Meet Our Team

David Schooley

Managing Partner

+1 (519) 577-1212
david@goinghome.ca

Broker, CNE, CRS, CLHMS, SRES

David is an award-winning Real Estate Broker widely recognized across the region for his expertise and community involvement. His keen understanding of the market is built on 35 years of entrepreneurial success. As a basketball fan, he was delighted when a client nicknamed him the “Michael Jordan of Real Estate”.

Dedicated to raising industry standards for professionals and the public, David serves his clients, shares his knowledge and builds relationships as a full-time Realtor, a weekly real estate advice columnist, a former Director with the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO), and an active philanthropist. When local buyers and sellers need straightforward real estate advice, they know to just “Ask David”.

David believes that knowledge is power, seizing every opportunity to learn more in order to serve his clients better. He has earned his stripes as a Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), a Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), a Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES), a Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE), and has studied negotiation strategy extensively at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law.

As the author of “Ask David…”, a weekly real estate advice column in the Waterloo Region Record and on TheRecord.com, David welcomes questions from homeowners and freely shares his knowledge in an easy-to-read, down to earth format. The column has been so popular that it now runs in Metroland affiliate papers across Ontario.

A community builder by nature, David has spent a decade hosting “Stuff the Hummer” family events that have raised over 200,000 emergency meals for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region, and also fundraises for OneROOF Youth Services, Hockey Helps the Homeless and Breast Cancer Research. He has been awarded Top Fundraising Agent by Children’s Health Foundation and Children’s Miracle Network three out of the past four years, and donates to these organizations each time his clients buy or sell a property.

 

 

Rob Pearlstone

Partner

+1 (519) 722-2513
rob@goinghome.ca

REALTOR ®

Rob is the knowledgeable Realtor clients choose for his expertise, transparency, and willingness to listen.

Through his 20+ year career in real estate, Rob’s clients have often remarked that his patience, honesty and ability to truly understand their needs are proof of his committment as a Realtor. His warm personality and wealth of knowwledge and instantly put them at ease.

 

Rob graduated from Your University with a degree in Sociology, and later a Post Graduate Degree in Human Resource Management. His career in sales and marketing began in 1997, when an introduction to the idea of property investment launched his real estate career.

Richard Willaert

Partner

+1 (519) 500-1152
richard@goinghome.ca

REALTOR ®, ABR, SRES

Richard is a Full-Time, Full-Service Realtor, a Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE), Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR) & Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES). He serves the tri-cities (Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge) and surrounding areas including New Hamburg, Ayr, St. Jacobs and Elmira.
Having lived and worked in the region for over 20 years, Richard is well acquainted with our many local neighbourhoods. As the former owner of a restaurant and an automotive service shop (who grew up Ontario’s tobacco belt), he brings a unique brand of wisdom coveted by his commercial and rural clients. Richard dedicates countless hours to volunteering. He is an active member of the Kinsmen Club of Kitchener-Waterloo (where he served as President for 3 years) and for the past 4 years has also been a member of the Board of Directors for K-W Habilitation Services. Richard has worked with David on numerous business ventures in the past, which made partnering with the GoingHome Team a natural choice when he brought his real estate practice to Remax Twin City.

Natasha Ahuja

Partner

+1 (548) 883-0005
natasha@goinghome.ca

REALTOR ®

Fluent in English, Hindi and Punjabi, Natasha is a driven, creative, big-picture thinker who knows how to capture attention.

As a full-time Realtor and professional digital marketing strategist with over 100,000 online followers, she’s adept at harnessing the power of the internet for all of her real estate clients.

You may recognize Natasha from KW Titans games at the Aud – she’s the team’s digital marketing manager and an avid basketball fan!

Natasha is a mental health advocate who graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, where she completed her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and excelled as a NCAA Collegiate 400m hurdler and 400m sprinter.

She has also studied negotiation strategy at Harvard Business School.

Wasif Raja

Partner

+1 (647) 401-1115
wasif@goinghome.ca

REALTOR ®

Wasif has always posessed an entrepreneurial mindset and a passion for real estate.

As an avid learner, Wasif’s inquisitive nature allows him to connect with clients, understand their goals, and achieve their real estate dreams. 

Wasif is precise and detail oriented; he holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology and has worked in large Federal and Municipal corporations. Fluent in English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu, he welcomes the opportunity to provide exceptional customer service in all of these languages.

Cole Schooley

Sales Representative

+1 (519) 572-9876
cole@goinghome.ca

Sales Representative, RE/MAX Professionals Realty Inc., Brokerage

Cole has been part of the real estate world from an early age, embracing the opportunity to mentor with his father David while completing his university education.

Cole is studying Criminology and Business at Wilfrid Laurier University while also exploring negotiation strategy at Harvard Business School. Eager to launch his full-time real estate career, he completed his real estate designation at just 19 years of age. 

An avid fitness enthusiast, Cole holds a black belt in Seiwa Kai karate and is a former provincial-level karate athlete. He brings that same determination to real estate, striving to make a lifelong difference in the lives of clients and their families.

Kate Schooley

Marketing & Communication

+1 (519) 579-4110
kate@goinghome.ca

Kate is a former freelance writer and television producer who found her balance juggling marketing, administration and events for the GoingHome Team.

Kate began her career as Supervising Producer at an independent television production company in Toronto. She wrote and produced a variety of travel and lifestyle series for CanWest Global, Outdoor Life and others, the most prolific of which took her on location across the US, Canada and into Europe.

Nearly a decade later, the rigours of travel television gave way to the more predictable lifestyle of a freelance writer, as Kate filled her roster with projects for national corporate clients and a number of area school boards.

These days, Kate manages communications and administration for the team. She has been a driving force behind the “Stuff the Hummer” Campaign, which this year is set to surpass the milestone of 200,000 emergency meals raised for the Food Bank of Waterloo Region.

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