Originally posted by @Isaac S.:
Originally posted by @Account Closed:
Hey @Jay Hinrichs -- agreed that I was a bit on the defensive. I appreciate your response. My response to Shahriar
was not necessary and a bit harsh. Would have been better to just keep my mouth shut. I have lots to learn and oftentimes I learn the hard way -- ha! Thanks for calling me out.
Hey Hunter,
First, I wanted to give you a compliment for your humble apology. I have learned many lessons the hard way, too. It takes a real confident and solid personality to make that reply that you made!
Secondly, I would like to offer you some posting advice for BP. I have found that I will get a much more high quality, successful, and engaged/detailed thread going, when I take some time to do some basic research and post that with the question. For example:
"Hey BP, I have been doing some research on Houston and found these statistics: there are X number of military bases, there are X number of universities with aprox Y number of students, etc.... my list is not exhaustive, but, I would love to hear from BP about what I am missing or getting wrong/right, or any other juicy data that would be helpful for encouraging investment in Houston. "
Even if you only spend 15-20 min googleing and compiling some of the data, it shows self motivation and may demonstrate that you know enough of the basic key concepts and variables that an investor should be concerned with, so in turn you stimulate the pros and master level posters to want to add real in depth value, that is deeper or more insightful than what can be determined from a 15 min google search.
Otherwise, you will get replies that feel sarcastic(some may actually be) or just posters are not sure if you are for real and worth engaging with at a deeper level and/or other people will just be posting the same stuff you could have already googled yourself.
Anyway, you get the idea...the more value the original poster can initially add to the forum, the more that poster can and should expect added value from the replies.
Best of luck and thanks for your great attitude.
Hey Issac!
Man, thanks so much for your response. Not only was it super informative and helpful, but it was also really encouraging. I sincerely appreciate you taking time out of your day to respond the way you did. I am obviously new to this and this is my 2nd forum post on BP... if learning the hard way is a good thing, then I'm on the fast track! Haha. But in all seriousness, it's really good for me to get this feedback -- I prefer to get it now and learn from it -- the sooner the better.
I really like what you said about being more specific with my questions and it makes a ton of sense. Not only will it force me to think more, but it will show others I'm serious and I'll, in turn, get more thoughtful and helpful responses. I have been wanting to start posting and getting involved on here for a while now so over the weekend I made it a goal to start one forum post a day as a way of holding myself accountable to getting involved in the community. Though my intentions were good, I see now that it may be better to take a bit of a different approach and I fully intend on doing that.
Man, thanks again for your response and the kindness and tone of it. I appreciate the grace and encouragement.
Many blessings to you and your business!
