If you have a client moving into Etobicoke and you do not work this market, send them to someone who does. That is not a slight — Etobicoke rewards building-level and street-level knowledge that you cannot acquire for one transaction.
Referrals are documented brokerage-to-brokerage in the normal way. You stay informed, your client stays yours, and you get the referral fee agreed in writing before anything starts.
Thinking about your next brokerage?
Happy to walk you through what a move actually involves — the paperwork, the timing, what transfers with you and what does not. No pressure to join, and no obligation either way.
Call or text 437-987-1925 Send me a message
Jatin Dua, Broker of Record — RE/MAX Quantum Realty Inc., Brokerage. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract with another brokerage.
When a referral makes sense
| Situation | Why hand it over |
|---|---|
| Client buying in Humber Bay Shores or Mimico | Fee, layout and exposure differences between towers decide resale. That is building-by-building knowledge. |
| Client buying pre-construction on The Queensway | Occupancy timelines, assignment terms and the 15 November 2018 rent-control line all change the maths. |
| Tenanted or investment property anywhere in Etobicoke | What a tenanted unit is worth turns on the Residential Tenancies Act, not the comparables. |
| Client selling an Etobicoke property from out of province | Someone needs to physically be there, repeatedly. |
| You are simply too far away to service it properly | A client who feels under-served remembers who referred them. |
What I commit to on a referral
- Contact within 24 hours, and I tell you when I have made contact.
- You get updated at every stage — offer, conditions, firm, close — without having to chase me.
- The client goes back to you. I am not going to farm your database. If they buy again outside this market, they are yours.
- I will tell you if I am the wrong fit and, where I can, point you at someone better. A referral I should not have taken helps neither of us.
- Terms in writing first. Nothing starts until the referral agreement is signed brokerage-to-brokerage.
What to send me
Enough to be useful, and nothing you should not be sharing:
- Buying or selling, and rough timeline
- Budget band or property address
- Which part of Etobicoke, if they know — or what they are actually optimising for, if they do not
- Anything about the client that will make the first conversation land better
- Your brokerage details for the referral paperwork
Have a client heading to Etobicoke?
Send me the outline and I will tell you within a day whether I am the right person for it — and if I am not, who is. Terms agreed in writing before I speak to anyone.
connect@jatindua.com · 437-987-1925 · Book a confidential conversation
Confidential. Reviewed personally and answered within 24 hours. I never share, sell or distribute your information.
Thinking about your next brokerage?
Happy to walk you through what a move actually involves — the paperwork, the timing, what transfers with you and what does not. No pressure to join, and no obligation either way.
Call or text 437-987-1925 Send me a message
Jatin Dua, Broker of Record — RE/MAX Quantum Realty Inc., Brokerage. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract with another brokerage.
Related
- The Etobicoke community guide — useful background before you brief your client
- Back to the agent resources hub
About the author — Jatin Dua
I am Jatin Dua, a Realtor with RE/MAX Quantum Realty at 799 The Queensway in Etobicoke, working The Queensway, Mimico, Humber Bay Shores and the wider west end.