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 [...]
A vacant house is like a vacant stare. Something is just not right.
Trying to sell a vacant house adds obstacles and depresses the sales price, says Showhomes, a nationally franchised home staging company. Showhomes uses live-in home stagers to lower the cost of staging and produce faster home sales. Take a look at its top [...]
Franchising is an elegant business model.
When it works well, the franchisor’s interests are aligned with the interests of the franchisee. If the franchisee makes money and is happy running their business, the franchise system thrives and everyone benefits.
When it doesn’t work well, the people who operate franchise companies and the people who own franchises lose [...]
Showhomes’ Role in Helping Solve the Housing Crisis Garners Attention
NASHVILLE, TN–(Marketwire – March 16, 2010) – Nashville-based Showhomes, a nationally franchised home staging company, continues to garner attention for its success in today’s tough real estate market. Redhotfranchises.com ranked the company 20th in its annual list of the Hot 100 Franchise Companies for 2010.
The [...]
December 8, 2009 – 5:49 am
It takes a specialist to sell million dollar homes and Showhomes’ Cindy Montgomery, owner of Showhomes Minneapolis and the 2009 Franchise of the Year, was recently featured on the cover of MSPaul Magazine for her excellence in her market. Here’s a portion of the article:
“Affluent home buyers make up a small, yet influential piece of [...]
December 7, 2009 – 3:08 am
Sellers turn to live-in home stagers
by Kara G. Morrison – December. 7, 2009
The Arizona Republic
Last year, when Jim Guido needed to downsize and sell his home, his biggest concern was keeping his children in the same school.
That’s when he stumbled across an ad that looked like a mistake: $1,200 per month for a 2,800-square-foot house [...]
December 6, 2009 – 5:55 pm
NASHVILLE, Tenn.–Businesses owned by minority women are growing at a historic rate and having a deep impact on the American economy. According to The Center for Women’s Business Research, the number of firms owned by minority women increased by 32 percent from 2002-2008 and revenues have spiked a dramatic 48 percent.
Showhomes, America’s largest home [...]
December 6, 2009 – 10:59 am
The South Florida Daily Blog Featured Showhomes today:
The three-bedroom waterfront estate in Fort Lauderdale normally would rent for about $5,000 a month. But Angela Genereux gets to live there for roughly a third of the cost.
The tradeoff is she has to keep the place in show condition – no dirty dishes or wild color schemes, [...]
December 5, 2009 – 8:13 am
The Frugalitarian™, an innovative blog on living for less, featured Showhomes recently. The Frugaltarian’s mission is to teach people that by changing the way they spend their time and money, they can live a way of life with multiple payoffs. Take a look at what they wrote:
Luxe Living Arrangements for Less
Unique living arrangements are a [...]
December 5, 2009 – 7:38 am
Live-in home stagers maintain properties for absentee owners
Stagers maintain homes for lower rent, help sales
By Paul Owers, Ft Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
December 4, 2009
The three-bedroom waterfront estate in Fort Lauderdale normally would rent for about $5,000 a month. But Angela Genereux gets to live there for roughly a third of the cost.
The tradeoff is she has [...]
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