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Guiding Success: The Vital Role of Managing Brokers

July 23, 2024

Managing brokers are a cornerstone in the Canadian real estate sector, but they face many challenges. So what can organizations like BCREA do to help? CEO Trevor Koot shares his own experience as a managing broker and his thoughts on what’s next for the role.

Transcript

Every industry has leadership positions who are responsible for the outcomes of others’ actions. They’re mentors, they guide other folks, and in the real estate industry, that role is the managing broker.

Not only do they provide mentorship to REALTORS® in their office and beyond. They carry extra liability and responsibility. There’s regulatory expectations and compliance requirements, and that puts a lot of pressure on the managing broker role.

I was a managing broker for many years and speaking from experience you’re getting pulled in a lot of different directions. There’s a lot of expectations on you, not just within the brokerage but beyond.

We’ve heard for years that the role of the managing broker is under threat, that there’s fewer people that are coming into the industry looking to become a managing broker, and as a result it’s organizations like the BC Real Estate Association that need to step up.

How can we make the role of the managing broker something to aspire to for agents and REALTORS® that are on the ground today?

What we’ve done is looked at different ways that we can establish support mechanisms for the managing broker and the role that they fulfill. We’ve established a Community of Practice, a webinar environment where managing brokers can get together a couple of times a month to learn about timely topics.

We partnered with the Pacific West Conference to provide a managing broker stream of content that is specific to the role of the managing brokers and the issues that are in front of them today.

We have the Managing Brokers’ Portal on BCREA Access, which is a one-stop-shop resource centre for managing brokers as they look for answers to their pressing questions.

We’ve created a Managing Brokers Polices and Procedures Manual Template that managing brokers can adopt for their offices and customize for their particular situation.

And finally we’ve launched something that I’m extremely proud of, the Managing Broker Support Line.

Though BCREA has created all of these support mechanisms for the managing broker role, we know that that role is going to continue to evolve. It is vital that we ensure that there is a succession plan for these leadership positions, and BCREA looks forward to working with the next generation of managing brokers to ensure they feel supported, and have an opportunity for success.

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April 21, 2026 – Why BC Housing Policy Could Lead to Another Price Surge

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January 20, 2026 – How AI is Changing the Real Estate Sector

December 16, 2025 – What to Expect for the BC Real Estate Sector in 2026

November 18, 2025 – BCREA’s New Vision: Connecting Communities, Enriching Lives

October 21, 2025 – Why BC Needs a Permanent Housing Policy Roundtable

September 24, 2025 – Redefining the REALTOR® Value Proposition

August 19, 2025 – How to Fix BC’s Short-Term Rental Legislation

July 22, 2025 – Preparing BC Real Estate for a Changing Climate

June 17, 2025 – How Offsite Construction Can Speed Up BC Housing Completions

May 20, 2025 – What’s Stopping BC From Building More Homes?

April 22, 2025 – Changing the Conversation About “Fixing” Housing Affordability

March 18, 2025 – How BCREA Advocates for a Better Housing Ecosystem

February 18, 2025 – Drug Home Remediation: Why BC Needs New Standards

January 21, 2025 – What You Need to Know About the BC Home Flipping Tax

December 17, 2024 – What to Expect for the BC Real Estate Sector in 2025

November 19, 2024 – How to Be the Voice of 26,000+ REALTORS®

October 22, 2024 – Radon Awareness: What Every BC Homeowner Needs to Know

September 17, 2024 – Three Key Housing Issues for the 2024 BC Election

August 20, 2024 – Why Canadian Housing Needs Speculators

July 23, 2024 – Guiding Success: The Vital Role of Managing Brokers

June 25, 2024 – The Need for Innovation in Canadian Real Estate

May 22, 2024 – BCREA CEO Trevor Koot on Collaboration in Canadian Housing

April 18, 2024 – BCREA CEO Trevor Koot on Accessibility and Affordability

March 22, 2024 – BCREA CEO Trevor Koot Reflects on State of Housing in BC

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