Community Guidelines

One set of guidelines for BiggerPockets and PassivePockets. Standards tell you how to act, and moderators use judgment on them. Hard Rules are non-negotiable.

By posting, you agree to these guidelines and to that site's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: BiggerPockets (Terms · Privacy), PassivePockets (Terms · Privacy).

Community Standards

1. Be respectful. Keep it professional. No insults, trolling, harassment or discrimination.
2. Help first, sell second. Answer the question. If your posts mostly exist to get leads, they're spam. So are empty posts, copied content, the same message across threads and keyword stuffing.
3. Say who you're tied to. If you work for, own or earn from something you mention, say so.
4. Stay on topic. Real estate goes here. Skip politics and religion. Policy and law that affect real estate are fine.
5. Be yourself. Share your own experience. If AI wrote it, say so.
6. Keep it on-site. Don't pull members to other platforms, poll them for outside products, or post contact info in threads.

Members help enforce these standards by voting and reporting. Moderators make the final call.

Rules

Break any of these, we'll enforce in a variety of ways. You'll be warned, and your account may be suspended or closed.

• 18+ only.
• Zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation. Any content that sexualizes, exploits or endangers minors is prohibited. We remove it, close the account, and report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and law enforcement. Report it with the Report button or at [email protected].
• One real account per person. Use your real name and the correct account type, like Investor vs. Sponsor. No fake accounts, alternate accounts or impersonation.
• Fair Housing. No preferences or exclusions based on protected characteristics in any property or tenant post.
• Securities. Anyone raising capital must follow securities law. No guaranteed returns, no false exemption claims.
• No fraud. No fake reviews, credentials, results or ownership. No Ponzi or pyramid schemes.
• Don't share other people's info. No one else's address, phone, email or private documents (leases, credit reports, applications) without their permission.
• No sexual content or promoting self-harm.
• No IP theft. Only post content you have the rights to.
• No spam, scraping or bots. No automated posting, scraping, email harvesting, vote manipulation or AI training on our content without written permission.
• No affiliate links.
• Ads go where we allow them. Promote your product, service, webinar or investment in Classifieds on BiggerPockets or through a paid partnership on PassivePockets.
• No private message spam. Only message your connections unless your membership allows more. No ads, pitches, links to your site or copy-paste messages. Break this and you can lose messaging. We may review messages to catch spam and abuse.

Enforcement

• We can edit, move or remove content, and restrict or close accounts, at our discretion.
• Report: use the report button, or email [email protected] (BiggerPockets) or [email protected] (PassivePockets).
• Appeal: email the same address. We'll review your appeal, and retain the right to uphold the enforcement.
• These guidelines may change at any time.

Last Updated: 09/29/2026