Rod was born and raised in Vancouver. He graduated from Notre Dame High School in East Vancouver. After 6 years in construction, Rod returned to school and earned a Diploma in Marketing Management from B.C.I.T For the following 6 years, he worked as a regional Sales Representative for a few large corporations, before leaving the corporate world for the real estate industry.

Rod began his real estate career in 1993 with Sutton Group in Burnaby. This was a central location for Rod's client base, which ranged from North Vancouver to Mission and Abbotsford to White Rock. With 90% Repeat & Referral business, Rod goes where his clients are. In 1998, he moved to a Fraser Valley office to join Landmark Realty Corp., where he remains today, however, the brokerage has since become Sutton Group WestCoast Realty.

Rod's wife Angela has been a licensed realtor since 1991. They have 3 children ranging from 19-23. The family is kept busy with sports, recreation & family vacations. Outside of work and family time, Rod enjoys hockey, martial arts, skiing & boating.

Rod takes pride in the TRUST he has earned with his clients. He aims to reach the point, with wach client, that they not only trust him with their own real estate business, but that they feel confident, that their family & friends will recieve the same level of service. This is Rod's measure of success. Please review Rod's "client testimonials" section of his website at www.rodpoole.ca