We establish and support checkbook IRA programs.To pay yourself based on services to your IRA is 100% not allowed.  

I don't know if a 403b qualifies, but some IRA accounts let you take out a 10K penalty free to buy a home.  

Another option for investors looking to invest in real estate with limited funds is to invest through a self-directed IRA or 401k.

It might be anything from a single family to a 5+ unit rental, but until I know how much money I have to use, it limits my search.I'd like to invest within a self-direct IRA. 

I do not have any experience with an account or using a SD-IRA account but I have done a bit of learning about it. 

Account Closed,One approach you might explore is to build up value in your 401(k) including your employer contribution, roll the vested value into a SD-401(k) or IRA, and then go from there.David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

For asset protection reasons, you might want to separate the asset holding entities (passive side & pass-through from taxation POV) from the public facing operations/property management shell entity (the active side & which can be taxed as S-corp if you want to create self-income for other purposes, like being able to establish Solo 401K and roll over other 401K and IRA funds for further investment options). 

Financial Planning would encompass the entire portfolio of any individual (especially including external concerns: 529 Plans, Retirement planning, Roth IRA's, annuities, and the list goes on).

What about combining it with IRA & 401k contributions.

I have some rentals I manage myself and one rental in a self directed IRA.