But if you can suck it up for 5-10 years, you can probably build a strong enough financial foundation (capital for rentals) to retire from that career prematurely... hmm, sounds kind of like my own plan!

You cannot withdraw from it prematurely without incurring fees.

Those are generally limited to things such as violations of habitability, military duty, landlord harassment.Under CA laws, landlords are required to minimize losses if a tenant prematurely vacates a rental.

The factory gasket is breaking down prematurely and can be damaged by in tank cleaning products a lot of tenants use. 

More room to add value if you want to renovate each unit and increase the rents to market value, however I think it's a little premature for the area and I would wait a few years before making that type of improvement. 

Make sure you consider your big picture plan initially, especially on the financing side, so that you don’t limit yourself prematurely through some thin deals.It sounds like you are interested in rental property buy and hold.

@Jessica FrancoA premature welcome to Denver.

If you leave it switched separately, it may not get used as intended and you will end up having issues with the motor failing prematurely.

It might be a bit pre-mature for this thread and please forgive me my naivety...

FolksMy personal experience is that drawing money prematurely from an IRA costs a lot of taxes.