All Forum Posts by: Scott Trench

Hi @Mukul Jain

I think that you've come to the right place to learn about real estate! I'd encourage you to reach out to more experienced investors in your area! There is no substitute for being physically present with experienced investors.

I'm always happy to help point you in the right direction for resources or tools on BiggerPockets that can help you with your REI goals!

Hi @Michele Jackson Welcome to BiggerPockets! You have definitely come to the right place if you are looking to learn more about real estate. If I can be of any help to you with anything related to real estate investing or BiggerPockets, let me know!

@Sheltocks M. Awesome! You are an example of everything that BiggerPockets works so hard for!

@Ronald Perich That's a very interesting approach. Do you think that you will continue to accumulate a large number of properties that you will have to systematize management for? While larger and slightly less volume than a large number of SFRs or small multis, you will still run into the problem of having too many individual properties, no? (That's a good problem though!)

@Roy N. Thanks for this - I like that approach a lot. I think that your problem is pretty interesting though in that your market simplyy offers so little opportunity to scale!

It's great to have you here at BiggerPockets @Avi Fuchs

I hope that our site can help you with all of your real estate investing goals - we've got a ton of real estate investing resources here! If I can be of any help to you with anything related to real estate investing or BiggerPockets, let me know!

Hi @Robert Turnarcey, 

You have definitely come to the right place if you are looking to learn more about real estate! Feel free to reach out to me with any and all questions you might have about BiggerPockets, investing, or using our platform!

So here on BiggerPockets, we see a lot of investors who have bought tons of properties. It seems like the guy with the most deals under his belt is the most relevant to any discussion. It also seems like a lot of investors come to BiggerPockets with the goal of buying "one property this year, and having 20 in ten years" or some similar goal.

This goal - of owning many many properties, used to be mine. Lately, however, I've been seriously questioning this logic. I can't decide whether I'd rather own ever larger and more scalable properties, or whether I'd like to own a large number of SFRs and Small Multifamilies.

I see a couple of pros and cons to both approaches:

For the investors looking to buy lots of smaller properties, he is able to get to know a specific niche very very well, and hone in on a process that he can repeat over and over again. In short, he (or she!) will become an expert in this area, and can continue to reap excellent rewards over the long-term.

On the other hand, this investor will have dozens, or maybe even hundreds of scattered properties to manage. That could be a pain and will require a complex management system.

For the investor looking to continually scale up and buy larger and larger commercial properties, he gets to take advantage of scale with each purchase, and the economics of having a larger investment in one, easier to manage location.

The big commercial investor, however, might see disadvantage in that if he continues to scale, each purchase is of a larger and new type. He will have to continually adapt and grow, perhaps more so than the investor purchasing the same units over and over again.

I realize that I'm still a fledgling investor here, so I'd like to hear from both sides of the coin. What are some additional pros and cons of these two differing approaches to buy and hold real estate investing?

Hi @Jordan Tucker It's great to have experienced investors like you here on BiggerPockets! 

Since you've got a background in real estate, you might consider linking up with some of the newbies in your area to share your experiences! Feel free to reach out to me if you have any trouble using BiggerPockets, or need any help determining how best to connect with folks!

Welcome @Dan Morse

I hope that our site can help you with all of your real estate investing goals - we've got a ton of real estate investing resources here! If I can be of any help to you with anything related to real estate investing or BiggerPockets, let me know!

Welcome to BP @Jordan Dahl

Since you've got a background in real estate, you might consider linking up with some of the newbies in your area to share your experiences!