A designated luxury specialist who eats his real estate competition for breakfast, Monte sells houses on average of 7.1 days on the market that’s 364 per cent faster than average and at 105 per cent of their list price. Clients count on his insightful, no-nonsense assessments, his protective attitude toward their money and the care he takes to prepare them for the day when he finally says “yes”—whether it’s to submitting or accepting an offer. As founder and owner of Trust Realty Group, it’s Monte’s job to put together a dream team of specialists who not only maintain his high standards of quality but satisfy his uncompromising need to be the best.Turns out that dream team is swiftly becoming a reality. By the end of Trust Realty Group’s first year, the team of eight (five professional neighbourhood specialists and three support staff) had completed over $46 million in real estate transactions. By the end of 2016—year two of Monte’s ambitious young company—Trust Realty Group’s volume closing had grown by 95 per cent, almost reaching the magical $100 million mark. Now a team of 13, the Trust Group has a professional staging and event marketing company (Kanvas Promotions), a fulltime digital marketing consultancy (Trust Marketing) and will soon be offering property management services. Monte and Trust Realty Group are no strangers to the press. Monte is a weekly real estate expert on CTV’s National News and Trust Realty Group listings accounted for one in every five Toronto Life Homes of the Week in 2016. Trust Realty Group properties have starred in feature stories in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and the MASH (a blog dedicated to Canadian real estate gossip). Trust Realty Group won the 2015 Keller Williams Eagle Award for the highest standard of success and professional service in the industry. The team is currently ranked 17th by volume across Canada and Monte is a top 0.1 per cent producer nationally.