is worth saving a couple of % points on interest.
I assume your primary is somewhere mid 6% range
6.49 to 3.2% is significant. Haven’t run the math yet, but being at 3.2% might come out ahead. I’m currently at 2.8% but need a bigger place now with kids.