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    Mind Blowing Don't strip in your hometown area??? Failsafe rule or not a big deal?

    I haven't lived (or danced) near my hometown for TEN YEARS (ages 16-26) but I JUST MOVED BACK and started dancing. I haven't met anyone from my high school or that knew me as a kid or anything, but I feel that moment is coming soon.

    So the QUESTION is: I want to get into Real Estate. I know it will be a long uphill battle but I figure I have about 3-5 years left in me stripping and can support myself that way, as they say real estate agents need about a year of savings to support themselves when starting out.

    SO ANYWAY am I going to run into the husbands of the couples that are calling me up to see houses? Yes it's possible. Am I going to run advertising with MY FACE in it which will cause people recognize me in the club and say "Are you in Real Estate? Hmm isn't it a bad idea to be doing this then?" I don't know, big possibility. I want my extra stripping money to buy me some primo bench space advertising damnit!!

    SHOULD I DO IT? Or just try and get a bartending job where at least there I won't feel weird about handing out my other business card and talking about the housing market. Even though there are wealthy home-buyers or sellers walking into the strip club, I can't cross those two like I'd be wanting to. I still want to strip- I love the flexibility and the cold hard cash in my hand at the end of the night, but I just have second thoughts about being a house dancer, there more than just fri/sat.

    My other option would be start wearing a medium length blonde wig at work all the time, which I think will make me look old and hookery on some days but at least it would take my chances of being recognized down. But thats annoying when you're real hair is super long and you grew it out for the express purpose of attracting people to get dances!

    Or just travel the 8 hours to vegas/LA? Meaning finding temporary housing, dog sitting, and possibly missing calls and appointments from potential clients while I'm out of town.

    ANy thoughts, ideas, warnings, suggestions, optimistic cheering appreciated I am just so so so so ready to start working on a positive "out" for myself but it feels like Real Estate is at direct odds with continuing to be a stripper. but I need the money. ack.
    I just feel like I have a fresh start up here because nobody knows me as a stripper, like people on FB that live here that are getting married, will need a real estate agent soon etc. I don't want to establish myself as a dancer here I want them to think I was gone for awhile or whatever and now I'm back with this Real Estate spheel

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    Default Re: Don't strip in your hometown area??? Failsafe rule or not a big deal?

    Why don't you just cut your hair for the real estate photos and wear looooonnnngggg extensions at work. Or, you can change your natural hair texture for one of the jobs: I have big curly hippy hair, but wear it smoothed with some waves at work. That in combination with the extensions and heavy make-up should help. And if anyone asks, deny, deny, deny. I don't know how big your hometown is, I hope it's big enough to justify you having a kind of stripper doppleganger as a back-up? Or dance a little bit outside your hometown but not so far that you have to take huge long trips. Can you work on finding a club that's about an hour away, because that would probably work perfectly!

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    Default Re: Don't strip in your hometown area??? Failsafe rule or not a big deal?

    I strip in the town I live in. I was also a teacher, but don't plan on teaching here anymore. But if your town is large enough, it shouldn't be a problem if you change your appearence enough with make up and different hairstyles. But when you take your business photo, make sure your makeup and hair are different. Maybe you can wear false glasses at your work as well, or colored contacts? A wig or extensions can do wonders as well.

    I don't think stripping and real estate are at such odds though. You could probably meet some good clients that way, I would think. But if it's your family or close youre worried about, I wouldn't mix the two then. IDK much about the real estate business, though.

    Either way, I would find a club slightly on the outskirts of your town, or in the next city over, wear your hair in a different style from when you do your real estate work (maybe wear your hair up at work?), change your makeup, glasses, colored contacts, etc.
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    Default Re: Don't strip in your hometown area??? Failsafe rule or not a big deal?

    Yes thank you! Good idea! But I could never cut my real hair just to get fake extensions. Yet you are spot on with the slight-disguise idea. I feel really great because while I was in the bath just now I decided that I must BE LIKE SUPERMAN just always wear my hair UP for work and keep my glasses on, in fact: GET CHUNKIER glasses. I only need them for driving, so I went with very delicate almost frameless ones. If I had dorkier or what some people see as "sassier" glasses it immediately makes me look like a late-20's early-30's has-her-shit-together kind of chick. Plus a little less threatening for husband/wife couples to go with an agent who doesn't have such a girl-next-door thing going on. I normally could pass for a 21-24 sporty or stonerish college chick but I have just really outgrown this look, I want to older, dowdier and very un-sexy. Just full of information and helpfullness Luckily I never went for the DDs I wanted and have literally just big B implants, very easy to downplay my figure you know?

    And yeah my hometown is 1 hour away and much smaller, but I was planning to cover a real estate market stretching all the way through there. You know, I'm young, no kids, and can really put myself out there driving far distances to meet people. I guess 100 miles of commute might seem crazy for some but I'm willing to spread myself thin at first to get some business, ANY business! I may eventually want to live closer to where I am doing the most real estate business and travel for the stripping that makes more sense.

