<prompt> Human: Hello guys. Got a mentor who I am returning a favor for. He is a 65 year old recent retiree who has been burning his time camping and enjoying the outdoors. He is a bit of a luddite hence my reaching out for him.He recently retired and has roughly 700k in his work 401K and was looking at buying a 130k house with land.We are lost to the best, most effective way to go about this. His proposal was to pull out 200k to buy the house and any other expenses that may come up. He has a fair amount of liquid savings that he has been living off and is really good regarding living off the land and minimizing his expenses that most of us have. He has a 25month phone, fully paid for truck.I proposed that he needs to go to a fiduciary or other financial expert and see if he can invest his his money and get set up with a monthly allotment of money. I am also aware of the time value of money and know that buying the house outright vs paying a low interest mortgage and investing the money for a net gain is also a thing.What is everyones advice? As of right now I told him to hit up the credit union he is a part of and talk to them about his situation. Right now a good portion of money is tied up in stock of a company that is, of course, at a low point right now. Once the summer warms up it obviously will increase in value as it does every year netting about a 10 in stock price for almost 80 of his 401k.Thanks in advanced!!Assistant: ... So right now he lives in his truck? Im confused as to where he lives now. If hes renting, it might be better to stay there. If he already has property hes living on, then hell be selling that, no? Human: He has a house that is paid for. It is worth at most 35k for a number of reasons. He is an outdoorsman though and much prefers that lifestyle. If he can get a 12 pack of beer, a cooler and a canoe he will be out and unreachable for as long as the beer lasts. :D He enjoys fishing and hunting and gardening. He isnt a doomsdayer just a relic of a bygone era where self-reliance was paramount.  <response>: For what its worth, for as long as the beer lasts, could be as short as a couple hours :- 