Rudy is a legendary real estate expert with extensive experience in timber cruising, appraising, property acquisition, land development and strategic marketing. There is little Rudy has not marketed, sold, purchased or appraised in the past 40 years. His areas of expertise include ranches, farms, ocean and fresh water resorts and timber properties and he holds a diploma in Appraising from the University of British Columbia. Rudy and his team of specialists bring extensive expertise and passion for recreational real estate and have a keen ability to identify a vision for the highest and best use of the property.

Though Dean has been a part of NIHO since 1972 when his father Rudy took him out as a child to NIHO’s first property (9 Islands in the Fraser River near Dome Creek), he has been actively working in NIHO since 1981. With close to 3 decades of experience in the buying, developing and marketing of rural real estate in British Columbia, Dean spearheads the subdivision and development of many of NIHO’s prime property holdings. Dean has a marketing degree from Simon Fraser University and is actively involved in NIHO’s marketing strategy and web marketing program. During the 1980’s and 1990’s his primary role was the managing of NIHO’s timber operations including timber cruising, site development, road construction and timber harvesting. Dean has worked with various international clients from the Tourism and Real Estate industries developing marketing and web marketing programs.