This Is Brokering

This Is Brokering

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This Is Brokering episodes

  • Ep. 176 34 Years Of Mortgage Wisdom - Matt Mckillen

    Decades of experience in the US mortgage market took Matt through the dotcom boom/bust and the Real Estate boom/bust of 2000-2007 and then ultimately a move (back) to Canada in 2010 to build a booming Broker business from scratch. 

    Are we in a bubble today?

    Here what the industry expert who witnessed a bubble firsthand has to say.

    35 min
  • Ep. 175 Process Precision = 16 smoothly funded files per month

    Denise Laframboise shares three key process changes that allowed for the smooth closing of 16 files last month while working amidst three kids stuck at home. 


    There are some next level, revolutionary, business process changes afoot in our industry and this conversation covers a critical time management technique around the commitment package signing.

    36 min
  • Ep. 172 Underwriting 101 - Love Your Underwriter

    “It’s so easy to approve a file, it’s takes way more time to decline a file” Traci Merkel

    This quote says it all. 

    Tune in for the inside scoop on how to make an underwriters ‘favourites’ list. 

    Recognize that even when you’re submitting your very first file to a lender this is the first step of building a relationship with an underwriter. The packaging of the file is you making a first, and lasting, impression. 

    Reality checks galore in this conversation!!!

    41 min
  • Ep. 171 Lead aka Client Generation

    There is a corresponding payout based on the energy invested into anything. 

    We can pay a premium for some random ‘leads’ or instead we can invest our own personal time and energy into creating our own premium opportunities. 

    Pay premium or receive premium, it’s your call(s) that will make the difference.

    38 min
  • Ep. 170.2 Firm Offers (No Conditions/ Subject Free)

    This clip is made for sharing with clients, Realtors and Brokers alike. 

    Thinking of writing a firm offer?

    No subjects, no conditions, all in?


    Real Estate financing is far more complex than whipping up a latte, there is no such thing as a useful 60 second (pre)approval. 


    A lot more can go wrong than the points covered in this video. A lot. 


    Go forth, conditionally!!!

    18 min

About This Is Brokering

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Titled after the book of the same name, this podcast takes you inside the Mortgage Broker Space with your host, author of the 'Be The Better Broker book series, Dustan Woodhouse. 

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