I am not a real estate 20 year veteran, I am not a guru... in fact I am simply certified math teacher for the state of CT and just like to take actions... and help folks discover similarly which actions make sense to make vs what doesn't make sense...At the end of the day... after me taking the course... in real estate... i realized that... by taking someone else's course... listening to podcast... reading other wonderful folks comments on Bigger Pocket forum on LInkedIn on Quora and just networking... with folks... not with the intent of a hidden agenda to brainwash someone.... into buying multi family homes with them..., but from the stand point of simply being a good person... and networking with folks who are of similar mindset... and understand the inner reasoning of what you are trying to do....

It’s a case were the student became the teacher.

You are enabling them to be late by allowing free passes. 

Those bidders that did not win are the losers, that enabled you to be the winner.https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/12/now-this-is...Overall, it does not matter if the example is real estate, or NFL, NBA, or MLB, there is competition, and there are winners and losers.

There are some excellent teachers out there and some that are downright crooks.

I’m a Metro Nashville Public School teacher looking to start my own real estate venture.

Long answer is ask a college math teacher or experienced loan officer (lbvs).

In return for access to the expertise (the Sponsor/GP team), the capital providers (Limited Partnership Investors) pay a fee which enables them to be passive, but to still enjoy all of the benefits of physical real estate ownership. 

Buy or inherit and hold all their lives while working the properties for income.I've seen teachers, firemen, software engineers and all sorts of people utilize both strategies successfully.

I'm a teacher so I probably rely on relationships too much.