by Dustan Woodhouse | Jul 16, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
This video is content from the day before, July 12th. The written post below is ~60hrs of thinking & writing since the news of the 1% hike dropped. ***Updated July 19th*** Why a 1% hike on July 13th? What will happen on Sept 7th? What about between now and then?...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jul 9, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
The short answer to this question is; probably not. Often, in this business, we have moments where we think we may’ve made, or are part of, a terrible mistake. A costly mistake. Our minds immediately go to the worst case scenario. IE – my clients have a $100,000...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jun 26, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
Consider the following; In the 1950’s some people invested their savings, went into debt even, to install what in their backyards? A. Bomb Shelters or B. Swimming Pools In the same decade, year, month, week, on the same street, there existed simultaneously two...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jun 18, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
The idea to ‘move fast and fix things’ runs contrary to a well known quote by a well known billionaire, (no not that guy, the other one) an individual one might say has broken many things, important things. Here in mortgage world many things are already...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jun 12, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering, Be The Better Broker
Short Version Stop watching/reading the ‘News’Stay VariableMaster the math below and share it with your clients This is, in essence, the blog post I sent to my client database (no I don’t actively Broker any longer, but I still like to keep them...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jun 4, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
Further to last weeks ‘Big Bad Bank Of Canada’ post… the huffing and puffing continues with no signs of easing up, and so we must ask ourselves; what should we be doing/advising/thinking? Key Point; None of us should persecute ourselves with...
by Dustan Woodhouse | May 28, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
Once upon a time the big bad bank of Canada huffed and puffed and tried to blow the CDN housing market down… OK, not exactly – it’s inflation that’s the target, housing is just getting caught in the cross winds. To be fair, rapidly rising...
by Dustan Woodhouse | May 19, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
by Dustan Woodhouse | May 14, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
A few days/weeks/months off repairs nothing in a lasting way. A ‘recharge’ for what? A return to more of the same drain? Makes no sense. No way to live. Better to reset. Reset hours, resets tasks, reset expectations. The label ‘stress leave’ isn’t...
by Dustan Woodhouse | May 7, 2022 | #ThisIsBrokering
Zoom is not going away, it’s here to stay. How strong is your zoom-game? Is your camera mostly switched off? If your camera’s on, is the lighting weak? What’s your background saying about you? How clear & crisp is your audio on the other end of...