    I feel so good right now. I don't know why I thought I was going to let this hold me back! I just throw obstacles at myself like that all the time. I have this perfect opportunity to keep earning money as a stripper while I apply myself to learning a new career that I can be in for 3x as long as my dancing career was.

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    Default Re: Don't strip in your hometown area??? Failsafe rule or not a big deal?

    papillionluvr- thank you I was typing my response at the same time you were but you said the same thing I did about hair up and glasses during the day vs. hair down and fake lashes etc at night. lol.

    The only other problem I can forsee is that my dad has been a developer, landlord, and ran a construction company in this area for the last 30 years and we have a very unique last name. I can drop his name to a point, saying I witnessed him buying/selling/rennovating/renting and got a feel for the industry during my younger years BUT he has also burned bridges with county officials, had lawsuits and probably countless personal disputes as well as he is hard to get along with.

    He has been completely unsupportive of almost everything I have tried to do in my life so I'm not expecting him to hand over his contact list right away. But I think overall his being in the community will be a boon to me because eventually he WILL be proud of me when I stick to it for a couple years and thats how real estate agents really build their business: word of mouth and personal referrals. The bus bench ads are just to jog your memory like "Oh yeah she must be somewhat reputable I've seen her face around.... hmmm"

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    Default Re: Don't strip in your hometown area??? Failsafe rule or not a big deal?

    I was going to say go for the disguise too, but with the additional information you added I think you should work away from town. Strip clubs are good for networking for real estate agents. I know several stripper turned real estate brokers who used their customer base as a dancer to network. With your father being known and your familial name I don't think it will be easy for it not to spread that you are dancing which might make it harder for you depending on the size of the town. I danced in my hometown, but when I did it to start I lived in another state and made weekend trips. After I danced there full time and lived there it just seemed like one day every single person I knew knew. But, I only ever ran into ppl from school like twice. I'm from a big city, but I know ppl run their mouth because my friend's 10 yr old daughter asked me one day if it was true I was a stripper? Obviously I was being discussed and she heard it because her mom and I do not see each other often or live near one another and her mother has always known so it wasn't her.
    Thank Goodness I smartened up! The old me is dead and gone.

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    Default Re: Don't strip in your hometown area??? Failsafe rule or not a big deal?

    Hannah Montana highlights!!! lolololol

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    A wig and dark eyeshadow will be your friends.
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    Default Re: Don't strip in your hometown area??? Failsafe rule or not a big deal?

    I really think you should go to a club at least an hour away. 1.5 hours is even better.

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    Default Re: Don't strip in your hometown area??? Failsafe rule or not a big deal?

    Quote Originally Posted by peachplumpear View Post
    I haven't met anyone from my high school or that knew me as a kid or anything, but I feel that moment is coming soon.
    the moment WILL happen...it is only a matter of time...the odds are stacked against you

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    Weirdly enough it actually happened to me twice more than 500 miles from my home. My best friend's uncle came in and said he "looks at the menu but never orders" then he changed his story and sometimes he orders but doesn't taste? He was asking me for a dance! wtf? I had been to their house to lay out by the pool and everything, even met his wife!!! I was so creeped out almost like he was MY uncle. And then this rockstar-ish punker guy and his crew/entourage came in and he was in my social group growing up, went to a lot of the same stuff so luckily I wasn't dressed when I saw them and just left right away. Was so many of them, not worth it for me.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by peachplumpear View Post
    Weirdly enough it actually happened to me twice more than 500 miles from my home. My best friend's uncle came in and said he "looks at the menu but never orders" then he changed his story and sometimes he orders but doesn't taste? wtf? I was so creeped out almost like he was MY uncle/ And then this rockstar-ish guy and his crew/entourage came in and he was in my social group growing up, went to a lot of the same stuff so luckily I wasn't dressed when I saw them and just left right away. Was so many of them, not worth it for me.....
    Wait you mean you WERE dressed?
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    @Peach
    I'm in your exact same situation. I'm a real estate broker who needed a little extra cash to keep things going during this down cycle. My face is all over my town in advertising ads ect. I new it would be a risk but thought I would dance for a month make the money I needed and get out. Well I took the chance and was recognized first night on the job. Truth is it's helped and hurt. Some people are really low key about it and some clients have dropped me.

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    PPP, can I ask you why Real Estate and not Insurance? I was trying to decide between the two back in 2008, and I went with Insurance. It's a three day class and test, vs. I think of month of classes for Real Estate. Also, there are like zero hot girls who sell Insurance and a million (actually a huge percentage of ex strippers also!) who are in Real Estate. Something to think about..... also with Insurance you build a residual income for life!
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