I have been a Realtor near Quantico, Virginia for the last four years and my business has been incredibly successful. My business started out pretty well and grew nicely through the next couple of years. Then a couple of years ago, the market started to go soft and things got tough for a lot of Realtors. My business, however, continued to grow through an awesome referral source we happened upon and then keenly developed.
The initial incident wasn't planned, but just kind of happened. The market had gotten tough and sales were few and far between. I had a client who was a young Marine Corporal, and I was out showing him some townhouses that he might want to purchase. During the day I was out showing him homes, my wife called and asked if she could meet me somewhere to get the checkbook out of my vehicle.
I told her the location of the next home we were going to see and she agreed to meet me there. When we arrived, my wife Dee had not yet arrived, so we went on into the townhouse and began our tour. A few minutes later, Dee called from the front door. I introduced my client, the Marine whose name was Josh to my wife Dee, then excused myself for a moment. Dee and I walked out to my vehicle in the driveway, so she could retrieve the checkbook.
After doing so, Dee and I walked back near the house and talked for a couple of minutes. We talked about how tough finances were getting and she asked if Josh were going to be buying this home? I told her I thought that this was the home he was likely to buy.
She took a look at the checkbook and then looked up at me and said, "Tell him if he buys this house today, I will perform great sexual favors for him." I smiled and said, Ok, right in a joking manner. She said, "I am freaking serious." We both then, heard something and looked up to see that Josh was standing near an open window, easily within earshot of our conversation and looking at us.