I like the suggestions above,  hang around the Home Depot near the furnace/water heater products and see if you can find a guy who does side jobs.  

Look at the cars people drive look if they are hanging out in the day or if it’s a ghost town .

The house that you are planning to buy in St Louis, how would you feel hanging out in that neighborhood and having a barbecue with the neighbors there?

With an open-ended offer hanging out there, the seller's agent is free to fly it like a flag and ask the entire world "who wants to beat this offer!?!"

If you can’t find a single agent at you’re firm that is willing to help then you need to hang your license somewhere else.

I know there some low hanging fruit when it comes to marketing. 

But I wouldn’t get hung up on people’s possible hang ups until you know how the place impacts the street.

It would be a good exercise to do some mystery shopping and tour your competition.Don't worry, it's not as difficult as you may think once you get into the habit of checking your comps for a couple weeks - you'll get the hang quickly.

They would often have fresh killed meat(s) hanging in dry curing cabinets they made & it was very tender.

Right about the time we are ready to hang up the cleats/toolbelt, we have it all just about figured out.