Where are the real investors? Any one know?... Bueller... Bueller

[Steve S.]

BiggerPockets for a long time was a great place where investors could meet and exchange information and work together. Over the past year I have noticed a trend of a lot more newbies coming in just looking for information and a lot less real players who truly invest and work together. 

SO... I have two questions....

1) Has anyone else noticed this trend?

2) Where are the real real estate investors conversing if not on this forum?

Trying to figure out where everyone went.

-Steve

[Mike Dymski]

Hey Steve.  If an experienced investor asks a tough question on the forums, they get crickets.  If an experienced investors tries to help unaware members that mortgage acceleration programs are scams, they get pride and push back in return.  If an experienced investor wants to read posts about commercial multifamily, they have to sift through hundreds of 2-4 family posts on the commercial multifamily forum.  If an experienced investors wants to network and learn about new subjects, they have to sift through hundreds of posts on how to charge a late fee or what can someone buy with no money and no credit.

I have learned that the forums are not the best place to learn for experienced investors but there are connections to be made and the real exchanges are happening in PMs and phone conversations now.  It's also helpful to be selective about who you become colleagues with.  If your colleagues are posting on a topic, those posts show up when you open BP.  At a minimum, you know if you click on those posts, there will be some good information there...and you end up with a group of experienced members (who are colleagues) responding to the same posts.

And for the record, real players don't refer to themselves as real players.