BiggerPockets is Making Your Pockets a Little Bigger: Help Celebrate a Milestone!

BiggerPockets is Making Your Pockets a Little Bigger: Help Celebrate a Milestone!

Joshua D.Pro Member
BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes

In celebration of reaching our 100,000 member milestone in the coming week or so (we're less than 500 away as of writing this), we're going to be giving away thousands of dollars in prizes to our users and advocates!

Win one of 20 Home Depot gift cards, 10 free audio downloads from the 2012 BiggerPockets Investor Summit or 5 free tickets to the 2013 BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Summit, by simply doing what you do best:

ACTIVELY ENGAGE ON THE BIGGERPOCKETS COMMUNITY!

Starting today, a select group of panelists will be observing member activity within the BiggerPockets community. The panel will be looking for quality comments on BiggerPockets blog articles, helpful contributions within the BiggerPockets forums and high caliber posts from BiggerPockets members like you.

In addition to the above criteria, to qualify, all participants MUST have an uploaded avatar photo and a completed personal profile. For the next 3 weeks, and ending September 21, 2012, the panel will be selecting members and will award prizes to those who we feel best represent BiggerPockets -- users who give of their time and energy to participate actively, add value to their peers, and regularly participate on our platform.

So, if you haven’t shared with the BP community in a while, now is your time to jump in. Whether you're helping other new members, answering questions that haven't been answered yet, sharing your thoughts and experiences on a topic, or if you're just getting active in a random conversation, participating on BiggerPockets is without a doubt, a great way to help your business.

What are you waiting for? Jump in and start engaging!

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

Do You Have a Success Story from Your Use of BiggerPockets?

We're going to be giving away additional Home Depot gift cards to random users who share their success stories on our Success Stories forum. Simply post in detail your story between now and September 21, 2012 and you'll have a shot at landing one of the many cards we're going to make available.

You'll also be up for consideration if you post your testimonial on your own blog; just let us know about it!

THAT'S NOT ALL!

We're also reserving prizes for those users who help promote BiggerPockets on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, and on their own blog sites. If you do, be sure to @BiggerPockets on those networks so we know about the post, and if you write on your own site, just let us know.

Whether you share our content or promote our site, you'll have a shot at prizes. We love site reviews and are happy to point people to them! (good for you and your traffic)

ENOUGH TALK ALREADY...
Help us Celebrate by getting active in our community, and by spreading the word today! AND be sure to read: A Look at the Origin of BiggerPockets

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Developer · Garland, TX · Member since 2008 · 8k+ posts · 4k+ votes
14y
Originally posted by Michael Quarles:
So no free stuff

Ha!

You can make your own rules when it's your show.

Josh, this sounds like a lot of fun. Do you give handicaps to those posting from their phones?

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  • Real Estate Investor · Atlanta, GA · Member since 2009 · 339 posts · 126 votes
    14y

    You are the man!!

    Believe me, if there is a place where a rehabber like me drops money is at Home Depot. You have just increased my profit margin on my next rehab :-)

    When I got started in real estate I knew nothing but fear and confusion because of all the bad information out there. Sites like BP do a great job of separating the wheat from the chaff and making real estate investing possible for those that want it. I just wanted to pay it forward and gladly recommend this site on my blog.

    Thanks for the card and the kind words!

  • Joshua D.Pro Member
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    BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes
    14y

    Hey All - Just wanted to check in to let everyone know that I haven't dropped the ball completely on this. Between the release of our study this week and my daughter's birthday this weekend, this one fell through the cracks. I will plan on making sure we name names in the next days.

    My apologies . . .

    Josh

  • Residential Landlord · Chicago, IL · Member since 2012 · 356 posts · 81 votes
    14y

    No worries Josh - happy birthday to your daughter!

  • Landlord · Seattle, WA · Member since 2010 · 3k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    14y

    What a great way to celebrate this milestone. Look forward to hearing about the various winners.

  • Property Manager · Dublin, OH · Member since 2009 · 1k+ posts · 291 votes
    14y

    Just I checked the official stats site for BP and it shows me actual only 99,894 members. Is this correct or maybe an issue?

    -Uwe

  • Joshua D.Pro Member
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    BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes
    14y

    Uwe S. - We've corrected the issue with the stats page. It should be correct now.

  • Property Manager · Dublin, OH · Member since 2009 · 1k+ posts · 291 votes
    14y

    Thank you Joshua Dorkin, good work.

