Destined to Design: A Realtor and Mother Takes Control of Her Life and Future - 03/28/08 10:47 AM
Destined to Design: A Realtor and Mother Takes Control of Her Life and Future
Showhomes is a great example of an ideal business for women who want to enjoy both their family and the rewards of owning a thriving business. Showhomes enabled Barbara Bliss of Lake Forest, IL to find this … (5 comments)
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Now I have a Camera, What Software Do I Need? - 03/28/08 07:43 AM
Now I have a Camera, What Software Do I Need?
So, you've done it: you've gone out and purchased your new wide angle digital camera to take photos of your homes. You need high quality images of your work for your portfolio because just like in staging 'It's all about presentation."
Most … (11 comments)
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A great basic Staging from Minneapolis - 03/27/08 08:04 AM
A great basic staging from Minneapolis
See also:
Minneapolis Home Stager Earns National Top Design Award – 2 Years in a Row
Cindy Montgomery, our 2007 Design Award Winner emailed me these photos of a home she staged last week. As usual, even with basic items, she works magic! I especially liked … (4 comments)
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Chicago Success Story - 03/26/08 12:30 PM
Chicago Staging Success Story
Chicago Showhomes franchise owner Barbara Bliss, the one who compiled the wonderful staging stats for her market, emailed this success story about a recent Lake Forest home she staged which sold for $1,120,000 - just a bit shy of its $1,199,000 list price.If that were not enough, … (3 comments)
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Offbeat Occupation : Staging company turns a house into a Showhome - 03/26/08 10:47 AM
Offbeat Occupation : Staging company turns a house into a ShowhomeSignal Tribune Newspaper, Long Beach, CA features Showhomes - Orange County
March 20th, 2008 By Heather Posey, Staff Writer
After several years of success, real estate markets all across the country have slowed to a trickle of what they had been … (1 comments)
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Jacksonville Home Stager Spotlight - 03/26/08 10:42 AM
Jacksonville Home Stager Spotlight
Working for a Home Staging company with a national brand and footprint is wonderful: I get to travel often and I get to see thousands of staged homes all over the country. Not only is it educational - those of us who are true staging junkies never … (4 comments)
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Showhomes Staging Case Study - 03/25/08 12:59 PM
Showhomes produces market case study for staging
Showhomes North Shore, a Chicago area franchise owned by home stager Barbara Bliss recently completed a case study comparing homes in the North Shore area of Chicago that had used Showhomes against homes that didn't use Showhomes. The results are eye-opening!
Barbara tracked 18 … (5 comments)
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Showhomes Home Stager Joins Extreme Makeover Crew - 03/24/08 01:43 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 3-23-08
SHOWHOMES WORKS WITH ABC’S EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME ADDITION IN NEW ORLEANS TO REBUILD THE HOME OF THE USEA’S America’s Largest Home Staging Company Works with ABC-TV Extreme Makeover: Home Addition to Build a Home in Just One Week.
New Orleans, LA – New Orleans … (7 comments)
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Five Essential Tips for Selling your Vacant Home - 03/21/08 10:44 AM
Five Essential Tips for Selling your Vacant Home
Showhomes shows home sellers how to make a good first impression
Nashville, TN <March 20th, 2008> -- Whether you are getting ready for a job interview, preparing to meet someone special for the first time, or selling your home – first impressions … (10 comments)
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Great CA Staging Success Story - 03/20/08 01:39 PM
Great Success Story with Whole House Staging and a Home Manager
This home sale was from last year but I thought it was such a great success story, I'd post it here for everyone to see.
Beth George, our Orange County CA franchise owner has been on the frontlines of staging … (0 comments)
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Best Camera for Home Stagers - 03/19/08 04:08 PM
Best Camera for Home Stagers!
Face it: Home Staging and real estate in general are visual businesses. The better your photographs are, the more likely you will connect with your customers in meaningful ways.
At Showhomes we teach photography skills - lighting, composition and the basics of controlling the camera. Luckily for us, … (21 comments)
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Newest Staging Success - 03/19/08 02:27 PM
This Nashville home sat on the market for over 10 months and had been on and off the market for the past 9 years (that's right - 9!)
The home owner and Realtor heard about other recent Showhomes sales in the Nashville area and consulted with Showhomes. The home owner … (13 comments)
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Showhomes releases new E-Book for Franchise Sales - 03/18/08 10:12 AM
Showhomes released a new e-book for franchise sales:
http://showhomes.dublinblue.com/CoverOne/ShowHomes_CoverOne.htm
Take a look and let us know what you think. The new e-book explains about Showhomes and gives lots of detail on our rapidly growing business. Showhomes is a mix of pure staging and using live in Home Managers to stage … (2 comments)
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Remax Tells Agents to Stage, Stage, Stage - 03/18/08 09:05 AM
Judy Pokorny, the franchise owner of Showhomes - Toledo emailed me this:
"RE/MAX announced to all their agents at their national convention, if they weren't staging vacant houses, they weren't doing their job. Dave Lininger told the agents to cash in 401 K's to fund staging if they had to, but get … (22 comments)
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Showhomes Home Staging Featured on CBS in Minneapolis - 03/17/08 11:16 AM
Showhomes Home Staging Featured on CBS in Minneapolis
To View the Video Clip, click here:
http://wcco.com/video/?id=34255@wcco.dayport.com
Home Managers Could Help Your Home Sell Faster http://www.showhomesminneapolis.com/
With the housing market in a slump, home sellers are looking for new ways to stand out and some are turning to house managers to transform their properties.
