What are real estate communities?

Communities for real estate investors, wholesalers, and property buyers covering strategies, deal analysis, and market conditions. Discord has active groups for learning real estate strategies, Reddit has large general discussion communities, and Facebook serves niche markets and regional investor groups.

Where do most real estate communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (38% of 13 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

92% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical real estate community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 553K members and the median is 36K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (92%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and newsletter.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's Real Estate topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Real Estate Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 13 real estate communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: In this smaller sample, real estate communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-01-22

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Communities: 13
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 553K
Median members: 36K

Where Real Estate Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
5(38%)
Independent Platforms
3(23%)
Discord
2(15%)
Facebook
1(8%)
Skool
1(8%)
Turf
1(8%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
9(69%)
Chat communities
2(15%)
Private membership
1(8%)
Other platforms
1(8%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (69%).

Reddit leads (38% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
1(8%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(15%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(8%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(23%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(8%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(15%)

3 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (553K vs 36K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Real Estate Differs From Other Categories

Real Estate is larger than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Real Estate	Hive Index average
Free to join	92%	85%
Median members	36K	25K
Average members	553K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	8%	15%
Live chat	38%	38%
Discord share	15%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
92%
Live Chat
38%
Online/Offline Events
38%
Newsletter
15%
Pairing
15%

Niche Features

Courses
8%
Paid Community
8%

Forum appears on 92% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 13

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	5	38%	2	15%
Independent Platforms	3	23%	1	8%
Discord	2	15%	8	62%
Facebook	1	8%	1	8%
Skool	1	8%	1	8%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 62% of clicks but only 15% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
8(62%)
Forum / feed-based
4(31%)
Private membership
1(8%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
10(77%)
Online/Offline Events
10(77%)
Forum
8(62%)
Courses
3(23%)
Newsletter
1(8%)
Paid Community
1(8%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
4(31%)
Gigantic
2(15%)
Medium
1(8%)
Tiny
1(8%)

Top-clicked listings

Starfyre Wholesaling
5(38%)
REI Revolution
3(23%)
r/realestateinvesting
2(15%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Trends

Founded year

2005

2008

2012

2015

2020

2021

2022

5 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2008.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Real Estate. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional.
•Last updated 2026-01-22

FAQ

: Communities for real estate investors, wholesalers, and property buyers covering strategies, deal analysis, and market conditions. Discord has active groups for learning real estate strategies, Reddit has large general discussion communities, and Facebook serves niche markets and regional investor groups.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (38% of 13 listings).
: 92% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 553K members and the median is 36K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (92%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and newsletter.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's Real Estate topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.