Ask a Fool: What Are the Rules for Withdrawing From an IRA to Buy a Home?

In this video as part of The Motley Fool's "Ask a Fool" series, the lead advisor to The Motley Fool's Rule Your Retirement service, Robert Brokamp, takes a question from a Fool reader, who asks, "What are the rules, laws and regulations whereby a first-time home buyer can take a distribution from a Roth IRA to fund a home purchase? And what are the tax implications involved?"

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