by Dustan Woodhouse | Mar 12, 2022 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 1
These stats remain unchanged… Nearly half of all new Mortgage Brokers leave the industry inside four years. The numbers are higher where the course is shorter, lower turnover where it is longer, which makes sense. 1 in 3 are gone within the first 2 years on...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jan 8, 2022 | Be The Better Broker
In wrapping up the first week of January some of us will have taken steps towards achieving our (written) goals, while others are left wondering where the last week just went. Falling back into the same patterns is easy enough, as we get sucked into the noise of...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Aug 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
The stories we tell ourselves are often out of alignment with reality. Whether it is a tale of roses & rainbows or doom & gloom, rarely do our best, or thankfully our worst fears come to fruition, and even when it seems as though they are the peaks and valleys...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Aug 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association asked for a few words on Brokering, I was lucky enough to have the piece selected for the 2017 Summer edition of Canadian Mortgage Broker. An Excerpt: Always Take the High Road! As with many things in life, this old adage is...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Managing Expectations, the heart of this business. A dozen or more Bank executives meeting at their local branch to spend a few hours, perhaps even a few days, reviewing the applicants file. um ya… A single individual with the computing power of a...