House … (0 comments)
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Are Vacant Homes Black Holes That Suck the Life Out of their Own Sales? - 03/17/08 10:21 AM
Here is a great blog post from our Showhomes company forum posted by Milwaukee Home Stager Donna Muelver:
>>This is an article regarding a 2007 blog from USA Today that I thought was still relevant in the market today:
Photos in this blog are from Showhomes Ft Myers / Naples, FL staged by … (14 comments)
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Staging sells 1.4 million Dollar Spec Home Despite 3 Year Supply of Homes - 03/17/08 09:27 AM
Showhomes Middle Tennessee helps sell a $1.4 million dollar spec home for Ernst Builders on Old Hickory Lake
Ernst Builders, one of Nashville's premier builders, has been busy building out Fairvue Plantation north of Nashville. With the slowing real estate market, there is currently a 3 year supply of spec homes in … (0 comments)
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Query about Live In Home Managers as 'Alternative Staging" - 03/14/08 12:05 PM
Connie Tebyani, a home stager from Calabasas, CA posted this on her blog today:
Alternative "staging" - but it's kind-of creeping me out... Realtors, have you dealt with this? I was contacted today by a gentleman with an interesting proposition which I do not have experience dealing with.
He stated that … (1 comments)
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$3.6 Million Dollar Home Sells in less than 90 Days - 03/14/08 09:49 AM
Another Showhomes' Success $3.6 Million home sells in less than 90 days after a year on the market. Showhomes has been staging in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley for the past decade and Showhomes franchise owner Kathy Haase has won our Franchise of the Year Award in 2004 and 2005. Her … (0 comments)
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Showhomes Middle Tennessee Sells Another - 03/13/08 10:53 AM
Showhomes Middle Tennessee has had a string of quick sales successes. Here is the most recent:
This 1.5 million dollar home sold to the first person who looked at it after 15 months on the market. The builder consulted with Showhomes and used a trained Home Manager to help stage … (6 comments)
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Homes for Sale Converting to Rentals - 03/13/08 09:12 AM
Are you seeing this in your market?
We have had a run in the last quarter of cash-strapped homeowners deciding to pull their homes for sale off the market and convert them to rentals. This has happened even when the homes are beautifully staged and are getting showings.
We find this happening in … (5 comments)
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Response to Beth Incorvati's Post on Staging Certification - 03/13/08 08:49 AM
Beth Incorvati posted this ealier today and it struck a chord with me:
>>Sayyyy....WHAT???
I'm really fired up about this!A rookie agent in my office approached me the other day to ask me about the staging services I provide my Sellers (agents, don't stop reading if you're not a stager - … (0 comments)
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Showhomes Posts Double Digit Growth for 2007 - 03/13/08 07:35 AM
Showhomes Calls Business 'Shining Success Story' NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(March 13)--After several years of an amazing boom, real estate markets allacross the country have slowed to a trickle of what they had been inprevious years. Homes have become much harder to sell, there are morehomes on the market than at any time in … (8 comments)
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Pensacola / Destin Showhomes Home Staging Franchise Wins Best New Franchise Award for 2007 - 03/13/08 07:21 AM
Pensacola/Destin Franchise Earns
Showhomes 2007 Best New Franchise Award
Nashville, TN <March 13, 2008> -- Recently, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded the best actors in the film industry for their significant accomplishments over the last year. Approximately 40 million people tuned in to see who … (0 comments)
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Showhomes New Orleans Participates in Extreme Makeover - 03/12/08 04:03 PM
Showhomes is pleased to announce that our New Orleans franchise owner, Hudson Wolfe has been asked to participate in the filming of 'Extreme Makeover'.
Wolfe, who has lots of staging and home makeover experience, will be contributing to the construction crews on a volunteer basis. "I'm excited about this project," says … (1 comments)
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New Craigslist Scam - 03/12/08 03:56 PM
New Craigslist scam preys on renters, realtors 12:43 PM PDT on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 By ERIC WILKINSON / KING 5 News SEATTLE – It looks like another scam is hitting Craigslist. This one is preying upon renters and realtors.
Marlow Harris has been in real estate for more than … (6 comments)
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Showhomes Releases Home Sales Results for 2007 - 03/11/08 01:18 PM
Showhomes, America's Largest Home Staging Company, released its annual home sales results for 2007:
Showhomes 25 offices helped home owners and their Realtors sell 209 homes with an average list price of $850,000 in 2007 totaling over $192 Million.
In most markets, Showhomes helped its home owners and Realtors beat local … (1 comments)
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Minneapolis Home Stager Earns National Top Design Award – 2 Years in a Row - 03/11/08 10:50 AM
Minneapolis Home Stager Earns National Top Design Award –
Two Years in a Row!
Nashville, TN (Grassroots Newswire) <March 11> -- NASA-funded scientists have proven that lightening really can strike the same place twice. The chance of this happening though is still a very rare occurrence. But earning … (0 comments)
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Little Rock Home Staging Franchise Named 2007 Franchise of the Year - 03/10/08 03:55 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Thomas Scott
Director of Operations
Showhomes Franchise Corporation
(615) 483-4923
tscott@showhomes.com
Central Arkansas Franchise Earns
2007 Showhomes Franchise of the Year Award
Nashville, TN <Feb 29, 2008> -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes the … (1 comments)
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Showhomes Gets Results - 03/10/08 03:51 PM
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(Business Wire)--After several years of an amazing boom, real estate markets allacross the country have slowed to a trickle of what they had been inprevious years. Homes have become much harder to sell, there are morehomes on the market than at any time in history and these homes aretaking far … (1 comments)
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