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5 Reasons Selling a Vacant House is a Mistake

April 12, 2010 – 9:22 am

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 [...]

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Secret to Happy Franchisees

March 30, 2010 – 9:32 am

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 [...]

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Home Staging Franchise Ranked 20th in the Franchise Industry

March 16, 2010 – 5:45 pm

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. [...]

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Mpls St Paul Magazine: Marketing the Million Dollar Home

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 [...]

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AZ Republic: Sellers turn to live-in home stagers

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 [...]

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Showhomes Franchisee Named Most Outstanding Minority Business Owner

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 [...]

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Living Large for Less

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 [...]

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Luxe Living Arrangements for Less – The Frugaltarian

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 [...]

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Live in Home Stagers Help Sell Homes

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. [...]

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Showhomes Sees Spike in Sales of Luxury Homes

November 17, 2009 – 9:39 am

Showhomes Sees Spike in Sales of Luxury Homes by Stephen M. Fells on November 13, 2009 Showhomes Sees Spike in Sales of Luxury Homes10.0103 Innovative Home Staging is Key to Home Sales in Down Market NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With a $569,000 Tampa home sitting on the market for a year and a half and no signs [...]

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