All Forum Posts by: Chris White

@Tucker Cummings best of luck brother! 

CLIFF NOTES FROM THIS THREAD FOR ANYONE WANTING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL...

Act 1: One individual makes honest post asking people with experience using REI Reply to give their feedback.

Act 2: A group of individuals who have never used REI Reply begin saying things that put REI Reply in a less than favorable light.

Act 3: Owner of REI Reply makes post in REI Reply Facebook Group letting REI Reply users know person from Act 1 is requesting feedback on user experience and if you've got time to give it please jump into Bigger Pockets and do so.

Act 4: People with experience using REI Reply go to Bigger Pockets and give their review.

Act 5: The people from Act 2 (who have never used REI Reply) attempt to discredit the people giving their honest reviews who have used/are using REI Reply. Those doing the discrediting do this by saying things like... these are spammers hired from the Philippines, which isn't true... others said the owner of REI Reply paid his users to post fake reviews, which isn't true. One guy argues that in order to have credibility posting your REI Reply review you must have (seemingly) as many posts on Bigger Pockets as he does or you won't be taken seriously -- will let you decide if that's true.

Act 6: Finally, some UNbiased sensical people who have never used REI Reply pointed out the obvious, which is that it's only $49/mo so if you're looking for a CRM that automates most of your business give it a try. If you're not looking for that then don't. But for $49/mo what do you really have to lose.

Hope this helps and may your business prosper regardless of what tools and systems you're using.

@Jonathan Greene you can call me on my cell phone. Send me a private message and I'll give it to you. I'd post it here but it won't let me. I'd be happy to talk you through where I see error in your logic, give you an honest review of REI Reply and prove to you that I am indeed a real person. Thanks for the heads up on the blurry pic by the way. I've just updated it. Lastly, if you check my profile you'll see I've been part of Bigger Pockets since September 6th, 2017. I've got my phone on and I welcome your call :)

PS. I'm simply a user of REI Reply. I have no connection to the owners. The only reason I jumped in on this thread is because I learned as a military officer that when you stand for nothing you will fall for anything. My stand here is simply for HONEST and ACCURATE reporting and dialogue. If someone has had a bad experience with REI Reply then great. Share it to help out the person who posted the initial question. If someone has had a great experience with REI Reply then great. Share it to help out the person who posted the initial question. The challenge with your approach is that you're calling the reviews from honest people on this thread (with real experience) SPAM WITHOUT having any evidence to support your position. That essentially makes those people SPAMMERS by your characterization. What you're in essence asking present and future readers of this thread is to trust your feedback as a guy who has ZERO experience with REI Reply OVER myself who has EXTENSIVE experience with REI Reply. Do you see how someone reading this thread might look at your comments and at the very least say to themselves, "Hmmmmm???" My encouragement to you is to rise above all the baseless claims about SPAM you're supporting and consider that just maybe you're wrong because in truth you are. Like I said... I've got my phone on and I welcome your call :)

@Mary M. I can 100% assure you these are NOT fake reviews. We are real people with real businesses. It baffles me why some people on this platform seem to believe if you have a small number of posts that somehow that means you have no credibility. I for one have been following bigger pockets for many years and just decided to make my first post on this thread to defend a great product from people making bizarre comments like yours. 

@Joe Cassandra the only sensical response to your comment is that you're wrong on three fronts. Front #1: Propstream is not a CRM so it's irrelevant to this thread. Propstream and REI Reply compliment each other. Anyone who has looked into REI Reply seriously would know that. Front #2: When did honest people leaving their honest review on a product become the definition of SPAM? If you were to read all the comments in the thread you would easily conclude myself and other users of REI Reply did not show up here on Bigger Pockets to "market" REI Reply. We showed up here to "defend" a great product from bizarre comments like yours and the others. You'll notice the honest customer reviews you're labeling as SPAM did not happen until AFTER the bizarre comments started showing up from people with ZERO experience of the product in question. Front #3: It looks like for the FIRST time in recorded history users of a brand new product have flocked to a page all at once to defend it. I'm honored to be part of making history right here on Bigger Pockets. :)

@Tucker Cummings Nope. Definitely wasn't insulted. Like I said in my comment. Your comment was just bizarre. This was your bizarre comment, "Anyone else getting the sneaking suspicion that REI Reply hired someone in the Philippines to make several profiles on BP and try to promote their service??" That comment of yours raises the question, "What's this guys motive?" Motive always originates from the heart. Motive always speaks to ones character. So I would encourage you to just consider your "motive" with that comment. And to answer your question... no. It doesn't seem sketchy to me because I'm one of the people who is using the service and I'm one of the people who posted a review which makes me also one of the people you are referring to as sketchy. And nobody is forcing you to give your CC to anyone you don't want to. That's NOT what this is about. As I challenged you to do in my first comment I'll challenge you to do again in this comment. Rise above the noise and "live in the question". A great first question for you to start with would be this, "Hey Chris any idea why all these positive comments came in on this thread today?" That wouldn't be more of an enlightening discussion now would it rather than accusing someone you don't know that they hired people from the Philippines to effectively lie on this platform. Lastly, nobody is shaming you. You'll have to own that one on your own. Furthermore, nobody is critiquing your initial question. It was a totally legitimate question and still is a totally legitimate question. You're getting two different issues happening in this thread confused it seems. The critique of you is still your bizarre comment about the Philippines. That's the second issue which is different from the first that being your initial question. Just consider for a moment you're the owner of REI Reply who has been working your *** off to build something valuable. This something valuable is what helps you provide for your loved ones. You're an honest, sincere individual just doing your best to make your way in the world like the rest of us... and then someone jumps on a thread like this and makes the comment you did about the Philippines. Try to remove the sideways emotion you're feeling and consider it objectively. How would you respond to the Philippines comment? And lastly... if you want to give REI Reply a try and are too concerned about giving your CC just contact me. I'll pay for your first month.

REI Reply is the best CRM out there for investors. I've tried many of them. Spent thousands and thousands of dollars piecing systems together. If you really take the time to understand all that it can do and how to really leverage the automation it will change the game entirely for your business. On a side note Mother Teresa once said something along the lines that there is more to be LEARNED from living in the question than a statement could ever provide. I share this because I always find it bizarre to read comments from people speaking about something they have no expertise on/experience with. You do yourself/your brand a disservice and you do disservice to people who are looking for "real insight". In this case those that haven't used REI Reply saying things like Mr. Greene, Mr. Cummings, Mr Heuschele, Mr Fraser and others on this thread have said. If you want people to take you seriously in a public forum then know what you're talking about before you share your opinion. Otherwise it just makes you look silly. Trust me... I've been the guy on the other side of the table "looking silly" so learn this lesson from me if you haven't already. And Mr. Greene, Mr Fraser, Mr Heuschele and Mr. Cummings I'm only calling you out because I care and I'm challenging you to rise above gossiping. There are good people behind REI Reply who are dedicated to helping people succeed. Your comments (and others like yours) are not helpful when they lack credibility.