If you’ve spent any time in the online commercial real estate space, you’ve come across the online network BiggerPockets. BiggerPockets is a one-stop shop for real estate investors to participate in lively forum discussions, network with like-minded professionals, or list investment property. Whether you flip single-family homes or manage a massive portfolio of institutional-quality multifamily properties, BiggerPockets has resources and tools to help your business.
In a recent discussion with founder Josh Dorkin, I learned the history behind BiggerPockets. As part of his continued goal to create a network that brings credibility to an industry that often carries an unwarranted stigma, Josh has created the first annual BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Summit and Expo which will take place at the Colorado Convention Center March 23-24, 2012.
Josh has arranged a diverse set of speakers who specialize in real estate investing, marketing, and technology. This is not your typical capital markets conference where you find the Head of Real Estate for Blackstone or the CEO of a major fund. Here, you’ll find tech entrepreneurs, small business owners, and individual investors who you can relate to. You’ll receive advice which you can immediately apply to your business.
I got to ask Josh a few questions about the conference. Hopefully his insight can help you determine if the conference is the right fit for you.
Enter Josh:
What’s the nexus of the idea behind the conference?
For years, our members have encouraged us to bring the no-nonsense BiggerPockets attitude to the live event space. They have been telling us that they’ve grown tired of showing up for events where they don’t get what is promised of them. Our goal is to create a credible, no-upsell conference where visitors get to learn from successful, active real estate investors and professionals. We want to create an environment where networking and deal making come about naturally, and we want people to walk away realizing that the old way of doing business doesn’t have to be the only way.
Describe the lineup of speakers in three words.
Credible, Successful, Passionate
What type of person would benefit most from this conference?
Our goal is to make the conference one where both novice and experienced investors can both benefit through a diverse set of speakers who will cover a broad set of topics. Ultimately, we want active investors and real estate professionals, as well as those people who are thinking of getting involved in the industry to feel like they are getting value, both from the speakers and from the quality of attendees.
I don’t care how much you know about real estate investing, you can’t know everything about everything when it comes to this business – everyone who attends will walk away with either some new tips, ideas, tricks, techniques, colleagues, business partners, or deals.
Where do you see BiggerPockets in 5 years?
In five years, I see BiggerPockets as continuing to lead in the real estate investing space and growing to become a one stop shop where real estate investors and others who work in the business, can come to network, learn, do business, find and make deals, get information and data, manage their business, and much more. The goal is to create a destination that makes their business lives easier in every capacity.
Say someone wants to group this conference with a ski vacation. What’s your favorite mountain and why?
I don’t really think that you can go wrong with any of the mountains in Colorado. I’ve skied Copper, Breckenridge, Arapahoe Basin, Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen, Aspen Highlands, and Snowmass, and I like all of them. If forced to pick one, I’d go with Beaver Creek because I’m a huge fan of the Birds of Prey both for the challenge and because they are never crowded.
I encourage everyone to consider the BiggerPockets Real Estate Investing Summit and Expo. You never know who you’re going to meet or what you’re going to learn that’s going to change your business.
And hey, if nothing else, take the short ride out to Vail and catch some fresh pow in the back bowls.
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