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Joe Splitrock
  • Rental Property Investor
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1000th Post So Why Are You Here?

Joe Splitrock
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Sioux Falls, SD
ModeratorPosted

I have been on Bigger Pockets for about a year and this is my 1000th post. I have to admit my posting has slowed over the last few months. I found myself spending too much time on here and not enough time on my business. Some of the regulars on Bigger Pockets must spend hours a day reading and posting based on the volume they output. So here is my question. Why are you here? The obvious answer may be to give back or gain knowledge, but why is it some have 10 posts and others have thousands. Please share your time commitment and your why.

Thank you to everyone in the community including @Joshua Dorkin for starting this website! I started in real estate in 2004 and it is mind boggling it took me 12 years to find Bigger Pockets!  I wish I would have found it sooner.

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    Mindy Jensen
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    @Joe Splitrock , I, too wish I had found BiggerPockets sooner.

    I started off here because no one in my real life cares about real estate. I love real estate in all forms, and finding someone (or 625,000 someones) who love it like I do was exciting.

    Before I started working here, I was a stay at home mom/investor, and I would make excuses for why I needed to just hop onto BP for a minute. I needed to see if someone answered my question, or if someone had a question I could answer.

    In real life, real estate is competitive. There is no sharing, for fear of someone stealing the deal. But on BiggerPockets, the entire community shares so freely. I have learned so much from everyone here.

    This would be my favorite web site of all time, even if I didn't work here.

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