So if you do not have money yourself, study until you know a good deal when you see it and then you can partner with the people with the money.In baseball terms I consider myself a good T ball player.

@Chris Seveney   See if Chris will chime in I Believe he deals with Partials a lot and could in fact be a player for your partials.

Keller Williams, the nation's largest brokerage, was founded in Austin, HQ is here, and remains the biggest player in town.

Also becoming the President or top player in a publicly traded company and getting that golden parachute works too.. know a few of those.. 

He must not be a poker player."

Most management companies will manage a couple of different classes, however if you are seeing class C-D properties on their website, and your property is in class A, you may want to keep looking.

Professional basketball player here who has a ton of time in the offseason.

You as a business are taking risk of buying an item and try to change it into an asset.Find the power players in your field.Someone is crushing it.

Like baseball players settle for a run now and then and then once in a while will hit a triple header or a home run.We all have a time factor to play with and if you just become consistent about earning money you can keep going until you hit that really profitable deal.

Many of the "Big Players" can buy at that price because they know the chances of two things happening are very good: 1, the price to buy said investment will only get more expensive over time and the asking price will only rise, and 2, rents will generally rise above their current levels, meaning they will be making more than a 3 cap on their properties in 4,5,10 years time.