09/03/2026
This is bittersweet…I’m a private person…but I wanted to share my award and appreciation for the late great Dan Card…😢Here goes…
I received this Medallion Club Award earlier this year, as I finished in the top 11-20% of Greater Vancouver Real Estate Agents for 2025.
I am very proud as I worked hard to make my clients dreams come true throughout last year, as well as taking over Dan’s clients and their needs, so he could focus on his family and a battle with Cancer.
He was told it was terminal on first diagnosis, and still dug in to give it all he had for even one more day of life. Truly inspirational, determined, and intentional in his final year.
He was the Ultimate Warrior! (We loved to chat wrestling, lol) He loved with all his heart and then some.
Sadly we lost Dan Card earlier this year on May 11th, he passed peacefully, but fought for almost two years just to extend life and have more time with his kids, his new wife & her kids. A splendid blended family❤️
I always hoped we would continue our work together and lead each other into retirement. Even knowing he would not win this battle, there was always hope, laughter, and love from Dan. He is missed greatly.
The legacy of Dan Card lives on in my life, my family, and my real estate business!
I worked with Dan for most of my almost 9 years in real estate. Learning, evolving, and embracing the way Dan did it. I have my opinions and preferences, but the basis of how I complete deals, list homes, treat clients, negotiate fair but hard, problem solve, anticipate counter offers, and pay it forward, are in large part because of my time teamed up with Dan Card. Being on the Dan Card Real Estate Team has been a highlight of my career.
As I continue on my own, I am continuing to service Dan’s previous client database, and have been in contact with many, but not all yet. He knew a lot of people and cared about their lives.
I was honoured when he chose me to help him with his clients in 2024, in early 2025 he trusted me to take over all of his files completely(but wanted to know & be kept in the loop).
In January 2026 he said he was handing it all over to me, and felt at peace because he knew my level of care would match his.
March 2026 is when we had to cancel his license and dissolve The Dan Card Real Estate Team.
Although mostly in 2025 I was essentially the whole real estate team, I still could reach out to Dan and pick his incredible brain.
2026 has been a rough year for many reasons, and I would love to hear his voice, his laugh, and his cynical takes on the real estate biz.
☝🏽“I digress, and onwards and upwards” as he would say.
I’m here for you my friends, Dan’s clients & friends(one in the same to me).
If I can be of any assistance in your life, please reach out.🙏🏼
Whether it’s about real estate or not, I would love to hear from you.
I have many contacts to aid in your journey to own a home, buy a presale, renovate & upkeep existing homes, investing, renewing mortgages & home insurance.
It would defintley benefit you in some way to speak with me, I’m happy to help and share my knowledge & experience!!!
🥰Cheers to Dan! May he rest in peace💐 And let’s continue what he started together.
🤘 Kev
Kevin Da Silva, REALTOR®️
Royal Lepage West (Coquitlam/Surrey)
Forever the other half of the Dan Card Real Estate Team♠️♣️ The Ace Up Your Sleeve!