06/08/2026
It’s never too late to start again.
UBC gives you two years to finish, but I dropped everything and I gave it four months. 3 months in, my loving and supportive wife became pregnant with our first child. I felt the Lord brought me into this industry to give me a vision for family and stewardship, and he carried me through every quiz, every late night, every showing, and shielded me from every doubt or naysaying voice in my ear.
I’ve been an artist for most of my life. Sitting back down in a class environment as an adult, with people studying for their first job, was intimidating in ways I hadn’t anticipated. Ego is the enemy of growth, and God has humbled me, especially in the last 7 years of my life.
Wrote a book during that stretch too. “Own Something and Be Happy.” Hundreds of you downloaded it, and hundreds of thousands of people saw the ad I created with my brother in Christ . The artist in me will never die.
I know why I’m here.
Nobody in my family handed me a path to owning real estate, and I’ve watched too many people in this city give up trying. A wise man once said, “my people perish for lack of vision”, and that’s the whole battle. That isn’t a Vancouver problem. It’s a generational one.
The “worst” Vancouver market in over twenty years.
First year serving as a Realtor.
When I enrolled to UBC, my goal was 5 deals in my first year, and I was told to be happy with two - I would have been.
Full disclosure: I had eighteen contracts. Eight rescinded. That’s what this market looks like - buyers’ nerves catching up to their courage. The other 12 were able to push through and secure generational discounts.
It’s not easy to do something you’ve never done before, even if it’s good for you. Kudos to them.
I took the winter off after that to spend time my wife and our newborn son.
Now I’m back and building, plotting the content refresh.
Thank you, Jesus.
Massive thanks to .realtor, my teammate, who believed in me and got me in to this. We started a team, , and this is just the beginning, I’m sure.
