Most people wait longer than they should to ask a question because they think one conversation turns into pressure. It doesn't. Here's exactly how working with me goes — laid out before you decide whether to reach out.
Before we get into the steps, three things you should know:
Not because they don't have questions — because they're worried one phone call turns into a sales pitch, a mailing list, and someone pushing them to move before they're ready.
I get it. That's exactly why I built this page.
Here's the whole process — what happens, what it costs, and where you can stop.
Call, text, email, DM me on Instagram or Facebook, or use the form below. It comes directly to me — not a call centre, not a "team."
If I'm with a client you'll probably get voicemail. Leave a message and I'll call you back the same day. Nobody else gets your number, and you won't end up on a call list.
Usually ten or fifteen minutes. You tell me what you're trying to figure out; I tell you what I'm seeing in the market and what I'd do in your situation.
Sometimes my advice is simply "wait another year." That's a good outcome too.
Before we ever meet, I put the numbers together. Selling? Your sale history, the comparable sales around you, and what your segment of the market is doing. Buying? The homes you'd be comparing, and what they've actually sold for.
Whether you're buying, selling, or just curious about one property or one street, I'll do the research first. Custom analysis is part of the job, not an upsell.
Buying: viewings on your schedule. See one home or ten.
Selling: I walk through your home the way a buyer would — what helps, what hurts, what's worth fixing and what isn't.
We sit down at your kitchen table and go through the numbers, the timing, the strategy, and exactly how I get paid. Then you decide.
If the timing isn't right, that's okay. If I'm not the right fit, that's okay too. No follow-up campaign, no hard feelings.
One person, start to finish. No hand-off to an assistant, no "someone from my team will reach out."
Usually within the hour during business hours. If something is time-sensitive, call or text.
Born and raised in Brantford, licensed since 2008, thousands of transactions. Simple questions are welcome. So are complicated situations — I've probably seen yours before.
The call, the research, and the in-home meeting cost nothing. I only get paid when a sale closes, and we go through exactly how that works before you sign anything.
Whatever you tell me stays between us. Your situation, your numbers, your plans — none of it gets shared, sold, or passed along.
Reaching out doesn't subscribe you to anything. The monthly market email is opt-in, and it's one click to leave.
I'd rather you wait six months and hire me because I'm the right fit than hire me this week because you felt pressured.
I've told plenty of people to wait. I've told people not to renovate. I've told people not to list. Sometimes that's the right advice.
If we end up working together later, great. If not, I'd still rather you make the right decision. People remember who was useful before they were a client.
There's no wrong door. Start wherever matches how far along you are.
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Send me the thing you're trying to figure out. You'll get an answer, not an appointment-setter.
Ask me anything →Call or text and we'll set up the ten-minute conversation. Texting first is fine — most people do.
No. The phone call, the research, and the in-home meeting are all free. I only get paid when a sale closes, and we go through exactly how that works at the kitchen-table meeting — before you sign anything.
Buying: for MLS-listed homes, my fee is built into the listing and paid from the seller's side — working with me doesn't add to the price you pay. Selling: one all-inclusive fee that covers everything — competitive, agreed in writing up front, no surprise add-ons at closing. Either way, we go through the exact numbers line by line before you sign anything.
I'll answer what you asked, and follow up when I said I would. No call cadence, no automated drip campaign. The monthly market email is opt-in and one click to leave.
Usually the same day, often within the hour during business hours. If it's time-sensitive, call or text (519) 861-1385.
That's most people who reach out, honestly. An early conversation usually means better decisions — prep done in the right order, timing picked instead of forced. I'm happy to work on a long runway, and I won't hound you in between.
Not to talk, and not for the research. Before we start actively working together — viewing homes, listing yours — Ontario's rules require some paperwork, and I'll walk you through it in plain English first so you know what each form does.
Then we shake hands and move on. Sometimes the timing isn't right; sometimes I'm not the right fit. That's completely okay — there isn't an awkward conversation waiting for you.
A question counts as reaching out. Send whatever you're weighing — timing, a street, a reno, a what-if — and I'll answer it. Simple questions are welcome; so are complicated situations. That's the whole commitment.