ENJOY THE SERVICES OF LOCAL MERCHANTS - "Where everybody knows your name."
I love local friendly service providers like banks, landscapers, restaurants, Post Office employees, mail shops such as UPS / FedEx, local computer service companies, plumbers, electricians, and others. Local business people are always ready to help a fellow business person and, once they know you, will help make your life easier when you need services and eventually will lead to business. In fact, having a roster of friendly, helpful service providers is a wonderful resource for home buyers and sellers. Buyers and sellers have been asking me for service recommendations since I started selling real estate. If I have experience with a service provider, they go in to my computer and they get my business and my client's business. Once these merchants and service providers get to know you, you'll get not only good service, but special service. I love special service. Local businesses in Lovettsville are recommended because of personal experience.
MY LOCAL BANK SUPPORTS DEPOSITORS
The bank where I have my Homefinders.com operating account and trust account is a friendly place, indeed. Not only do they know my name, they always go out of their way to accommodate my needs in a friendly and efficient manner. Let's face it, as the owner of a real estate company, having a local bank that is there to help when they can surely makes my life a lot easier.
ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER
I'm going to give a shameless plug for my local bank, the Marcantile Potomac Bank. The branches I use are the Germantown Branch in Montgomery County, Maryland and the Purcellville Branch in Loudoun County, Virginia. Not that other banks are not equally as friendly and helpful, which they surely are and I'm sure many RAINERS can recommend their local banks.
HOMEFINDERS.COM IS THE "LOCAL BUSINESS OF THE MONTH"
The Mercantile Potomac Bank in Purcellville offered me an opportunity to participate in their "Local Business of the Month" promotion for April, 2007. Well, of course, I accepted. I had seen other local merchants and businesses display in the bank and admired the bank for featuring local businesses. So, April was my month and I was ready. The display is placed in the middle of the bank lobby and, in order to get to the tellers, a bank customer can't miss the display. Clever, indeed.
HOMEFINDERS.COM - BUSINESS OF THE MONTH
The display has Homefinders.com promotional brochures, business cards, Homefinders.com pens, Homefinders.com note pads and, of course and a supply of candy which has been consumed at a rate that I wouldn't have predicted. Every other day or so when I go in to make a deposit, I bring another 2-3 bags of candy and it goes. My theory is that every customer of Mercantile Bank who has taken candy from the display will think about Homefinders.com when they need real estate services in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Support local merchants and they will support you.
Purcellville is a very friendly place.
Loudoun County real estate, Purcellville real estate
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Lenn: We believe in supporting our local neighborhood businesses—unfortunately, many have been put out of business by the
(usual suspects) big-box operations. We are fortunate that we still have many fine businesses: non-chain restaurants, hardware store (singular—lone survivor of several), print shops, coffee shops, a micro-brewery, and a medium sized brewery, Summit (very high quality European style beers). We shop & do business locally first!
Jay