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She-conomy: Women Owners on the Rise at Showhomes Home Staging

August 11, 2011 – 11:31 am

Franchising offers women professional advancement, work-life balance Women are leading the charge of an entrepreneurial revolution, not just in the U.S. but all over the world and at Showhomes Home Staging. Some call this emerging economic trend the “she-conomy.” At Showhomes, successful women owners are coming from many areas and phases of life and business. [...]

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Showhomes Home Staging Makes Entrepreneur Magazine’s Annual List of Low-Cost Franchises

June 21, 2011 – 12:37 pm

Franchises costing less than $50,000 to start gaining popularity With the economy struggling to recover and the housing market showing little life, one franchise industry sector has a healthy pulse: franchises that cost $50,000 or less to start. Entrepreneur Magazine, considered by many as the bible for small business owners, listed Showhomes Home Staging on [...]

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Showhomes Home Staging Celebrates a Quarter of a Century Staging Homes

June 16, 2011 – 12:52 pm

Cutting-edge home staging pioneer marks 25th anniversary When Showhomes Home Staging launched in 1986, few people understood what home staging was, much less the critical role it played in selling a house faster and for a higher price. The Nashville-based franchisor changed all that with its dynamic ‘home staging with a twist’ concept that combines [...]

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Showhomes Home Staging Ranked in Top 50 Franchise Companies by Franchise Business Review

June 10, 2011 – 5:30 pm

Showhomes has industry high franchise owner satisfaction For the third year in a row, the Franchise Business Review ranked Showhomes Home Staging one of the Top 50 franchise systems based on franchise owner satisfaction. The Franchise 50 – 2011 Franchisee Satisfaction Awards ranked franchisors by their overall levels of franchise owner satisfaction. The Top 50 [...]

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Showhomes Home Staging: 5 Reasons Vacant Houses are Hard to Sell

June 3, 2011 – 3:49 pm

Showhomes Home Staging helps homeowners win the beauty contest Musty smelling, bare-walled, vandal-prone properties just don’t sell. Last year of the estimated 130 million housing units in the United States, 11.3 percent or some 14 million stood vacant according to the U.S. Census. A large portion of these houses are vacant and for sale, leading [...]

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Showhomes Featured in Nashville Ledger

June 1, 2011 – 12:37 pm

Staging a house for sale with furniture is nothing new. Putting real people in the picture is another story. Spacious four-bedroom executive home in upscale Nashville neighborhood. Monthly rate: Too good to be true. The catch? You have to keep the house spotless and be ready to disappear with 30 minutes notice. It’s home staging [...]

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5 Reasons a Vacant House is Hard to Sell From Showhomes Home Staging

May 25, 2011 – 8:33 am

Five reasons vacant houses are hard to sell Musty smelling, bare-walled, vandal-prone properties just don’t sell, said Bob Kohlruss, franchise owner for Showhomes — Folsom Lake. Last year’s U.S. Census figures show that, of the estimated 130 million housing units in the United States, 11.3 percent, about 14 million stood vacant, according to Kohlruss. A [...]

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Philadelphia Inquirer Spotlights Showhomes Home Staging

May 24, 2011 – 10:39 am

May 22, 2011 | By Al Heavens, Philadelphia Inquirer Real Estate Columnist American Public Media’s Marketplace radio program appears to be fascinated by unusual trends in real estate. (I hate to pick on the program, which I listen to frequently, but I didn’t start this.) Two years ago, it reported on real estate agents in [...]

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New To a City? Consider Test-Driving Homes as a Showhomes Home Manager

May 23, 2011 – 5:00 am

An interview with Showhomes Home Manager Ann Talbot Ann Talbot moved to Nashville from New Mexico to start over. Looking for a fresh start, Talbot was ready to make Nashville her home, but worried about finding an affordable place to live. In her search for a temporary home, an ad for a Showhome with no [...]

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Showhomes Home Staging in Tampa Wins ‘Franchise of the Year’ National Award

May 18, 2011 – 10:54 am

Showhomes Home Staging, a national home staging franchise, has awarded its Tampa location its coveted Franchise of the Year award. The home staging franchise has a twist that is producing results in today’s real estate market: it uses live-in Home Managers to help sell vacant houses. The company helps homeowners and their Realtors in the [...]

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