Self-Directed Solo 401k Rehab Real Estate Question

QUESTION: If I buy a flip house in the name of the solo 401k but I need to use some personal funds to complete the rehab and sale, can I get reimbursed for the personal expenses or must all sale proceeds go back into the self-directed solo 401k?

ANSWER: If you purchase a property with your Solo 401k, you cannot use personal funds to pay any expenses related to the property. Instead all of those expenses must be paid with funds from your Solo 401k.

Alternatively, you can purchase a property using both personal (non-retirement) funds as well as retirement funds in your Solo 401k via a tenancy in common. Among other requirements, this would require that you purchase the property with personal funds and retirement funds (contrast this with what you describe in your email below where you purchase the property first with only Solo 401k funds and then later want to introduce personal funds). 

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