My Story

Two worlds. Two very different ways of thinking.

Real estate has been in my family since 1956.

Growing up, I caught glimpses of what success could look like. Beautiful cottages on the lake. A place my grandparents had worked hard to build.

But at home, the message was different.

"We’re just getting by."

I heard those words often.

And somewhere along the way, I started asking myself a question.

Why do some people seem to create extraordinary lives while others spend their lives just trying to get by?

That question would eventually change everything.

What Bob Proctor taught me about success.

In 2005, I became a certified LifeSuccess Consultant through Bob Proctor’s organization.

I began teaching the principles of success, paradigms, goal setting, and the power of changing how we think.

During those years, I wrote Your Million Dollar Lifestyle, bringing those principles together into a practical system.

I also worked with my mentor Ted Ciuba, author of The NEW Think and Grow Rich, building Certified Mastermind Consultants and the iNcrease Global Network.

I wasn’t just interested in making more money.

I wanted to understand how people create lasting success, and how to help others do the same.

One lesson stayed with me.

If you want different results, you have to become the person capable of creating them.

Building a business. Building a family. Learning what really matters.

In 2011, I moved to Muskoka and began selling real estate with our family brokerage, Bowes & Cocks Limited.

That same year, my son was born. My daughter followed in 2012.

I was building a career, raising a family, and doing what so many entrepreneurs do.

Working hard. Taking care of clients. Chasing the next opportunity.

Then life changed.

In 2013, my mother, Lorraine Roach, went missing.

I spent months searching for her, living in hotels and trying to keep my real estate business operating at the same time.

There are experiences in life that change the way you see everything.

That was one of them.

It made me think differently about time, family, and what really matters.

And it brought me back to a question I’d been exploring for years.

If your business can’t function without you, how much freedom do you really have?

I didn’t have all the answers.

But I knew I wanted to build something different.

I built my own brokerage. Then I started asking bigger questions.

In 2017, I launched Cocks International Realty Inc., Brokerage.

As Broker of Record, I was responsible for the business, the agents, the transactions, the compliance, and everything in between.

I learned a tremendous amount.

I also discovered something important.

You can own a business and still own yourself a full-time job.

More responsibility doesn’t automatically mean more freedom.

And more transactions don’t necessarily create more wealth.

For years, I’d taught people to think bigger, build systems, and create multiple sources of income.

It was time to apply those principles to the next chapter of my own business.

Why I chose to think bigger than my own brokerage.

In 2026, I made the decision to move my real estate practice to Real Broker Ontario Ltd., Brokerage.

Not because I wanted to stop building.

Because I wanted to build differently.

I wanted to build something that could grow beyond my own personal production.

Something that combined real estate, relationships, education, and multiple income opportunities.

That’s what attracted me to the business model at Real.

Revenue sharing. Equity opportunities. Collaboration. Leverage.

But for me, the opportunity was bigger than the brokerage itself.

It was about creating a business that could support the life I wanted to live, instead of building my life around the demands of my business.

And helping other agents discover how they might do the same.

Your Million Dollar Lifestyle. Reimagined for real estate.

Today, I’m bringing together two important parts of my life.

My experience in real estate and my background in personal development.

I’ve brought Your Million Dollar Lifestyle back as a new Real Estate Edition, designed to help agents rethink how they approach their business, build leverage, and create a life they love.

Because I believe the real opportunity isn’t simply selling more properties.

It’s learning how to turn your knowledge, relationships, and experience into something bigger.

A business with systems.

Multiple potential income streams.

More control over your time.

And the freedom to enjoy the life you’re working so hard to create.

That’s what the book, the masterclass, and the INCREASE vision are all about.

What if your next commission wasn’t your only opportunity?

Think about it.

You’ve spent years building relationships, developing expertise, and helping people make some of the biggest decisions of their lives.

But how much of that effort continues to create income after the transaction closes?

What if you could use the business you’ve already built to create additional opportunities?

More income potential.

More leverage.

More control over your time.

And ultimately, more freedom to live the life you want.

That’s what I’m exploring, building, and sharing through INCREASE.

If you’re a real estate agent who knows there’s more possible than simply chasing the next closing, I’d like to invite you to take a closer look.

Start with the free chapter of Your Million Dollar Lifestyle: Real Estate Edition.

Then join me for the masterclass.

You might discover an entirely different way to think about your business.