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Updated about 1 month ago, 11/20/2024

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Scott Trench
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How to Write a Great Introduction to BiggerPockets

Scott Trench
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  • President of BiggerPockets
  • Denver, CO
Posted

Hi Folks - Thought I'd make this a sticky in the "New Member Introductions" Forum. 

First of all, welcome to BiggerPockets! You are in the right place if you are looking to learn, network, or begin taking deliberate action (like finding and analyzing deals) in your real estate portfolio. 

Congratulations on deciding to take a big step by introducing yourself to the forums - while everyone is friendly and looking out for your success on these forums, I remember how intimidating it was making my first post introducing myself to the community 10 years ago and before I started working here. 

A couple of tips to get the most of your post: 

- First, upload a profile picture and consider taking 2 minutes to update your bio. It's way easier to relate to you and help you out if we can see your smiling face. 

- Second, give us a couple of sentences about yourself. Tell us where you are from, where you are looking to invest, the strategies you want to pursue, and who you want to network with, be it local investors, agents, lenders, property managers, contractors, or more. 

Many users in this forum set up "keyword alerts" and you should too to stay in tune with the strategies, markets, or other discussions that come up that are of interest. For example, I have a keyword alert set up for "Denver" and "House-Hack" so that anytime a new investor is discussing house-hacking nearby, I can jump in and help them out. If you are interested in the same for your market, you should set that up so that you can see when other users post about that. 

Related - when you introduce yourself, make sure to call out your market, what you want to learn about, and who you want to meet very specifically. That way, the people who have keywords set up can come and welcome you and the networking process begins! 

I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible, and feel free to @mention me (Just type in "@" and then "Scott Trench" and you'll be able to tag me so that I get alerted).

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