by Dustan Woodhouse | Oct 16, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
As you read this you may be attending the 2022 Vancouver MPC conference, as am I. Over the past month this is my third conference, one more to go at month end in Austin TX… or virtually? The conference question is increasingly; Should I travel and attend in...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Oct 9, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
Short Version Gratitude is good. Express it more often. (note to self) Long Version Gratitude is first and foremost a sort of glue that holds society together. Have you ever assembling a plastic model without enough glue? The quantity of this glue matters, as does the...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Sep 25, 2022 | Be The Better Broker
Some folks, like the Bank Of Canada, communicate in a code that can only (sometimes) be deciphered with a Masters degree in English. Just try reading a bit of this… Why do they do this? Who is their audience? Why even make this public? Here is an objective...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Sep 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Jake, I miss you man! You were always a wealth of interesting, observant, and often challenging points of view. We all miss you. For those unaware, here’s a 60 second slice of Jake’s awesome attitude and approach to business and life. If you didn’t...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Sep 11, 2022 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 1
Sept 10, 2022 – ‘This business just isn’t fun anymore’ – Anonymous Broker I get it. We used to help anyone with decent credit, a solid income picture, and 5% down acquire a home. We helped set countless Canadians onto the path of building...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Aug 26, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
Have you drawn an organizational chart for your business and your life? If yes, does anyone else have a copy? IE your lawyer, financial planner, accountant, executor, parent, sibling, child, anyone… anyone… anyone… Why not? because; 1. It’s all in your head, and your...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Aug 20, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering, Uncategorized
In Metro Vancouver ~25,000 housing units are currently built each year. CMHC claims the figure needs to jump up to ~100,000 per year… more or less overnight. And then stay at that level until at least 2030 for the word ‘affordability’ to enter the home (condo)...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Aug 14, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
We’re going deep into the heart of August now, often the quietest month for an aspiring Broker just a year, or three, into the game. One whose book of business has not yet spread evenly across all 52 weeks of the year… At 2 files per week though, time away feels...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Aug 6, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
Key Point; STOP misinforming clients re ‘what happens’ at their trigger rate – because what happens (for the majority of them) is nothing at all. Nada, Zip, Zero, Zilch. Disclaimer; the content below is reflective of the policies of one lender in...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jul 22, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
Did we overpay? A question at the top of many recent buyers minds. Also a statement coming out of some ‘helpful’ friend or relatives mouths, ignore them… they don’t know how to do math, and also they’re always the black cloud anyways aren’t they. What follows is math...
