He's a stock market guy but the practice works just as ell for RE. 

@Rick Albert- One way I've found around this is to take a loan against a stock account. 

What may be somewhat unique is the retirement account isn’t technically a 401k that I can access whenever I want - it’s private company stock which I can only cash out upon death, termination, or retirement.

In the investment space, whether it be syndications, SFR, Airbnb, or hedge funds or stock market: anyone that is "promising" or "guarantees" any type of return should be viewed very skeptically.  

The same would be true if you had $500K of Apple stock and wanted to distribute it to yourself over a 10-year period. 

This assumes the market rent for the unit I will be moving into.My goals from entering real estate are 1. add diversification in my investments (right now heavily invested in stocks) and 2. house hack, so that tenants pay part of the mortgageIn my current market, I have two options: a. buy older houses, renovate, bring the rent to market --> this will cashflow, but needs a lot of time investment which I don't haveb. buy turnkey properties: --> renovated and already occupied by tenants but may not be cash flow positive.I found a property that's type B.

Predictions are hard. 

., a stock), the holder's creditor relationship with a firm or government (e.g., a bond), or the holder's other rights (e.g., an option)."

Repairs increasing due to cost of labor and materials.They also mention taxing assets, including property and stock market.

But you can do that for stocks too.