Welcome to the investing in real estate show. I'm Clayton Morris so glad to have you here

on this show we aim to help you become a more intelligent real estate investor to learn all that you

need to know about buying your first rental property or expanding your portfolio.

So something for beginners, a lot of stuff for advanced listeners as well whether it's taxes whether it's

Whether it's setting up a trust all of those things we try to cover it here on the show and today is our Q&A episode and where we take your questions you can leave us a

voicemail question by going to our website which is Morris Invest.com yes we are a

full-service rental real estate company so there's tons of great resources on the

website as well.

We have blog posts and videos and everything you can dive deep into to learn more

about real estate investing. But you'll notice a little microphone icon on the

right side of the screen. That's where you can leave us a voicemail question.

Try to keep it to 30 seconds or less,

and we will answer your questions here on the show.

So our first question today comes to us from Jonathan

about 401k's. Take it away Jonathan. Hey Clay and

Jonathan here. I was wondering if it's possible to take money from a 401k

and use that to invest in real estate and if so will that be a smart idea thank you

thank you jonathan so wants to know about investing in real estate with a 401k

so yes number one the answer is yes absolutely You can use a 401k to invest in real estate.

So let me just, and I'll unpack that in just a second.

For those of you that are new to that strategy, we'll get there in a second.

Your second part of your question is, should I do it? Now, I'm in a second. Your second part of your question is should I do it? Now I'm not a financial advisor. Financial advisors in my opinion are driven by money because they are controlled by the companies they work for and they make money off of managing

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