Hi Friends,

After a decade leading this incredible organization, I’ve made the both tough and exciting decision to step down as CEO, and to focus full-time on BiggerPockets Money and the broader work of personal finance in pursuit of early retirement. 

My announcement comes after a decade of being a part of this incredible organization, and over 7 and a half years leading it. My last day as CEO will be just over 11 years after my first forum post (before I started working here), where I was first welcomed with open arms into this community, and by some of the folks still contributing to these forums now.

I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the countless individuals who have poured their hearts into making BiggerPockets the transformative force it is today.

In particular, from this community, I want to thank @Jay Hinrichs, @Nathan Gesner, @James Wise, @Joe Villanueva, and @Russell Brazil for the the truly incredible amount of value they’ve added to these forums, changing countless lives. This group alone has posted nearly 100,000 combined times!

Also, I’d like to shout out @Joshua D., @Brandon Turner, @David Greene, @Dave Meyer, @J Scott, @Brian Burke, @Jon Holdman, @Darren Sager, @Natalie Kolodij, @Bruce Woodruff, @JD Martin, @Dawn Brenengen@Dawn Brenengen@Dmitriy Fomichenko@Dmitriy Fomichenko@Dmitriy Fomichenko
Each of you have brought value to countless people via the hundreds of thousands of individual posts made by just this group of tagged contributors + the content in other forms that reached tens or hundreds of millions. And many of you have done it with spunk, style, and a fiercely protective stance in terms of what we believe is the “right” way to invest in real estate and the right values for this community. 

One of you even managed to post tens of thousands of times, adding the most value of anyone in this community ever, without ever using spellcheck!

I’m proud of this platform and community. We set out with an audacious goal: to help, at least in some small way, to create 1 million millionaires through real estate, financial education, and community. I am extremely proud to share that, by our estimation, we have achieved and far surpassed this $1 trillion objective.

Among the 3.15 million members who have cumulatively joined BiggerPockets, our survey data indicates that 29% (913K) have reached millionaire status. Add in any reasonable approximation for the millionaires (~29%) who listen to BiggerPockets Money (5M unique listeners) and we are well past that goal, not including listeners to our other podcasts, YouTube viewers, book readers, guests (not logged into BiggerPockets.com accounts, etc.) These numbers are not just statistics—they represent lives changed, dreams realized, and legacies built. Let's be a small part of the journey for another 10 million in the years to come.

Thank you for trusting me to lead this journey. It has been the honor of my career.

And, again, I won’t be going far. I look forward to continuing to work with many of you, and be alongside you on your commutes, in the gym, or wherever you listen to or watch podcasts, as I transition to focusing full-time on BiggerPockets Money and the pursuit of early retirement beyond real estate investing.

With heartfelt gratitude,

Scott Trench

Real Estate Investor

PS: Tomorrow we will announce our awesome incoming CEO on the BP Money Podcast!