Anyone can google the best restaurant. Nobody can google which plumber won’t overcharge you or which neighbor has the ladder. That’s local knowledge, and handing it over is the fastest way to make a stranger a neighbor.
Write the New-Neighbor Cheat Sheet
Give the family that just moved in one page of everything it took you years to learn — the honest plumber, the good pizza, trash day, the vet everyone uses, and your phone number at the bottom.
What you'll need
- One page, handwritten or printed
- Your actual recommendations, not the famous ones
Pitfalls
- Keep it to one page. It's a cheat sheet, not a guidebook.
- Put your name and number at the bottom — the sheet is really a way of saying call me.
- Deliver it with your face, not just the mailbox.
Practice hospitality. — Romans 12:13