by Dustan Woodhouse | Mar 23, 2024 | Be The Better Broker
The number one reason we don’t work with people? They failed to (continually) follow up. The number one thing many of us fail to do? Consistent follow up Why do I email you every Sunday with a new thought? To consistently follow up. Who are you emailing weekly, or...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Mar 15, 2024 | #ThisIsBrokering
Short Version Be Present Be Focused Be Your Best Simple, but not easy. I’m trying to be all of the above. But is trying enough? Not according to Yoda. Not according to me either. I can, and I will do better. Long Version It’s easy to lose focus, no matter...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Mar 7, 2024 | #ThisIsBrokering
March 8th – International Womens Day And the word of the day is? Ally Other forms: allies; allied; Allies; allying If you’ve an ally, you’ve someone on your side. Everyone needs someone on their side. Ally; consider this an everyday word, not...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Mar 2, 2024 | #ThisIsBrokering
The only drama I need in my life is a track by the same name on Ice-T’s album ‘Power’. Otherwise, when being drawn into drama, I ask myself… Should I; Get involved in this drama at all? Repeat this story to anyone ever? Dwell on it? Sometimes...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Feb 24, 2024 | Be The Better Broker
As some learned late last week, changes are afoot in my world. As per above. I was asked about my contract from time to time, a document I paid a lot of attention to in the Fall of 2018, but very little once signed. In my mind it was a 5 year contract. In reality it...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Feb 17, 2024 | Be The Better Broker
Recently I had a table of industry professionals explaining to me why Vancouver Real Estate was in a bubble. These smart young men were sitting ~3,000KM’s away from Vancouver… and only 1 had ever been to the city, and that was for just a weekend....
by Dustan Woodhouse | Feb 10, 2024 | #ThisIsBrokering, Be The Better Broker
Thank you! Thank you to the 147 wonderful people who took a chance on a year one gig. The first of ten years (I’m committed!) of The BTBB Whistler Summit! 11 of you also took a chance and hit the peak of Whistler for a bonus day which everyone made it through...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Feb 3, 2024 | #ThisIsBrokering, Uncategorized
Most of the time we’re dealing with incomplete information. We just don’t realize it. This past summer, I heard a commercial unit a few doors down from a pair I’d just purchased (and am paying $6,000 per month for) had been rented out at $4,000 per month....
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jan 27, 2024 | #ThisIsBrokering
‘Always go out on top’, they say. I’d actually already recorded the final episode (link below) before the above image hit my inbox. This metric makes unplugging from the podcast that much tougher. 100,000!!! This is a lot. It certainly feels like...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jan 19, 2024 | Be The Better Broker
It’s easy in January to make excuses for where our business is at. The market The holidays Back to school The weather The this The that Ya-ya… There’s one key question to ask yourself though; Am I on my heels, or am I on my toes? And no, I don’t mean those badass...