What Is BPCONBPCON [The BiggerPockets Conference] is the premier annual gathering for real estate investors, bringing together industry leaders, seasoned professionals, and newcomers to learn, network, and grow.

The industry continues to see consolidation, with private equity-backed firms actively acquiring, albeit at a slightly slower pace than the frenzy a few years back.

I work for a building materials company now and took their online game from Zero to very engaged in the past few years and it's been really fun.

So many "investors" bury themselves in complex, expensive situations to protect themselves from some unknown threat to their non-existent business.Figure out if you have any shooting skills (or even enjoy the game) before spending money on $600 Nikes or an indoor basketball court. 

Contrary to most business lending, the REI industry has a lot of "non-bank" lenders that provide attractive loans that can lower your cost of capital and improve your profit/cash flow. 

We can play word games all day.

Real estate is a wealthy persons game. 

I'm a licensed sales person in the state of Florida (located closer to central FL, Space Coast area if you are familiar), with intent to enter the commercial real estate brokerage industry as soon as I can find footing.

It is entirely possible that a Sponsor can be approved, but an individual offering may not.This industry, like all real estate, has its ups and downs.

Of course, the smaller the property, the more necessary that you see every inch of it because there isn't a business running on top of the land like large-scale multifamily, self-storage, industrial, and more.