A Brand New Broker

A Brand New Broker

This piece was originally published on the most excellent mortgage news site Canadian Mortgage Trends. Day One. New business cards in hand, you sit down at your new desk in the brokerage office, what now? Your first three years are going to be hard work....
Conversation (self) Control

Conversation (self) Control

This piece was originally published @ For Brokers By Brokers.   Early in my working life I found myself in a mail-order sales role, working telephones as if my life depended upon it. Which in a way it did. Money is oxygen for a small business, and the...
It Sucks To Suck!

It Sucks To Suck!

In a situation where a lawyer slides a mortgage insurance document across the table to a client and legally cannot say a single word about it – the sign-up rate is ~13%. 13%! No speaking. Silence. 13%. The irony is that thousands of mortgage agents across the country...
Will Work For Free

Will Work For Free

Recently a previous client of mine felt pressured by a family relationship to work with another Broker, something I have no problem with. In our office we are lucky enough that each day we have a full plate as it is, and frankly I am A-OK with the odd client jumping...
The MPC Conference & Volume 3

The MPC Conference & Volume 3

Good day,   We will return to more usual day-to-day posts next week, this week is just shameless plugs for the conference and the newest book.   Shameless plug for the MPC Conference:   Hopefully you are waking up in Vancouver today or tomorrow and...