RE IRR vs Pension fund payouts vs Stock market returns

Hello, senior Monkeys, 

I'm an outsider to the finance world working in CRE, my question how is stock market returns comparable to the RE IRR? when you say S&P 500 generated 6-7% you're talking about a Net cash return where your wealth actually Increased 6-7% but when you say 10-15% IRR in RE it just the time value of money and your net cash return might be very low. can someone explain this to me

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