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I visit BP Nation to network with other successful investors and service providers to build up my network of contacts and in hopes to make money for all parties involved. I also learn from reading other's posts as I am an experienced investor in many aspects but not "all knowing" and education/knowledge is power!

Thanks for BP Josh! :D

Visit?? I live here!

Seriously, BP has helped me establish a nationwide network of contacts in many different areas of RE investing. When I was writing my book I was able to get feedback and contributions from other BP members, many of whom are featured in the book. I have also learned a great deal about areas of RE investing that I haven't had a lot of experience in. BP has helped me get a lot of exposure through my contributions to the BP Blog, I never thought I'd be contacted by a US Senator as a result of an article I wrote for the BP Real Estate Dispatch. One thing that can't be discounted is the number of friends that I've made here in my 2+ years as a member.

Thanks for everything Josh!

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I visit to learn and to give back. Right now my ratio of learn/give back is still pretty high. But I will give back more as I continue to take it to the street.

I visit to read and learn from more seasoned investors and hopefully enlighten a few less seasoned investors.

One thing I have noticed...when i send a message to different individuals on the site my response ratio is only about 50%. I was kind of surprised taht people would not take a few minutes to share knowledge with me. I have had some great responses, but it seems like a lot of people are just looking for deals and don't really want to be bothered.
A shock to me is spmeone who posts somethng and then I send them a PM or a response and don't hear back...for example...someone post that they have shortsales in Anytown USA...I request some info and they send me nothing.

It is not the end of the world, but I fugred they were posting to get responses and interested parties.

The knowledge and learning on hear is fantastic though!

I visit to absorb all the information I can and exchange ideas.

I visit BP because I like to hear the "real life" stories of other investors. It's one thing to read something in a book and think that everything will go perfectly well, but it's another thing to hear that sometimes there are bumps in the road and sometimes tenants don't pay the rent when they should or a deal that works out in the book doesn't cash flow in real life because the book neglected to include certain things in the expense column.

Bottom line is that it is reassuring to hear that real estate investing is sometimes hard work and you need to keep educating yourself to stay ahead in the game. Thanks Josh for the great education!

I visit BP b/c it's the only site like it that keeps the standards high. The 'other' sites are not as active and don't have to many 'actual' investors.

I would like to know if any action is ever being done via the property listings?
I wonder if anyone is actually selling or buying b/c of it?
not to re-direct the original topic, just curious though thats all

A Brain Trust you just can't buy, and the cast.

Will's Shill bashing's are fun, too.

I origionally came here to absorb the information and learn what others are doing. But, now I have gotten involved in some groups and discussions and have learned a great deal of information that I could not get from anywhere else. What started out to be just skimming the pages for informmation a couple minutes a day became what Richard said: "Visit??? I live here!" On another note, i find myself LMAO very frequently :goofy: thanks Josh and everyone who contributes to this great network. :clap:

Great input so far folks . . . especially those of you who are here for the toilet humor, lol.