Ryan Webber RIP

[Joshua Dorkin]

I learned this weekend that Ryan Webber passed away on Thursday. Here's the news snippet.

Ryan was one of our earliest BiggerPockets supporters and has helped thousands and thousands of wholesalers with his posts here on the site. He also spoke at our inaugural BP Summit last year to great response.

We send our condolences to his family for their loss.

[Scott R.]

If I had never met Ryan I definitely wouldn't be where I'm at today in the real estate world, and may have never invested at all. For a year if not longer before I met Ryan I could not compete with the "bigger players" in the several markets I attempted to, and being the newbie not one person wanted to take the time to try and help. Ryan was willing to take the time to help. I first met Ryan here on bigger pockets. He was investing in a market I was interested in, so I asked him a million questions about the market before I even came down,He told me if I ever came down, he'd take me to lunch. I hopped on that opportunity and lunch as Chili's happened that next week., I asked him another million questions, and we were there forever, he wasn't in a hurry, wasn't trying to sell me anything, just wanted to help. He helped guide me to the purchase of my first rental, which I still have, helped me get financing, and did whatever he could to make sure I survived in the real estate world. His contacts he provided me still enable me to increase my portfolio, I'm closing a property this Friday, funded by people Ryan helped me get involved with. Ive never met someone so willing to help out his own competition. He just wanted to help, no matter who it was. I'm still in shock, but lucky to have a mentor most would only dream of.

Thanks Ryan, without you who knows where I'd be. Rip buddy.