How To Get Clients on BiggerPockets Without Ever Asking For It

[Jonathan Greene]

I've been on BiggerPockets for around ten years. I've made hundreds of friends and sourced more clients than you can imagine from doing one thing - adding value in the forums.

I never once said I was an agent or where to find me. I never once asked for anyone's business, or DM'd someone to ask for business. I always allow people to reach out to me. I always answer questions in the forums without asking on my behalf. I am not hard to find if someone wants to work with me.

As someone who has run an on-market real estate team with as many as fifty agents in the past, I can tell you that the problem is that real estate agents are lazy and unfocused and want the low-hanging fruit with limited work. When you see real estate agents in the forum asking for business and providing no value or proof of value, the value proposition should be obvious.

If you want to work with investors, find my other post in this forum. It explains how to do it without being annoying or spammy. It all comes down to being interested, not interesting, and constantly adding value based on your market and area knowledge, nothing else. If you are always dishing out assistance, people will return the favor down the line.