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Chicago Tribune on Showhomes: Sitting Pretty in a Vacant Home for Sale

April 15, 2011 – 4:59 pm

Mary Ellen Podmolik The Home Front April 15, 2011 When does a vacant home for sale, foreclosure or not, have that lived-in look? When someone is living in it. Arnold and Mary Jo Baratz just moved into, but have no intention of buying, a sprawling 7,500-square-foot home in Wayne that includes a sweeping cherry staircase, [...]

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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 Use “Live-In Stager” Service to Sell Foreclosures

March 25, 2011 – 1:18 pm

Showhomes has increased the number of banks it works with to stage and manage foreclosures and Mortgage Servicing News ran this article about its services today: By Evan Nemeroff Showhomes home staging, a nationally franchised network of home stagers, is working with bankers and asset managers to help them preserve foreclosed listings, minimize costs, reduce [...]

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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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Banks Turn To Showhomes Home Staging Franchises to Help Sell Foreclosures

February 4, 2011 – 11:38 am

Showhomes live-in home staging services popular with increasing number of banks Foreclosed homes may be an opportunity for buyers and investors, but for banks they are a mess with no end in sight. Foreclosures cost money to maintain, create insurance problems, invite vandalism and devalue neighboring homes. Showhomes home staging, a nationally franchised network of [...]

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