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Showhomes Home Staging franchise interview with Jeff Ross

Jeff and Heidi Ross purchased their first Showhomes home staging franchise in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2002 after living as Home Managers for several upscale homes in Mobile, AL.

Jeff and Heidi Ross featured in Arkansas Online

Pair Right at Home as House Managers By Tracy Rogers LITTLE ROCK — Heidi Ross is a bit different from most home stagers. Instead of staging a place and forgetting it, Ross, co-owner of Showhomes Little Rock and Memphis franchises, places furniture and people in vacant houses to help sell faster. Ross and husband Jeff [...]

Folsom Lake Showhomes featured in Mountain Democrat

Bob Kohlruss, owner of Showhomes Folsom Lake talked about his experience as a Showhomes Home Staging franchisee. The article, written in Mountain Democrat, also points out several of the reasons why owning a home staging franchise is very advantageous during the current economic downturn. Read more about this in the article that follows:

Milwaukee Home Staging Franchise Posts Top Revenue in Country

Local home staging company kicks off 2011 with award for January Showhomes-Southeast Wisconsin posted the highest revenue in January among more than 75 franchises in the national home staging system, turning tough times into a win for local homeowners. This was the first top sales award for the local company, which provides home staging services [...]

Showhomes Home Staging Scores Across the Board in Entrepreneur’s 2011 Rankings

Magazine highlights Showhomes Home Staging in fast-growing, low-cost and home-based business categories In addition to ranking in Entrepreneur Magazine’s 2011 list of the top 500 franchise companies, Showhomes Home Staging scored highly in three important categories: low-cost, fastest-growing and home-based businesses. Nashville-based Showhomes Home Staging franchise has gained national media attention for its “home staging [...]

Franklin, N.C., Gets New Showhomes Home Staging Franchise

Showhomes Home Staging continues its growth in North Carolina as a new franchise opens in Franklin. At a time that has seen the real estate market fall to a low point and struggle to rebound, Showhomes Home Staging continues to beat market conditions and increase revenues. In many markets, staged Showhomes are beating local market [...]

Showhomes featured on Public Radio Marketplace

Cottage industry outfits foreclosed homes with temporary residents — to make properties more attractive to potential buyers. Before and after transformations by home-staging company Showhomes. (showhomes.com) TESS VIGELAND: Hundreds of thousands of homes in this country are somewhere in the foreclosure process. They’ve received notice of foreclosure, or they’re awaiting final seizure and sale by [...]

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

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 [...]

Showhomes Use “Live-In Stager” Service to Sell Foreclosures

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 [...]

Showhomes Home Staging in East Valley Sells first home of 2011

The spectacular $855,000 home in Las Sendas with breathtaking views, travertine floors and a pebbletec pool complete with a a waterfall was priced right and had every amenity possible. The home had a lot going for it; it was far less expensive than the one and two million dollar homes in the neighborhood and was [...]