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The Mortgage Financing Expert that works for YOU!

Nelson Daily Staff
By Nelson Daily Staff
March 10th, 2011

Local real estate investor/ financial consultant expands his services to Mortgage Financing.

At the ripe age of 34 Derek Diener is a young energetic entrepreneur who is finding his niche in the West Kootenays as a Mortgage Broker.  A prairie boy from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Derek’s journey away from his hometown started at the age of 16 when he first moved away to pursue his hockey career. Playing in the Western Hockey league for the Lethbridge Hurricanes and the Kelowna Rockets, Derek eventually signed a NHL contract with the St. Louis Blues where he played two seasons in the American Hockey League for the Blues affiliate Worchester Ice Cats. At 23 years old he was on a free agent try out with the Vancouver Canucks where he suffered a career ending injury on the first day of training camp. From that day forward Derek has dug his heels in, put himself through college, worked in the golf industry for 7 years in Edmonton at one of the top private clubs in the nation and for the past 4 ½ years pursued his passion in real estate and entrepreneurship in what he considers to be the best place in the world – Nelson, BC. “I think all Canadians should check this place out because I feel it exemplifies the picture of what Canada is – water, mountains, nature and a peaceful serenity.

Now working as a Mortgage Broker Derek believes he has a well rounded grasp of the entire real estate industry to help guide people through all of their financing needs. “With my personal background of working on my own projects for the past 10 years, raising capital for large scale real estate developments as a consultant and having hands on approach to all that I have done; these attributes will bode well for my clients”.  As a Mortgage Broker Derek works for Invis who is one of Canada’s largest mortgage broker firms. Under the Invis umbrella Derek works with a team of individuals with backgrounds in real estate sales, developments, finance and banking to compile a team that is well rounded to ensure competence for anyone’s financing needs. Their brand is Mortgage Financing BC and their goal is to provide exceptional service while working with their clients to retain their business. Mortgage Brokers do not work for the banks; they work for the client to obtain the best rates and product to fit their needs. “I work when you want me there” explains Derek as he talks about how he arranges his schedule around his clients needs meeting with them when it works for them.  Another value add is the services he provides is free, he shops the market for you and gets paid from the lender he submits the deal to. If you are interested in utilizing Derek’s services he can be reached by phone at 250-229-5711, email –  HYPERLINK “mailto:dwdiener@gmail.com” dwdiener@gmail.com or check out his website at www.mortgagefinancingbc.com.

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