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?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (30% of 23 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

78% 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 356K members and the median is 18K. 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?

Live Chat is the most common (65%). Others that show up often include forum, courses, and online/offline events.

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 23 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: real estate communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-28

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Communities: 23
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 356K
Median members: 18K

Where Real Estate Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
7(30%)
Skool
6(26%)
Reddit
5(22%)
Discord
3(13%)
Facebook
1(4%)
Turf
1(4%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
13(57%)
Private membership
6(26%)
Chat communities
3(13%)
Other platforms
1(4%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (57%), but private membership is also well represented (26%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Skool and Reddit also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
1(4%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(9%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
2(9%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
8(35%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(4%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(9%)

7 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (356K vs 18K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Real Estate Differs From Other Categories

Real Estate is more chat-heavy than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Real Estate	Hive Index average
Free to join	78%	85%
Median members	18K	24K
Average members	356K	652K
Paid or apply-to-join	22%	15%
Live chat	65%	40%
Discord share	13%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
65%
Forum
52%
Courses
22%
Online/Offline Events
22%
Paid Community
22%

Niche Features

Newsletter
9%
Pairing
9%

Live Chat appears on 65% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 25

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	7	30%	1	4%
Skool	6	26%	3	12%
Reddit	5	22%	6	24%
Discord	3	13%	13	52%
Facebook	1	4%	1	4%
Turf	1	4%	1	4%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 52% of clicks but only 13% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
13(52%)
Forum / feed-based
8(32%)
Private membership
3(12%)
Other platforms
1(4%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
18(72%)
Online/Offline Events
13(52%)
Forum
12(48%)
Courses
6(24%)
Paid Community
4(16%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
6(24%)
Gigantic
4(16%)
Medium
2(8%)
Large
2(8%)
Massive
1(4%)

Top-clicked listings

Starfyre Wholesaling
8(32%)
REI Revolution
3(12%)
r/realestateinvesting
2(8%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2005

2008

2012

2015

2020

2021

2022

15 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.

•This is a smaller slice of Hive Index's database, so read trends as directional.
•Last updated 2026-06-28

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.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (30% of 23 listings).
: 78% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 356K members and the median is 18K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Live Chat is the most common (65%). Others that show up often include forum, courses, and online/offline events.
: 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.