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...