Homeowner · VISTA, CA · Member since 2015 · 726 posts · 340 votes
I'm considering upping my membership to a BP PRO and would like to know first hand from BP PRO members only about whether or not you feel you think it's a benefit. If so why? If not why?
@Troy Fisher, Isn't one of the benefits of being a PRO to be able to advertise? Curious about the "SECRET FORUM". Can you elaborate somewhat? Or is it that secret? What do you mean by "market place listings?" Just more Zillow and Trulia type listings or something better?
The Market Place is available here. You can browse but not post. If you are a wholesaler or a lender or some other type of vendor you can post in there and would be worth it.
You get to have a logo in your signature which could help drive awareness, and I think at one time you had to be a member to have a video introduction on your profile?
The SECRET FORUM. Like Fight Club, the first rule of Secret Forum is not to talk about secret forum. But let's just say there's an initiation, secret handshake, and an annual secret conference. This picture was smuggled out; "Guard it carefully, many Bothans died trying to obtain it..."
Homeowner · VISTA, CA · Member since 2015 · 726 posts · 340 votes
10y
@Account ClosedNot sure who you were referring to in your comment but I find your tone very unnecessary and offensive and will report it and ask that it be remove. This is not a venue for levying hostilities at one another.
I have to agree with @Jay Hinrichs as to a big reason why I purchased the pro membership. I really enjoy all the information, networking opportunities, and tools the site has to provide. @Joshua D., @Brandon Turner, and the rest of the BP team have worked hard to provide a quality site. Based on my experience, I feel they have succeeded and I am more than willing to spend a little money each year to support the site. Plus, it's another business expense I can write-off.
Homeowner · VISTA, CA · Member since 2015 · 726 posts · 340 votes
10y
@Chris B., well that's certainly a very positive endorsement. Thanks for sharing that information. My only question, and it's certainly not a deal breaker, is whether or not the site will benefit me based on demographics and geographics.
I don't get much from other SoCal, especially San Diego, South Orange County and South Riverside including Palm Desert/Palm Springs which is really my primary focus for investing in res & com RE.
In fact most of what I get from BP is primarily in the North & Southeast Coast and the Pacific North West and I'm not interested in doing any type of investing in those areas at this point. That's not to say that I don't get a lot of great info from those areas about RE investing in general.
Once again I'm not the least bit concerned about throwing a couple of hundred buck at this. Especially if it helps cultivate and maintain what I consider to be a very good site with a lot of well informed and experienced folks. I'm just a stickler for research and information. Probably the stock investor mentality I've developed over the years.