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How bad can it be?

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Home Stager with Capital Style Home Staging

Okay, my fellow AR'ers; whaz' up with those of you who use a symbol, graphic, or other "non photo" for marketing yourself on AR and elsewhere? 

I mean, really....I'm 50, with gray hair, bags under my eyes, a nose that's always bothered me, and teeth that could probably use whitening, but I possess the......gaul?  pride?  nerve? chutspah?  peloton? (its Tour de France season and my team's one of the few that hasn't been tossed for doping, so gimme a break, eh?) to post my own picture.  In fact, I posted a picture one of my kids took of me on the way to the grocery store.  How's that for guts?

So, I have to ask:  for those of you who use crayon sketches, watercolors, company logos, pictures of your kids, pets, or alien symbols, how bad can it be?  Are you missing body parts.  Are you beautiful but weren't oft-enough told?  Are you struggling to drop that pesky 10# and don't want the world to know?  Dark roots?  Crooked smile?  Wayne Newton hair? Was your collar tucked the wrong way on one side?  Had you lost one earring?  Ketchup on your chin? Does your mouth do that scroochy thing when you smile like my mother's did?

Come on....dish!  If it's THAT bad, you don't have to SHOW us, but, hey....we're friends.  At least you can TELL us what's bothering you.

Cheers!

Jaynee 

 
Marie Kletke
iNet Realty - Long Beach, CA
Broker - Long Beach Real Estate

LOL.. You look great at 50!  You look like a thirty year old in your photo!  I got my photo on my profile and I don't look over 30 either.  But it's an older photo (circa 1995)! My hair is still the same but not as coifed.  I still have the same facial features and I have not noticed any wrinkles or crow's feet yet.  Only thing bad is the teeth.

Jul 25, 2007 07:32 PM
Todd Murphy
Fitts Agency - Tuscaloosa, AL
Well, look at it this way, they could use the picture that they had made twenty years ago...like a lot of agents I know.  You see them on the street and have no idea who they are!
Jul 25, 2007 09:42 PM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent
LOL at Todd.  You mean twenty years and twenty pounds ago, too.  I've walked right out of a room because I didn't recognize the person I was to be meeting!
Jul 25, 2007 10:20 PM
Jaynee Acevedo
Capital Style Home Staging - Kensington, MD
Capital Style Home Staging

Marie:  Thanks for the compliment, but the glasses take care of the bags and the nose, the shadow takes care of the teeth, and the blessed sun makes the last remaining hints of auburn take center stage.  We're all beautiful.....except under fluorescents.

Todd and Chris Elizabeth:  I agree with you.  The first time I met "one of those Realtors" I thought:  "Who are you? And why did you eat the agent I was supposed to meet".  LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jul 25, 2007 11:54 PM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent
LOL
Jul 26, 2007 12:02 AM
Marie Kletke
iNet Realty - Long Beach, CA
Broker - Long Beach Real Estate
Those darn fluorescents turn everyone green. 
Aug 07, 2007 06:10 PM