In this episode you learn how Josh Dorkin and his partner build a membership site around real estate. They have well over 10,000 paying customers paying a minimum of $9/mo (doing over $1.2m annually).

01:03 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show
01:38 – Welcoming Josh to the show
01:50 – Why become a web designer before a realtor?
03:12 – Josh started buying real estate at the age of 22
05:45 – Building an organic community
06:24 – You don’t need to know what you’re doing—just get started
07:40 – Building something credible means requiring real names
08:32 – The price-point to join bigger pockets
09:05 – Bigger Pockets was built to get Josh answers he needed himself.
10:58 – Give your users what they want
12:29 – A summary of Josh’s stats
13:50 – What do you do with the cash you make?—Real estate
15:52 — @JRDorkin
17:33 – Famous Five
- 17:50 – Delivering Happiness
- 18:20 – Tony Hseih
- 18:33 – None
- 18:55 – No
- 19:24 – Being an entrepreneur is hard and lonely so start building your network early on

3 Key Points:

Find creative ways to make money.
Have cash?—Find a way to put it in real estate.
Be credible to yourself and to others—it’s the easiest way to be successful.

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EP 109: How BiggerPockets Grew to 10,000+ paying $9/mo with Joshua Dorkin