Jack Hungelmann, an insurance industry expert and author of the bestselling ‘Insurance for Dummies’ book, recently published an online article about the issues owners of vacant homes have with homeowner’s insurance.
In his article: “Showhomes” Solves the Coverage Problems of Home Vacancy“, Hunglemann had this to say about Showhomes:
How Showhomes Works
Showhomes solves both the vacancy [...]
Pat Hermann poses before the mansion she stages in Minnetonka, Minn. AP
Steve Ladurantaye, Real Estate Reporter
Globe and Mail
Forget fresh flowers and percolating coffee, human stagers are where it’s at in the tough, high-end U.S. home market
Patricia Hermann is the ultimate house sitter.
In the past four years, she has lived in six monster homes in Minnesota, [...]
June 03, 2010 — TAMPA – FOX 13 News: Selling a home in today’s economy isn’t easy, but there are ways to speed up the process.
The last two years have been a rollercoaster ride Jim and Nancy Ward. They have been realtors in the Bay Area for nearly 16 years, having gone through the [...]
Former Lake Forest Realtor uses staging to drive home sales
Nashville – Showhomes, a national home staging franchise, awarded its Chicago North Shore – Barrington location its coveted Franchise of the Year Award for 2010.
Showhomes recognized the North Shore – Barrington location because “it excels in home staging, maintains the highest standard of quality, has shown [...]
Judy and Matt Pokorny, owners of Showhomes Home Staging in Toledo, OH were recently featured on the local ABC affiliate in Toledo. Showhomes garnered this piece through its PR efforts paid for by the national ad fund. Showhomes has one of the most successful PR campaigns in franchising and our franchisees get strong returns on [...]
One of the keys to any successful business is Momentum.
At Showhomes Home Staging, we have a tradition of celebrating wins by ringing bells. We do this when we add new franchise owners, we do it when we contract new homes to stage, we do it when we move in our live-in home stagers and we [...]
By Tom Bailey Jr. / Memphis Commercial Appeal
May 5, 2010
About a year ago, the same Brandi Jackson left a $700,000 home in Collierville’s Braystone neighborhood after living in luxury there just 30 days.
Photo by Karen Pulfer Focht / Memphis Commercial Appeal After a successful staging, Brandi Jackson loads up her belongings in a [...]
Showhomes held its first annual Home Staging Certification class this past Thursday at a $1 million dollar Brentwood, TN mansion that has been on the market for some time. 35 Showhomes home stagers from markets all over the country descended for an intense Home Staging class taught by the Decorating and Staging Academy, Showhomes’ advanced [...]
By K.A. Turner, Mobile Register
Custom builder Jerry Smith of Fairhope staged a few rooms in an empty, high-end house to make it more homey, then liked it so much he staged most of the house.
Kate Mercer/Press-RegisterAngela Blankenship and Tammy Boothe of Show Homes stage the dining room in home in Fairhope’s Rock Creek.
“A lot [...]
Wall Street Journal Features Showhomes and its Innovative Internal Financing Solution
by Julie Bennett, 3.25.2010
During the worst credit crunch in decades, franchise companies have been finding creative ways to open new units.
While banks are expected to lend $6.7 Billion to US franchises this year, it would take $10.1 billion in lending to fully fund newcomers [...]
Thomas Scott, VP of Marketing and Systems Development for Showhomes, helping fix the housing crisis one house at a time. Father, photojournalist, writer, big thinker and author of this blog. tscott@showhomes.com