Winnipeg Free Press Success and sorrow After nearly three decades in the industry — and a shocking personal tragedy last year — Kourosh Doustshenas has taken the helm of the Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board MIKE SUDOMA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS “The fundamentals never change. We’re here to help people make smart choices and, fundamentally, to serve our clients,” says newly elected Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board president Kourosh Doustshenas. Almost 30 years ago, real estate agent Kourosh Doustshenas made an important move: he came to Winnipeg alone in 1989, from India via Iran, a country he left during its revolution a decade earlier.