shakin' hands & kissin' babies Macwire, you have to promote yourself, flyers to the area GC's, realtors, etc....the 'new kid on the block'

after the ice is broken, you can decide on direction of either service work or contracts.

service work takes more advertizing IMHO, and you need to be Jonny on the spot, as well as fluent in DIY, Martian..(et all)