It is a good deal.If you have a cash neutral property, the tenant via the rent they pay is paying the property tax, insurance, mortgage (principle and interest), maintenance/cap ex, vacancy, PM, and misc.  

There is a reason banks don't make loans on stocks.

If borrowing against stocks is an option, do they have to be stocks held within the US and/or do Canadian stock investments count as well?

You might be surprised, but your rental properties have more in common with dividend-paying stocks than you think!

So it looks like you would need around 4-5 years to get to break even by selling those stocks and paying the tax now. 

"Financial Advisors" tend to be glorified stock brokers.

I understand that I can use the principle from my Roth IRA’s but for the most part that money is locked away without paying penalties to access it.

To be successful as a real estate investor in any form - except maybe purchasing the Vanguard REIT index fund - an investor needs education, knowledge and understanding of real estate principles, real estate law, and real estate finance.  

In real estate that means real estate principles, finance and law. 2.

Thank you,Phil Don’t have any experience with the mentioned mentors, but I do have 45 years experience in commercial real estate investing.Flipping (wholesaling) commercial properties require the same base of knowledge (real estate principles, real estate law and real estate finance) that is a foundational requirement for flipping residential properties; PLUS, extensive knowledge of the commercial property TYPE one is trying to engage with, and extensive knowledge of the local real estate market for the subject property type.