BiggerPockets is bigger than St. Paul and about to pass Cincinnati

Ben Leybovich
Rental Property Investor · Phoenix/Lima, Arizona/OH · Member since 2012 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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Have you hit 750,000 monthly visits yet? I bet close, if not there
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Joshua D.Pro Member
BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes
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@Ben Leybovich - Yes. We are getting more than that.
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Ben Leybovich
Rental Property Investor · Phoenix/Lima, Arizona/OH · Member since 2012 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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Excellent, Josh!!!
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Jon Klaus
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Developer · Garland, TX · Member since 2008 · 8k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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BiggerPockets would be the 66th largest city in the U.S. Makes me wonder, how many properties/units do all the members own in total?
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Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes
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@Jon Klaus
that's a great question.. take away principal resi and second home.
I would guess maybe 20% of the members...
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DL Martin
Rental Property Investor · Cincinnati, OH · Member since 2013 · 292 posts · 280 votes
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Originally posted by @Ben Leybovich:

Have you hit 750,000 monthly visits yet? I bet close, if not there
...Take away my 600,000 visits per month and the number becomes much less impressive.
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Jon Klaus
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Developer · Garland, TX · Member since 2008 · 8k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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Originally posted by @Jay Hinrichs:

@Jon Klaus
that's a great question.. take away principal resi and second home.
I would guess maybe 20% of the members...
So 40,000 owning about 10 on average each?
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Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes
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@Jon Klaus
say 40,000 owning 3 each ... now I am talking SFR's multi is different class in my mind.
or 1 to 4 unit counts as one... ERGO something that is financed at the lowest rates these days.
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Jon Klaus
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Developer · Garland, TX · Member since 2008 · 8k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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I was thinking units, knowing that some own in the hundreds, and a few in the thousands. Then there is commercial and land... Outliers skew averages, so medians become relevant.
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Joel OwensBusiness Member
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Real Estate Broker · Canton, GA · Member since 2010 · 15k+ posts · 11k+ votes
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On the monthly visits I think Josh has Brandon rapidly clicking 24hrs a day....... : )
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Brie SchmidtBusiness Member
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Real Estate Broker · Chicago, IL · Member since 2013 · 6k+ posts · 5k+ votes
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It would be fun to have a heat map or something of all of us and where the concentration of units owned is. Like an anonymous submission. Someone smarter than me can probably program that...
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Kyle Grimm
Investor · St. Louis Mo · Member since 2015 · 211 posts · 129 votes
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Something to be proud of!
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Bill Gulley
Investor, Entrepreneur, Educator · Springfield, MO · Member since 2009 · 21k+ posts · 12k+ votes
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Well Done Josh!
Jon, I don't know of anyone on BP that owns thousands, maybe has managed that many over time, several of us have, a handful. Hundreds? My guess is less than a dozen and they can't be that active, they would be too busy.
Mt guess is about half of Jay's.
A bigger point perhaps is the fact that there is so much interest in RE, that interest should translate to support. Imagine what 500,000 members in an investor's association could do at state and national levels, political clout!
There will be more milestones ahead I'm sure. Great job everyone. :)
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Jon Klaus
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Developer · Garland, TX · Member since 2008 · 8k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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We know most members don't post much. (Dive in lurkers, the water's fine!). That doesn't mean some don't have sustantal portfolios. In one transaction in 2012, Grant Cardone bought 1000+ units to add to his already significant collection. I suspect there are others like him, just quiet about what they are doing.
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Bill Gulley
Investor, Entrepreneur, Educator · Springfield, MO · Member since 2009 · 21k+ posts · 12k+ votes
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Could very well be, I'm guessing. I see too that Josh just admitted to doing better than that, now he won't admit the real numbers, LOL, guess he doesn't want us to figure out how rich he's getting....:)) Well, it didn't happen overnight, so more power to him! Good luck :)
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Zlatan Omeragic
Pittsburgh, PA · Member since 2015 · 41 posts · 16 votes
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That's excellent! How long has the site been up? (I am a fairly new member)
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Adrian Chu
Real Estate Broker · Seattle, WA · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 427 votes
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Originally posted by @Jon Klaus:

We are now near 297,000 members. Looks like we will also surpass Pittsburgh soon.
US cities populations
Congrats, BP Nation!
Very cool!
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Michael Buckley
Investor · Westfield , MA · Member since 2014 · 12 posts · 5 votes
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Along the lines of BP growing by the day, and creating a heat map. I think it would be amazing if @Joshua Dorkin got a team together to build a BP Property Management app. They could use anonymous data from that to build a heat map. And it could be a huge income source for the site. Say for example: $2 per month per unit. Plus members get 25% off and pro members get 75% off. Between the staff and members of BP, plus the massive advertising platform; the property management software would quickly become the best and top selling PM software
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Chris D.
Lender · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2015 · 100 posts · 30 votes
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I am a newer member. Congratulations to the founder, donors and employees of Bigger Pockets. After reading posts like Brie's and Dawn's it is clear to me that you have changed so many people's lives for the positive. You are helping to facilitate new partnerships and new business models! And we all get our daily dose of inspiration here! Keep up the great work. Thanks so much!
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