The podcasts and blog posts are a great way to learn at your own pace, and the forums are great for asking specific questions.  

There has to be value drivers to blend the cap rate up at an accelerated pace on then regular yearly increases to justify the starting lower cap rate purchase compared to debt rates.These are family offices who own lot's of multifamily over a billion dollars worth.

This is weak thinking because prices have out paced incomes exponentially (see deleverage in Dalio's video).  

It was a slow start but now it is moving at a quicker pace. 

Having a few people try to GUESS or stay up late at night wondering what is his agenda or why is this Joe or other new members here?  

It's a means to an end of achieving my lifestyle goal: to start more tech companies at my own pace, work with my friends, be able to have maximum flexibility and freedom, and essentially have an infinite financial runway for the quality of life that I want.That being said, while I really appreciate some of the advice on this thread about getting my hands dirty and starting small to learn the ropes, I'm not sure that's the best approach for me.

It is literally mind boggling how fast the current pace of innovation keeps increasing.

Any overfunded IUL will keep pace with the S&P500.

Unfortunately intelligently is most often accompanied by a slower methodical pace. 

In attractive markets (high demand, due to strong pop/job growth), there's a severe lack of new housing, which will likely  cause the coming market bottom to not be severe (not a big price drop).Here's a recent article on the lack of new housing: http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/07/07/housing-crisis-shortage-no-fix-000472In regard to your second question...