I grew up as a competitive swimmer which I credit for building my time management and self drive. Swimming is both an individual and team sport, but waking up at 4am 4 days a week when you're a teenager takes drive....and maybe a little crazy.I had many great accomplishments in the sport but I would say my most prized include, back to back Youth National Championships, competing at numerous Olympic Trials and medalling at the Commonwealth Trials in Victoria BC.After school and wrapping up my swimming career, I got into the auto industry. I began with the NewRoads Automotive Group. I truly believe they are hands down the bets automotive group in Canada and truly inspired me to be great at whatever I do. Here they taught me about sales and how to really communicate with people and build rapport. A few years later I received an opportunity to represent HWY 11 Chrysler as the Finance Manager. This too was a great opportunity for me and I learned a lot about dealing with lenders and working with finance and insurance. Needless to say with all the paperwork that came with this role, I had to be at the top of my organization game!My next venture lead me to Barrie Volkswagen where I was the pre owned manager of the dealership. I worked with a great GM who taught me all there was to know about the pre owned auto market and we were able to turn that department around from being one of the poorest performing pre owned departments in the Dilawri automotive group to consistently ranking in the top 5.Which brings me to today. A new career path and hungrier then ever!New to the mortgage industry, always hungry, extremely driven, with a desire to one day be the best in the mortgage industry, I will always go above and beyond when working for my clients. Whether you are new to the country with immigrant status, I'M YOUR MORTGAGE AGENT! Maybe this is your first home and you are unsure how to proceed and what options you have, I'M YOUR AGENT! You are going through a divorce and want to know your buyout options, I'M YOUR AGENT! Or, you are retired and own your home outright but looking for some kind of income for your retirement plans, I'M YOUR AGENT!If you are a Real Estate or Financial Services professional, with or without a lot of experience, let's explore how we can work together to serve our clients better and build long standing and beneficial relationships for all.You can reach me by phone or text at 416-898-7281 or 705-985-7281 or feel free to email me at aporteous@dominionlending.ca
Listed skills include Commercial Mortgages, Banking, Reverse Mortgages, Creativity, and 20 others.