Below is a cut-and-paste of a section of a referral email a realtor sent a colleague regarding a deal we just closed together and your humble correspondent. It’s brief, but I was flattered and thought others deserved to see it.

I wanted to take a moment to e-introduce you to Nicholas
James, Founder and CEO of OCF Financial down in Miami
near you and Ive ccd him here.
Nicholas and I have met recently because we were both
working the buy of a dear set of mutual friends.
He was lender, and I was agent.
The loan was NOT an easy one, and ran full spectrum of
challenges.
Nicholas pulled it off with grace and style, and we closed
on time last Friday.
He specializes in the hard to close loans down in Miami,
and knowing what I do about your market I believe he
could prove to be a great asset for you.
I suggest you guys meet for lunch soon to talk about it.