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Q. When is a commitment not a commitment?

A. When it's a mortgage commitment, that's when.

Well the more they change!

A few critical things remain constant, although my weekdays are no longer my own.

Why is a BDM calling you?

Why isn't your BDM returning your calls?

Details are lacking.
Math is lacking.

Opinions are not.

A metaphor that I think actually works around the difference in a Billion vs a Trillion

A whole other universe!

Brokering in a nutshell

20+ questions to ask yourself before doing either.

...including some basic math

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This is a longer bit - with a few pieces that could become much longer - so much happening in our market on so many different fronts!

The pace is accelerating steadily.
No end in sight.

The state of the world today is...

The numbers are significant.

The humans who are these numbers, they are being treated as something less significant.

The fallout from these sudden policy shifts, all gas, and now all brakes, is echoing through industries.

Maybe it's not so much a bunch more sharing that's required - just a lot more grace.

A bit of pre-amble and post-amble left in because well.... this one lights me up a bit!

Watch for upcoming Calgary, and Vancouver, Dates.

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Ya no.

What do the numbers indicate?

Um, pretty much business as usual...

Where do we go from here?

Probably nowhere new - but this still felt like something that needed to be said.

There's a lot happening.

What actually matters, once you're on that client call?

Thoughts on time - are we short on time, or is there loads of it left?

So many things to discuss, what matters?

An in-person event April 30th (10am-4pm) in Burlington ON.

Registration link HERE

Does a surviving spouse need to re-qualify at renewal to retain the pre-existing mortgage?

No, not often.

Pick up the phone, call their lender, go to work for them!

Reputation by Reputation

by Dustan Woodhouse

Chapter 1 - Baseline

And three opportunities.

What lens are you viewing the world through?

Is it time to refocus it?

An excerpt from 'Rep By Rep'

A book by Dustan Woodhouse

Excel users unite!

Validation time for many of you can be found right here.

How different are Vancouver Real Estate conversations in 2026 vs 2010?

The numbers are significantly different.

And a lot flows from that, challenges of getting in, hanging in, and in exiting the market.

We don’t rise to your goals.
We fall to your standards.

You don’t need a breakthrough or a breakout year.
You need a year where fewer things break.

Speed remains an opportunity.

Trust: A Scarce Resource?

We’re heading into a trust recession.

Not because people suddenly became dishonest.
But because everything now sounds competent.

AI Is Not Your Edge. Judgment Is.

The brokers who win in 2026 won’t look frantic.

There's so much more that could be said. 

And it will be .

Said better by others I'm sure.

For today though Christine, here's what I've got for you.

A lesson in how to spot a nothing-burger!

A recent headline suggested 50% of Canada’s 2.1M temporary visa holders might exit this year.

Ya no.

For 20 years prior and all of my career as a mortgage broker, from 2008 through 2018, I carried an near unwavering conviction about buying real estate in Vancouver.

I defended Vancouver home ownership relentlessly.

Would I do the same today?

Is ChatGPT assisting us with critical thinking?

3 different news stories, 3 very different takeaways than many readers might otherwise have without digging in for a deeper conversation and more research via an A.I. tool like ChatGPT

The summit, workshops, setting standards... lot's happening for 2026!