100: The 1st Deal, Management Drama, and the Birth of BiggerPockets with Joshua Dorkin

BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

BiggerPockets

Education, Business, Investing

4.8 • 16.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2014

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

For the 100th episode of the BiggerPockets Podcast, we bring you the interview that you’ve been asking for since the beginning: the story of Joshua Dorkin, CEO of BiggerPockets and host of the BiggerPockets Podcast. Learn about Josh’s journey from real estate investing newbie to BiggerPockets founder — and all of the obstacles he had to overcome along the way. Get insider information on topics from starting your own business to property management and HOAs. And leave inspired to tackle your own hurdles and get your real estate endeavors off the ground! For BiggerPockets fans old and new, this is an instant BiggerPockets Podcast classic you won’t want to miss. Get ready to learn more about the man behind the BiggerPockets curtains! In This Show We Cover: How Josh got started in Real Estate The ins and outs of beginning your own business Thoughts on getting your real estate agent’s license How to get into Real Estate without any prior knowledge about it The importance of properly assessing a property What you need to know about HOAs Josh’s thoughts on appreciation Lessons regarding investing from a distance How BiggerPockets got its start Why BiggerPockets is hard on real estate gurus Why you should be authentic when using BiggerPockets The importance of building relationships online And MUCH more! Links From the Show: Brandon Turner’s Book on Amazon BiggerPockets Files BP’s Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate Investing BiggerPockets Keyword Alerts BiggerPockets Marketplace BiggerPockets Plus and Pro Accounts BiggerPockets Support Should I Get My Real Estate License? An Investor’s Examination of Benefits & Costs by Mindy Jensen (The blog post Josh referred to!) SNL Appearance Books Mentioned in the Show Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason Brandon Turner’s The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down Rework: Change The Way You Work Forever by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson The CEO Code by David Rohlander Connect with Josh Josh’s BiggerPockets Profile Josh’s Twitter Josh’s Facebook Josh’s LinkedIn Josh’s GooglePlus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Bigger Pockets Podcast, Show 100.
0:04.0	You're listening to Bigger Pockets Radio.
0:07.0	Simplifying real estate for investors large and small.
0:11.0	If you're here looking to learn about real estate investing without all the
0:14.2	height, you're in the right place. Stay tuned and be sure to join the millions of
0:19.2	others who have benefited from bigger pocketsPockets.com.
0:22.8	Your home for real estate investing online.
0:25.6	What's going on everybody?
0:27.5	This is Brandon Turner, host or co-host
0:31.2	of the BiggerPockets podcast, coming to you today on show number 100 and if you're a regular
0:37.1	listener of the show this is weird right this is this is weird for me I don't usually
0:41.2	say these things Josh help me out
0:43.4	wow that was really awkward it was really awkward right I don't usually do that
0:47.4	the the panash it doesn't have there's something there there is something
0:52.0	missing I don't know we miss you but today is a different show so we're doing things a little bit differently
0:57.1	What's going on Brandon? What's what's happening today? Today is show number 100 which is awesome which I mean while we're on the topic I just want to say thank you to
1:07.3	Everybody all the listeners all the guests all the sponsors we've had everybody like that you guys have been incredible to get us to
1:14.0	number 100 so we owe it all to you and thank you to you Brandon you're yeah
1:19.0	you're a great co-host I very much enjoyed having you on board except for the somewhat weak
1:24.8	introduction today you've done a pretty good job that was a past tense I've
1:28.9	really I really enjoyed having you on board am I should I be worried is 100 the limit for co-host I have enjoyed
1:38.0	yes we're hiring labevich. Yeah, yeah, good luck.
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