My wife and I are both agents in a fairly average and ordinary neighborhood. We attend church in the local area, and have 12 other members of the congregation who are also real estate agents.
Dilemma : So, who gets the referral when everyone knows everyone?
We have decided to provide service in a different way. Baking and delivering homemade bread. (My mother-in-law would be shocked again). We found a VERY SIMPLE recipe to make bread from scratch, without my bread maker that I gave away 10 years ago.
Who can resist the smell of warm, fresh bread, just out of the oven? We are baking 2-4 loaves at a time, and delivering it in the evenings and on weekends. In fact, we just delivered 4 loaves tonight!
Here is the other good part. We are in escrow with an investment house for a member of our congregation- that was a result of service provided, including our fresh bread. So, why did the family choose us when there were others to pick from? We believe it was due to the service we provided.
My advice: it is very good to give, and sometimes you do receive in return.
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