Why is BP so supportive? How do I reproduce this?

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Brie Schmidt · Answer

I can tell you that when I found BP about 2 years ago I was also overwhelmed by the support and willingness to help. So I just started to follow suit and give back as much as I could. So I think that tone was started so early on, that everyone else followed.

We are also a bunch of really nice people....

Joshua D. · Answer

The site was born (by me) on the premise of creating a supportive environment unlike any other online.  We don't just ask it of our members, we demand it -- while there are occasional spats, we have ZERO tolerance for personal attacks, insults, etc. When the organization beliefs are top down, it tends to spread.

Dawn Anastasi · Answer

There is a little bickering that goes on here, but 99% of the time every one is supportive.  Why would anyone want to go somewhere that people were putting you down?  Everyone has to start at ground zero at one time and work their way forward.

Russell Brazil · Answer

@Eric Army Part of the reason I think BP is so supportive I think is the very nature of the real estate business. Real estate is a relationship business. Agents, lenders, title attorneys...the #1 way we generate business is through relationships.  So real estate professionals tend to be personable and helpful. Not all are, but as a general rule they are.

Steve Vaughan · Answer

Oh ok- gotcha @Eric Army.  For your team. Your real estate investing business?   Makes sense.

To sum 'us' up short and sweet, I'd say 'we' have the heart of a teacher, not salesmen. Breed that into your team and the business will follow!

Steve Vaughan · Answer

How do you replicate this in what way @Eric Army?

I totally agree this is an awesome, supportive resource.  We aren't all a bunch of pink cloud optimists, happy and free.  Peace, love, dope- not.  Plenty are taken to the wood shed as well as the classroom.  If you come across a thread where tons of posts were removed, the comments got offline and out of line.  The moderators are swift and I'm glad.  No mud slinging or advertising outside the marketplace.

I quickly requested my account to be terminated at another social RE sight that was a joke.  BP is far better, as you've mentioned.

Please explain how you would like to replicate this platform so we can understand ya better.  Thanks

Eric Army · Answer

Hi all-

@Justin R. @Dawn Anastasi and @Brie Schmidt - yeah, it seems like a combination of leadership setting and example of an environment and then managing to keep that ideal.

I think the dreamer / hobby-business aspect helps: Most people pick RS for certain reasons & entry/exit can be (rather) fluid-- it's not like most of us picked this major in college, and feel trapped in a system as a professional  we didn't understand as a teen-ager.

@Steve Vaughan - the reproduction is not "1 to 1"-- I don't have a public forum I manage, but I would like this same ethos to be represented in my (and my teams) internal (and external) interactions.

For example, I'd like my staff to be supportive, even when they're taking each other or a consulant to the proverbial wood-shed. I'd like people that come to us for advice feel like we're there to advance their dreams- even as we give them reality checks.

The answer is probably simple: model this behavior, verbally express the goal to do so, praise people for doing this, and correct when people don't.

Why is BP so supportive? How do I reproduce this?

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