Racism in DC market

[Jordan Max]

Hello all I am a new agent to the DC. Market. I’ve been an agent for about 8 months now. Unfortunately I haven’t closed any deals or haven’t even been able to land/keep a single client. 

Just to give some background.

I started with apps like Opcity. My first two months I had gained about 30 clients via lead apps like these. When it came down to meeting face to face: me( African American ) them (white), I would get fired after the meeting or they would say they are no longer looking. 

This happened 30 times. So I didn’t give up. I discontinued the use of Opcity since the end users cannot see what the agent looks like. 

I resorted to do hangers( very large hangers from vista print) And they had my face on them. I passed out several thousand of these( by myself) in about 2 days. No phone calls or emails from anyone. 

Has anybody else faced this kind of problem in other markets ?

What should I do? 

Thanks