by Dustan Woodhouse | Jul 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Winter Is Coming! Meh, really? Seriously, why is this a constant refrain in one form or another? I attended a five day event in January 2017, and the host (who is ‘not my guru’) repeated this like a chant, over and over and over each and every day. I’d also noticed a...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jun 12, 2021 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 2
An excerpt from Volume 2 of Be the Better Broker. Every interaction you have with an underwriter, a BDM, a team lead, a lender VP and so on during the processing of a file—even just in a casual conversation at a trade show—is you either building or burning bridges....
by Dustan Woodhouse | May 15, 2021 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 1
I can recall one Mortgage Broker saying to me upon exiting the business after less than four years, “I can only conclude that people do not like me.” This was a person paying not just an economic toll, but clearly an emotional one as well. On paper this Broker had...
by Dustan Woodhouse | May 9, 2021 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 2
Few among us look forward to making cold calls. We know what it’s like to be on the receiving end. When someone cold-calls me, he is intruding on my life without an invitation. He is interrupting whatever I may be doing. This can bring out a side of me that is abrupt,...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Mar 21, 2021 | Be The Better Broker, Uncategorized, Volume 2
It is time for a commission sales reality check. The first step in avoiding the alluring alternative reality of “gross commission” is being aware of its existence before you get sucked into it. Understanding the following four terms is going to be vital to your...
