Brian Torry, Toronto real estate broker

Meet Brian

Brian Torry

Broker

A steady hand for complex real estate decisions, brokerage operations, and the standards that protect both clients and professionals.

Brian brings a rare combination of operational discipline, regulatory fluency, and people-first leadership to every part of his work. His approach is thoughtful, practical, and grounded in earning trust over the long term.

Experience

Built for clarity, care, and confidence.

National Brokerage Leadership

Compliance built for modern real estate

Leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive compliance framework spanning FINTRAC, DNCL, PIPEDA, PRECs, and regulatory oversight for a national brokerage start-up. The work focuses on modernizing compliance through automation and AI-enabled tools, while creating standardized SOPs and workflows that bring consistency, accountability, and operational efficiency throughout the brokerage.

Operations & Regulation

Calm, ethical leadership at scale

Led brokerage operations across six provinces, managing cross-functional teams and ensuring compliance with provincial regulations. Spearheaded national policy alignment, operational restructuring, and the integration of AI-enabled systems and CRM tools to improve efficiency and service delivery. Coordinated with regulators, overseeing audits and driving compliance enhancements while building trust across internal and external stakeholders.

Legal & Compliance Advisory

Practical guidance when it matters

Provided experienced leadership and oversight of company regulatory, legal, and compliance responsibilities at every level of organized real estate and government. Advised agents on offer situations, potential legal issues, clause creation, and contract review. Created and implemented a new FINTRAC policy and training regime, culminating in the successful completion of a FINTRAC compliance examination by the regulatory board.

General Manager

Growing a brokerage with purpose.

April 2014 – May 2018 · 290 Merton St., Toronto

Brian provided oversight and leadership for a mid-sized brokerage and its day-to-day operations, ensuring growth and profitability targets were achieved while increasing revenue and unit sales every year.

He doubled the number of branches, increased agent count by 20%, and expanded the company to Niagara and Port Hope. He implemented a digital deal management system and centralized deal processing and administration, creating significant efficiencies and 30% labour savings.

He also developed corporate and branch budgets, facilitated annual strategic planning sessions, chaired management committee meetings, and created a company Code of Conduct to raise awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Throughout it all, he shepherded the generational transition of a family company during a period of growth.

Service

Leadership beyond the office.

  • Chair, Professional Development Committee | 2021–2022
  • Chair, Governance Task Force | 2020–2021
  • Chair, Government Relations Committee | 2019–2021
  • Chair, Professional Development Committee | 2018–2019
  • Chair, Consumer Relations Committee | 2017–2018
  • Vice-chair, Finance Committee | 2017–2018

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