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 | Apr 25, 2021 | #ThisIsBrokering, Be The Better Broker
Last April I invested ten hours into an interactive workshop hosted by master storyteller Vinh Giang. And an often repeated message each day was to #breakthemold, to step outside our comfort zone, and this weeks post reflects an effort to do just that…...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Jan 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
“What you do matters, but why you do it matters so much more.”Author Unknown Let me preface the next 1,308 words by clearly stating that indeed there are many degrees of uncertainty within any profession. In no way I am suggesting Residential Mortgage Brokers...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Oct 31, 2020 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 1
Document Your Plan I had specific goals in 2008; I officially began Brokering in June of that year, leaving me seven months with which to work. And work I did. My goal at that point was to average one completed file every second week and to intake at least one new...
by Dustan Woodhouse | Sep 26, 2020 | Be The Better Broker, Volume 2
Every interaction you have with an underwriter, a Business Development Manager, a team lead, a lender VP and so on during the processing of a file, or even just in a casual conversation at a trade show, is you either building or burning bridges. Your primary goal is...