Thoughts on supplementing downpayment from 401K? Will payback ASAP. Anyone done this?

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No, haven’t done it, but have considered it! From what I have looked into, just make sure you are reading the fine print of your 401k. Ours would be coming out immediately after until it is repaid, and then you have to consider the taxes on an early withdrawal too. Something I’m really thinking about, but haven’t quite decided yet either.

There’s withdrawal vs loan. Both a financial no-nos. There’s huge opportunity costs associated with taking money out of your retirement account, plus lots of fine print. For instance, if you take out a 401k loan and then your employment is terminated, you owe the money back to your account within 60 days or you’ll be forced to pay penalties and taxes.

I have seen people take out a 401k loan to make a cash offer or near cash offer to be competitive, then refinance the property to within 30 days of closing to refund their 401k. Basically only pull the money out for a month in order to make their offer appear more competitive then it would be otherwise.

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