What even is BiggerPockets?
So I've joined BiggerPockets recently, and by joined I mean started working at the company to hopefully improve the experience for all of you. But I've been a real estate investor for a number of years and aware of the platform for much longer than that.
One thing that's always been at the back of my mind about this community and product, why the name Bigger Pockets? What about that resonates with you all? I understand some of the history in the way back about the existing forum, actors, and such. But past that, how do you think about the name today?
Patrick,
Head of Product
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This is such a fun question. I recently spoke with Josh Dorkin but we didn't end up talking about this, although it would have been a great question for him. In an interview, he said the term came from gangsters in movies all having extra large pockets to hold all their cash. And the idea of real estate investing being the ethical and legal way to full those bigger pockets.
Now, the term for me has become synonymous with real estate investing.