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Showhomes: Winning the House Lotto

April 15, 2011 – 4:34 pm

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 | Posted by Marni Jameson I should be in Vegas. Just when I thought my luck had run out I won a long shot with 100 to 1 odds. Partly because I make my bed every day. The lucky streak began with a great job offer — except that it was [...]

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Home Staging: Get Your Property Ready For Its Close Up

April 15, 2011 – 4:11 pm

Staging: Get Your Property Ready For Its Close Up What are the benefits to using a professional stager? Although not a new concept, staging homes has come more into focus with the abundance of homes on the market — especially vacant properties. Staging a home allows that home to sell for a price that is [...]

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Examiner.com: Why vacant homes are a tough sell

April 15, 2011 – 4:01 pm

April 15, 2011, Examiner.com National Edition A vacant home is a tough home to sell, and a growing number of them are clogging the pipeline. Of the nation’s estimated 130 million housing units, 11.3 percent or some 14 million units stood vacant last year, according the  U.S. Census. Among properties defined as “vacant” are rental units, vacation homes, [...]

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Pioneer Press: Showhomes Live-In “Managers” Make Show Homes a Living Stage

April 1, 2011 – 7:18 am

Live-In “Managers” Make Show Homes a Living Stage By Gita Sitaramiah, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. March, 2011 – – Instead of buying their own home, Kim Gaddes and her husband live in a high-end Sunfish Lake house staged for sale. In exchange, they pay a really cheap monthly fee. The catch is that they [...]

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Showhomes Home Staging Orlando – FOX News

March 16, 2011 – 7:48 am

Showhomes Home Staging in Orlando was featured on FOX News this week: Franchise owners Jeff and Nancy Smith have been operating a Showhomes home staging franchise in Orlando for 17 years with great success. Home staging for years was a well-kept secret of only the most successful Realtors. Today, virtually all Realtors agree that professional [...]

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Orlando Sentinel: Showhomes Home Staging in Orlando puts “Home Managers’ in Homes for Sale to Attract Buyers

March 1, 2011 – 2:06 pm

Million-dollar lifestyle on a middle-class income Showhomes Orlando puts “home managers” in homes for sale to help attract buyers By Jon Busdeker, Orlando Sentinel March 1, 2011 John and Faith Forsythe live in a million-dollar mansion on Deer Island, but they don’t own it. And they’re not renters, house sitters or squatters either. The Forsythes [...]

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Showhomes Home Staging Potomac featured in Potomac Patch

February 24, 2011 – 3:56 pm

New Business Helps Occupy Local Luxury Homes Showhomes works with “home managers” who fill vacant luxury homes in Potomac, Bethesda and Chevy Chase to help sell them on the market By Sarah Beth Hensley | Email the author | February 23, 2011 You could have a new (temporary) neighbor in Potomac, thanks to a newly launched luxury home [...]

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Showhomes home staging featured on Park Family Insurance & Financial Services blog

February 1, 2011 – 3:19 pm

By: Aaron Park January 18, 2011 Do you have a Vacant Home? Take a look at this idea… What’s at risk when your vacant home is for sale? It’s not a matter of selling your house, packing up your stuff and moving on. Now there’s the issue of your vacant, unfurnished house that remains on [...]

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Memphis Daily News: Home Stagers Get Creative to Sell Homes

January 25, 2011 – 10:08 am

Staging Dreams STACEY WIEDOWER | Special to The Daily News Jan, 2011: With a plethora of homes on the market – many of them languishing there for months – home staging is one of those rare subsets of the housing industry that’s benefited from the economy’s downturn. Home stagers specialize in arranging furniture, decluttering and [...]

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New Showhomes Home Staging Franchise in Charleston Hosts Launch

January 8, 2011 – 2:16 pm

Real Estate News Local couple to run Charleston home staging company Jan 8, 2011 An Isle of Palms husband and wife have lined up the Charleston home staging franchise for a company that ensures houses for sale look their best when shoppers visit. Lorelie D. Brown and her spouse Coy Brown head up Showhomes Charleston, [...]

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