Tesla's success affects too many powerful players: oil, ICE cars, insurance companies, car dealers, parts, etc., so don't believe all these negative headlines.

The top players make over 10 million a year .. its real money.

The winner is usually the player who buys as aggressively as possible during the first few rounds - The one who saves their monopoly money as they pass go and waits on the sidelines is the first one out of the game...I talk to a lot of investors and I have never had someone tell me that they wish they would have waited XX years longer before they started investing

Each and every deal this is done to becomes a weaker player in the portfolio.

To me that is the biggest player here.

This would probably be a more long term play for you but still a great way to learn what the big players do and still get a consistent return.

@Clayton Cook   You are not the only Professional baseball player on biggerpockets.    

I know several people in Seattle who are real players who are doing it for substantially less than that.

I just finished my last season as a college football player and am ready to get into real estate.

They do exist, but to capture those deals a player has to be in a very strong financial position.