jennifer rager: Rental Market Surging - 05/08/08 01:28 PM
The Rental Market is Surging At Showhomes, we place Home Managers in vacant homes for sale and use a mix of their furniture and our inventory to stage the home. The Home Manager gets to live in a mansion for a really low monthly fee and the home owner gets an occupied … (4 comments)
jennifer rager: What does Staging Mean? - 05/07/08 04:36 PM
At Showhomes, we refer to our company as America's largest home staging company. We earned this right by staging well over 25,000 homes and contiuning to stage thousands of homes all over the country as we grow. As a pioneer in the 'staging' industry, we define staging as: "adding furniture, accessories and art … (8 comments)
jennifer rager: Showhomes Featured on CNN - 05/07/08 01:27 PM
If you are watching CNN today, Showhomes was featued in conjuntion with a Money Magazine article: http://money.cnn.com/video/#/video/moneymag/2008/05/06/money.foreclosure.special.mansion.moneymag This is a 4 minute clip interviewing an Orange County Home Manager for Showhomes. This Home Manager, Jim Fisher, has been with us for 2 years and plans to be with us for a while longer … (5 comments)
jennifer rager: Money Magazine feature on Showhomes drops today - 05/06/08 09:17 AM
Money magazine ships its June, 2008 issue today. Showhomes, America's largest home staging company, is featured in this issue! This resulted from some of our PR and blog entries. Active Rain works! In addition to the Money magazine article, CNN is airing a new feature on Showhomes today. I don't have the … (1 comments)
jennifer rager: Staging featured in LA Times - 05/03/08 01:35 PM
The LA Times wrote and article on using Home Managers to stage high end vacant homes today: House Sitting on a Grand Scale
Forget staging -- the latest weapon in the savvy seller's arsenal is the home manager. It's a sweet deal for both sides: Owners get occupants … (0 comments)
jennifer rager: Are your employees Engaged? - 05/02/08 11:13 AM
I saw this on a blog and its good food for thought... Twenty-six years after publication of The One Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard has written The One Minute Entrepreneur. Blanchard, co-founder of an eponymous, 300-employee consulting firm in Escondido, California, spoke with editor Mike Hofman about leadership and fair pay. Your new … (1 comments)
jennifer rager: Blast from the Past - 05/01/08 01:14 PM
I uploaded this video from the Travel Channel about Showhomes.
In 2001, the Travel Channel did an article on Showhomes as part of a lifestyles of the rich and famous series. This show has been in continuous rotations since and every time it runs, I get a flood of phone calls. … (2 comments)
jennifer rager: Passing the 10,000 point mark - 04/10/08 09:51 AM
Hey, we passed the 10,000 point mark on Active Rain! I've enjoyed blogging about Showhomes and Home Staging and I really appreciate all the wonderful comments I've received on blog posts and via email from others in the Home Staging Industry!
Its been good to build awareness of our company and … (0 comments)
jennifer rager: Showhomes to Exhibit at the International Franchise Expo in Washington DC - 04/08/08 12:10 PM
Showhomes to Exhibit at the International Franchise Expo in Washington DC Nashville, TN <April 8th> Showhomes, a Nashville based home staging franchise company, will be exhibiting at the 17th Annual International Franchise Expo. The expo will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC, April 11-13, … (0 comments)
jennifer rager: How many sneakers a year do you buy? - 04/03/08 08:26 AM
I read this article today: "Always buying sneakers? It's the sign of a leader: poll Tue Apr 1, 9:50 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Got a passion for buying sneakers? It could be a good sign, with a poll finding that people who buy three pairs of sneakers or … (34 comments)
jennifer rager: 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)
jennifer rager: 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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