Meet The Moss Haedrich Team: The Raining Realtors of Keller Williams, Annapolis
April 18th, 2008 Categories: Fun Fridays
On The Surface, This Photo Would Appear to be Nothing More Than Six Foolish Keller Williams Real Estate Agents Standing in an Annapolis Rain. But There’s More Here Than Meets the Eye.
Fridays - you may know – are for fun on our blog, and this photo qualified nicely.
A little back story: For a couple of months now we’ve been talking about the idea of an official team photo for this, our new blog, something we can park permanently on our “About” page. Much discussion has ensued. Should we do this in a studio? Or outside, in front of our sign, for a more “natural” look? Do we color coordinate, or sort of do our own thing, dresswise? Ties or no ties?
These are not easy choices, especially when you are a business and you want to project a certain image. Image is important, as you know. Just look at what the presidential candidates are going through at the moment. Hillary Clinton is trying her darnedest to look like a regular Jane, knocking back whiskey with the boys. Obama has taken to bowling and cracking jokes on late night television, doing his best to show voters he’s non-elitist. It’s all about image.
Which is why I’m posting this photo without the consent of my team, knowing full well that the ladies on our team would not approve. To be sure, it is starting to rain; look at Jeremiah’s jacket, to the far right. We did not, by the way, wait for the rain to shoot this; it simply followed us to the appointed hour. Anyway, there we are seconds away from bolting for the door of our office, and doing our best not to look like it.
The ladies – Kathy, Bev, Carol and Nikki – would tell me the rain has ruined their
hair. And that in his haste to take the shot, the photographer – our colleague Paul Bowling – has exposed the fact that our pants don’t match. Horrors.
All true, perhaps. But besides being the best shot in which everyone had their eyes open, I like this photo because our smiles are a revealing counterpoint to some of the heavy-handed negativity in the media about the dire straights of the real estate market and its effect on Realtors.
Those smiles speak volumes about how much we enjoy this business, working with one another and with our great clients. Those smiles say: don’t believe everything you read in the press. Homes are indeed selling, just ask our clients. And buyers are buying, waking up to the awesome opportunities out there.
Has the market shifted? Yes, it has. But we’re smiling because Keller Williams provides ongoing education and training to keep us at the top of our game in these challenging times. Our clients are the beneficiaries.
Anyway, maybe down the road we’ll post something drier and more professional. For now at least, the wet look is in.
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