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What the client receives, by text from Ellen’s own phone

Ellen Vance · Today 4:12 PMKaren, I keep a short list of the people I actually use and trust. Attorney, CPA, insurance, a builder, a few others. I only send it to a handful of clients and you’re one of them. Save this. You’ll want it one day.

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Ellen Vance’s trusted list

“Over twenty-two years I have watched clients get very good advice and very bad advice. These are the ones I send my own family to. If any of them ever disappoints you, tell me and I will take them off this list.”

Estate and trust law

Brannigan Estate Law

Peter Brannigan · Downtown

I have sent eleven families to Peter over nine years. He explains a trust the way you would explain it to your own mother, and he has never tried to sell anyone something they did not need.

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Tax and accounting

Brightwater CPA Group

Anne Brightwater · Westfield

Anne is the only accountant I know who calls in October instead of March. If you have a business, a rental, or anything with a K-1 attached to it, start with her.

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Property and casualty insurance

Kestrel Insurance Group

Marcus Ilunga · Northgate

Two of my clients have had bad losses in the last three years. Marcus answered the phone both times on a weekend and had an adjuster out inside forty-eight hours.

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Residential real estate

Corbin & Rowe

Jenna Rowe · Countywide

Jenna talked a client of mine out of a house last spring. She lost the commission and kept the relationship. I have referred her four times since.

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Business sale and valuation

Ardmore Advisory

Sam Ardmore · Downtown

If you are within five years of selling your company, talk to Sam now rather than then. The work that raises the number happens years before the offer arrives.

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Building and renovation

Whitfield Building Co.

Ray Whitfield · Countywide

Ray did my own kitchen. He came in eight days late and exactly on budget, and he told me about the delay three weeks before it happened.

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