    -Uwe

  • Joshua D.Pro Member
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    BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes
    14y

    Congrats to:
    Dale Osborn, Steve Babiak, James Vermillion, K. Marie Poe, Ann Bellamy, Karen M., Jesse Tsai, Phillip Dwyer, Joel Owens, Danny Day, Nathan Emmert, Kevin Dickson, Ankit Duggal, and Al Williamson - You guys have all won a $25 Home Depot Gift card.

    Shanequa J., Ned Carey, Manuel Acuna, LaShea Miller - You guys have won a free copy of the 2012 BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Summit Audio Recordings (value $125)

    Nate Gelinas - You're one of the winners of a free all-access pass to the 2013 BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Summit!

    We've still got a few other prizes to give away, but I wanted to at least let everyone know about this first set of winners.

    Thanks again to everyone for your participation here and for spreading the word about BiggerPockets. Please continue to do so . . . we've still got more of the 3 prizes above to give away!

  • Real Estate Investor · Audubon, PA · Member since 2009 · 13k+ posts · 8k+ votes
    14y

    Josh - thanks! I'm sure that gift card will be spent in short order.

  • Investor · San Ramon, CA · Member since 2011 · 1k+ posts · 569 votes
    14y

    Thanks Josh... more so for creating the site than the card but I'm sure I can put that to good use too :)

  • Mobile Home Investor · Spanaway, WA · Member since 2008 · 1k+ posts · 578 votes
    14y

    Thanks Joshua - it will be put to good use for additional supplies. I enjoy what you have been able to put together with this site. Hope it grows to 500,000 members shortly. It is a great place to network and learn. Keep up the excellent work.

  • SFR Investor · Denver, CO · Member since 2009 · 184 posts · 55 votes
    14y

    Thanks Josh,

    I hope you're coming to the Hacienda tonight, let's ride bikes with the kids.

  • Developer · Houston, TX · Member since 2008 · 488 posts · 121 votes
    14y

    Thanks Joshua Dorkin - just got the notification! What a pleasant surprise!

  • Real Estate Agent · Henderson, NV · Member since 2011 · 1k+ posts · 550 votes
    14y

    Joshua Dorkin Thanks Josh! I love buying stuff at Home Depot.

  • Karen MargraveBusiness Member
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    Realtor, General Contractor, and Developer · Redding, CA · Member since 2009 · 7k+ posts · 4k+ votes
    14y

    Joshua Dorkin and the panelists, THANK YOU!! Getting rewarded for spending time on my favorite site... with a gift card to one of my favorite stores, can't beat that!

  • Realtor · Houston, TX · Member since 2011 · 916 posts · 296 votes
    14y

    Joshua Dorkin Thank you so much. I can't wait to hear it.

  • Rental Property Investor · Sacramento, CA · Member since 2011 · 2k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    14y

    Shucks Joshua Dorkin this is awesome! Thanks

  • Lexington, KY · Member since 2009 · 2k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    14y

    Joshua Dorkin, I spend a lot of time at The Home Depot and the gift card will be well spent. Thanks a lot and thanks even more for creating and growing Bigger Pockets!

  • Ned CareyPro Member
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    Investor · Baltimore, MD · Member since 2008 · 17k+ posts · 13k+ votes
    14y

    Thank you Joshua Dorkin. I love listening to audio recordings so I will put them to good use.

  • Lender · Tyngsboro, MA · Member since 2009 · 3k+ posts · 2k+ votes
    14y

    thank you, Joshua Dorkin, what a nice surprise! You and BP have helped me build my business too, nice to have synergy!

  • Real Estate Agent · Las Vegas · Member since 2012 · 38 posts · 9 votes
    14y

    Was curious about the BP REI summit when I first joined. Guess I have to go now if I get a free pass. Thanks Josh.

  • Investor · Central Valley, CA · Member since 2012 · 6k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    14y

    Joshua Dorkin I don't know how I missed this. This "unread mention" just showed up today under my notifications. Thanks so so much! Love posting on BP, love Home Depot!

  • Joshua D.Pro Member
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    BiggerPockets Founder · HI · Member since 2008 · 16k+ posts · 5k+ votes
    14y

    I'm glad everyone is enjoying their gifts and hopefully you guys and others will continue to remain an active part of the network.

    We're going to start offering out gift cards and other prizes at random, going forward, to those users who are most active in engaging here and in helping promote the site.

    If you haven't yet gotten a prize, stay active and you'll increase the odds that you'll be a winner.

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