I fell into real estate young.
In 2011, I was 18 and working as my mother's assistant. She'd been a real estate agent since 2008. I was in CEGEP studying science, with a secret love for philosophy, psychology and languages. I'd even planned a gap year to travel the world.
Life had other plans. My father, a military doctor, was deployed to Afghanistan in 2013. I'm the eldest, with a younger brother and sister at home. I didn't want to leave my mother on her own, so I stayed. And since I was already living and breathing real estate every day, she said: "why not take the course?" I got my license in 2013, at 20.
I decided I'd be excellent.
Not just fine. Excellent. After my first year, I started investing in my own coaching, learned the scripts, practiced and prospected every single day. Here's something worth knowing: 7 out of 10 agents quit after their first year. From the start, I was doing more than double the average. By 22, two years in, I was in the top 3%. I held it year after year.
I worked with my mother, and yes, I benefited from her reputation and people knew I wasn’t starting form scratch. But every client, every listing, every deal, I went and earned myself. That success is self-made.
Then I built.
With my partner, Alexandre, also an agent, we built a team: buyer's agents, assistants, a community concept ("Je Choisis Québec") that took off. Solo, I was closing 50 to 75 transactions a year, consistently. As a team, we more than doubled that. I've touched every part of this work: the field, the negotiation, the management, the training, the customer care, etc. I know this business inside and out.
And one day, I chose something else.
When I became a mother, something shifted. Real estate runs on someone else's rhythm, never your own. And I wanted to honour mine, and my children's. So at one point, pregnant with our daughter (our second child), I chose not to renew my license. To stop. To stay home, to homeschool, to respect my family's rhythm.
That's when I understood something important about this work: you can't truly serve clients alone. Like for raising kids, in order to serve clients well, it takes a village. People buying or selling a home are in a specific emotional state, and they need someone to answer. Not necessarily you, but someone. A solo agent who prioritizes family life and wants to establish a specific schedule with days off, phone off, without being replaced by someone else, over the long run, doesn't hold.
Today, I'm back to build differently.
In 2026, I reactivated my license with eXp, because the business model lets me do this work my way: with leverage, a community, and a way of working that doesn’t leave anyone out. I didn't come back to perform. I came back to be truly present and bring all of what I have learned in other spheres of my life and weave it into real estate.
What that means for you: you're not getting a burnt-out agent chasing 40 different clients at once. You're getting someone who has chosen to work with a limited number of clients, with all of her experience and all of her presence.
How I work, in two words: honesty, and teamwork.
I can't guarantee you a result. I never guaranteed anyone a result. No one can. But I can guarantee you the quality of our relationship. With me, there are no surprises. I tell you the truth, even the parts you won't love. We look at the numbers together, we name everything up front, and by the time you're at the notary, the amount landing in your account is one we'd already worked out, you and me.
And above all: I'm on your team. I'll never try to talk you into accepting a price or an offer. My job is to give you all the information so that you make the best decision for you. Neither of us controls the market. What we control is the quality of our relationship and our decision to work together, as a team.
A little story for you
I once walked a military family through a long buying process. We cancelled five offers, one after another: a negotiation that stalled, an inspection that turned something up, etc. Five times, we started over. And we finally found THE house. They’re still in it, by the way! Those clients, to this day, I feel close to them. I even went to see them with my kids. Because it's in the hard moments that real bonds are built.
That's what real estate is to me. Not just transactions. People, thresholds, and bonds that last.
If you're looking for someone who'll truly walk with you, we're meant to work together.
What a fabulous team for Anglophones in Quebec! Raphaelle, Alexandre, and Claudelle are so professional. The stager made our home look beautiful, the photographer took wonderful pictures, and our home was sold fast! We learned about this team through word of mouth, and are paying it forward. Absolutely recommended!