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

Published: Nov. 11, 2015, 3:46 p.m.

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).\xa0

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  • 01:03 \u2013 Nathan\u2019s introduction to today\u2019s show
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  • 01:38 \u2013 Welcoming Josh to the show
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  • 01:50 \u2013 Why become a web designer before a realtor?
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  • 03:12 \u2013 Josh started buying real estate at the age of 22
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  • 05:45 \u2013 Building an organic community
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  • 06:24 \u2013 You don\u2019t need to know what you\u2019re doing\u2014just get started
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  • 07:40 \u2013 Building something credible means requiring real names
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  • 08:32 \u2013 The price-point to join bigger pockets
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  • 09:05 \u2013 Bigger Pockets was built to get Josh answers he needed himself.
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  • 10:58 \u2013 Give your users what they want
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  • 12:29 \u2013 A summary of Josh\u2019s stats
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  • 13:50 \u2013 What do you do with the cash you make?\u2014Real estate
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  • 15:52 \u2014 @JRDorkin
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  • 17:33 \u2013 Famous Five\n
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    • 17:50 \u2013 Delivering Happiness
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    • 18:20 \u2013 Tony Hseih
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    • 18:33 \u2013 None
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    • 18:55 \u2013 No
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    • 19:24 \u2013 Being an entrepreneur is hard and lonely so start building your network early on
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\n3 Key Points:\n
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  1. Find creative ways to make money.
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  3. Have cash?\u2014Find a way to put it in real estate.
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  5. Be credible to yourself and to others\u2014it\u2019s the easiest way to be successful.
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