Scott Trench
Scott Trench is a real estate investor, real estate broker, and bestselling author. He is the President and CEO of BiggerPockets, the world's largest online network of real estate investors, where he also serves as Co-Host of the BiggerPockets Money Podcast alongside Mindy Jensen. In addition, he is active in the forums and contributes hundreds of articles, market analyses, and files to BiggerPockets. A perpetual student of personal finance, business, and personal development, Scott has dedicated his career to helping ordinary Americans build wealth through real estate investing. He is an active real estate investor in the Denver market, currently managing a private portfolio of about $1.5M and holds his real estate license as a Colorado broker. He is also the author of Set for Life: Dominate Life, Money, and the American Dream.
Scott Trench Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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Associate Financial Analyst
Academic History
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B.A., Economics and History
BiggerPockets helps real estate investors achieve financial freedom through real estate investing.
The platform offers a complete resource for learning and succeeding in real estate investing, bringing education, support, and tools together in one place.
The platform gives investors access to world class content in the form of podcasts, videos, books, social media, blog articles, forums, Facebook groups, and more.
In his bestselling book, Set for Life, he shares the knowledge that he has acquired so others will have the tools they need to repeat his results in just 3-5 years.
Scott gives readers the option to go anywhere they want in the world, work any job, start any business, or finish out the journey to financial independence and retire young.
Set for Life gives young professionals the confidence they need to conquer their financial goals early in life.
EARLY CAREER
Prior to his current role, he was Vice President of Operations at BiggerPockets, where he led operations, sales and finance for the firm.
He was an Associate Financial Analyst at Dish Network, where he created original budgets and tracked costs in business segments.
He also served as a Teaching Assistant for Corporate Strategy at Vanderbilt University.
Through a solid understanding of money management and calculated risks, he has created financial freedom for himself.
He has focused his career on helping ordinary people use real estate investing as one avenue for building wealth.
He was recognized by GOBankingRates as one of Money's Most Influential.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Scott is a regular contributor to other personal finance blogs, along with traditional news outlets including CNBC, Time, and NBC.
He has also appeared in Yahoo! Finance and Business Insider.