Profile: James L James, REW Money Partner

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Date09.07.2024
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PROFILE
After a string of successful endeavours and unfortunate tragedies, Vancouver Island entrepreneur James L. James took time out to re-conceptualize his life.

“I opened my first business in my early twenties, by my late twenties this ultimately led to a large scale food and beverage operation that employed upwards of 150 people,” explains James.

“Around 2014, a series of difficult life events made me re-assess what was important and what I truly wanted out of my time on earth.”

During this time, a close friend and successful mortgage broker told James that he might want to consider a career as a broker.

“I was interested, so I earned my license and I soon realized I found my calling,” he remembers. “I felt like I should have been doing this (brokering) all along.”

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I have an innate ability to move puzzle pieces around to make them fit.

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Building an award-winning business.

By 2020, James broke the DLC (Dominion Lending Centres) Top 10 per cent nationwide; in 2021 he made the Top 5 per cent, and in 2022 and 2023 he cracked the Top 2 per cent, earning his Master’s Award.

In 2024, he is on track to earn the prestigious Legend award, placing him in the top 1 percent of Mortgage professionals in Canada.

“I love number crunching, I love people and I love problem solving,” says James. “Helping people achieve such a big milestone in their lives is a wonderful feeling.”

Over the past few years, James has owned and operated a team under the DLC Modern Mortgage Group Banner, with his two main offices servicing clients in Langford and Sooke.

James admits that he couldn't have achieved this level of success without his incredible team of 10.

“I have a growing team of wonderful people around me and I simply would not want to do it without them,” says James.

“Kyra Park and Tristan Fletcher deserve a special mention. They have been with me for a few years now, and I have watched them become exceptional mortgage experts in their own regards.

Their teamwork and support is absolutely integral to everything we accomplish. And with them are newer members of the team who have me extremely optimistic about our future.”

Out of office.

A Sooke resident, James loves the outdoor opportunities this quaint small town offers.

“Sooke is a slice of paradise, providing a relaxed way of life that I enjoy,” says James. “No matter where I visit in the world, I always love to come home to Vancouver Island. It is a beautiful place and the people are wonderful.”

When it comes to time off, the father of a tween daughter loves to hike, scuba dive or surf the waves. In the winter, he heads to the slopes to snowboard.

Philanthropy is also in James’ DNA. In his mid-twenties, James and his best friend traveled to his friend’s home town in Uganda. James spent two months there that changed his perspective on life.

“I was so moved by the people - they had very little but they were happy and giving,” says James. “I met a former child soldier, now a pastor, who started an orphanage called Wisdom’s Call that houses and cares for 250+ children.”

Over the years, James has donated money and goods, like clothes and medication, but ultimately realized that this was not a viable long term solution.

“For a while, a portion of each approved mortgage went towards whatever they needed,” says James. “But the development of reliance did not seem like the proper solution. So instead we put our heads together to determine what businesses would do the best within their local community and provided the funding and aid to get them started.

Now the orphanage is fully self-sustaining, cares for over 250+ kids, and bought the land they were previously renting. Moving towards the future, we are eager to bring this concept of self sustainability to other orphanages in need.”

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