On Building a Real Estate Empire with The Agency Oakville

Christina Clavero is a national sensation, successful realtor and business woman who has made her mark in the industry with over $150 million in sales, awards, and recognition for her expertise all whilst growing her family and expanding her business with her husband by her side. They have built a real estate empire through The Agency Oakville branch and joined forces with David Bakowsky to form the CB Group to expand their horizons for the future.

In her very own words, “I wanted a career where I could help people—and real estate allows me to guide individuals through one of life’s most important milestones,” says Christina. “Helping someone buy or sell a home gives me a huge sense of fulfillment. I love working with my clients, getting to know them and their families. There is truly no greater privilege.” Here is her success journey as a woman who thrives doing it all. 

Where should people focus their investments when thinking of Ontario?

Right now, across Canada, the real estate market has been on fire for most of 2021and 2022, but I would say focus on those outlier cities just outside of Toronto. These cities have seen the most growth and increase in price over the past year. For example, Durham Region went up 29% last year year, Halton region where I focus my business on, has gone up 23% in one year and cities like Hamilton and London Ontario are up 30%.

That’s a tricky one and I think it’s the same for a lot of people. Obviously, I work with my husband, so we talk about work at the dinner table naturally. I find that you really must make your relationship and family a priority and you must schedule it in like you would with a meeting or home showing. In my calendar, I schedule in my son’s soccer games, my daughter’s dance recitals, dinner with friends and date night with my husband. Those moments are so important. I find that if it’s not in your calendar then you forget and end up scheduling a client instead. I think being organized and keeping everything in a schedule helps create that balance. 

Another thing that I implement is delegating. As women, we tend to want to do everything ourselves and take on all the tasks, but when you learn to delegate some of the tasks at hand, you free up more time for the things that matter the most to you whether it be family or anything that lights your soul on fire. 

I have a great office manager, Sierra Fonseca, who helps me with all my administrative tasks.  I also have an amazing marketing director, Rachel Williams who is a talented, graphic designer and she designs all my brochures, my marketing material and creates social media posts for me which really helps to free up my time. 

When I get up in the morning, I’ll do a quick workout before getting my kids off to school and it it’s very important for me to get my mindset ready for the day before I turn on my phone and start with social media and emails and phone calls. 

What does success represent to you?

When I get to help someone accomplish their goal or a dream, it means everything to me. When my client buys his or her dream home or investment property, that is the definition of success, and it makes the whole job worthwhile. Success evolves alongside us and changes as time goes by. I love when clients refer me to their friends, it shows me that I am on the right path, and they loved my service. To me it’s success when I’m getting those referrals coming in from past clients. Referral base clients account for most of my business. 

My team and I don’t just put a “For Sale” sign up and disappear. For us luxury is not about a price point but rather an experience and we strive to provide exceptional service throughout the entire transaction. We also partner with the best service providers, like the best photography team, stagers, home inspectors and lawyers, so the client as a seamless transaction from start to finish. 

Carlos, David, and I worked for many years on a luxury team in Oakville. It was one of the biggest teams in Oakville and we received a lot of training and experience through that. With the CB Group, and The Agency we want to elevate that bar even higher, and the sky is the limit from here.