[nfriedly]

Actually, I think buying a (first) house is one of the loopholes. From the linked article:

> "...you can withdraw retirement account money early to pay for education expenses, fund a first-time home purchase, ..."

[g52oevr0in]

Only up to $10k. I can withdraw $10k from my traditional IRA using that loophole, then a lot more from my roth.