1. With sales of $33 billion, Long & Foster is the #1 independent, privately-owned broker in the nation.  Long & Foster sells thousands more homes, mortgages, insurance, and title insurance each year than its nearest competitors.
   
2. Quality of Service.  Long & Foster Sales Associates are simply the best in the business.
   
3. Long & Foster has earned a reputation for integrity and professionalism by helping people honestly and fairly for over 35 years.
   
4. Local ownership and management, coupled with superior financial strength and stability, make Long & Foster the real estate company of choice.
   
5. We sell far and away more homes than any other broker - and that's with a 97% Customer Satisfaction rating.
   
6. With over 10,000 Sales Associates, Long & Foster has a veritable army of dedicated professionals working to sell your home.
   
7. Long & Foster's bold, colorful, highly-visible "For-Sale" signs attract maximum buyer interest in your property.
   
8. Our network of nearly 200 residential sales offices blankets the region and ensures dominant market share.
   
9. Your home is guaranteed maximum exposure through Long & Foster's membership in MRIS and other Multiple Listing Services.
   
10. State-of-the-art computer and telecommunications equipment linking every Long & Foster office facilitates every aspect of the home selling and buying transaction.
    
11. Long & Foster's number one source of buyers is the vast pool of referrals from previously-satisfied customers and clients.
    
12. Long & Foster attracts thousands of out-of-town buyers each year through its affiliation with the largest national referral network in the country: RELO, The Leading Real Estate Companies of The World.
    
13. Each year, Long & Foster's World Search teams meet with overseas military and diplomatic corps buyers before they return state side.
    
14. Long & Foster Sales Associates receive thousands of buyer leads each year from its Relocation Division, the largest in the area.
    
15. Additional buyers come from Long & Foster's Crosstown Referrals and Metro Referrals services.
    
16. Long & Foster provides its Sales Associates with unmatched sales support, offering more cutting-edge technology, marketing, and related support services - than any other real estate firm.
    
17. Potential future buyers also come from Long & Foster's huge Residential Property Management Division.
    
18. Buyers benefit from the convenience of one-stop shopping with The Long & Foster Companies: Prosperity Mortgage Company, for mortgages from loan officers on site; Long & Foster Insurance Agency, which can arrange homeowner's insurance as well as other types of insurance, and Mid-States Title Agency for title insurance.  And our Prestige Partners offer top settlement services.
    
19. Our nationally recognized, certified-training programs and seminars keep Long & Foster Sales Associates at the top of their industry.  In fact, our Sales Associates win more top awards than anyone else, and more top producers have transferred to Long & Foster than to any other firm in the area.
    
20. Long & Foster's Web site gives your home maximum exposure, with over 200,000 homes-for-sale online, links to other popular industry Web sites, Virtual Tours, Virtual Agent, and more.

"Quality of Service" is what sets Long & Foster apart from the rest.