[chrishajer]

Sounds like several problems that are all fixable. First, I would turn off permalinks until you set them up properly:

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/created-a-new-forum-but-profile-viewedit-not-working#post-24005

I would do that first so you can actually work with your forum.

Also:

1. What version bbPress did you install?
2. Did you integrate with WordPress and if so, what version?
3. Does this happen with the stock them?
4. Does this happen with no plugins enabled?
5. What server software, PHP version, MySQL version are you using?

If you can start with the permalink issue (I think) and then answer some basic questions, I think we can get it sorted without reinstalling.