Courtney Edwards, whose Middle TN Showhomes office has been producing great sales this year, emailed me photos of a hug Brentwood manision they just staged with a Home Manager. This home, a $1.6 million dollar Brentwood estate outside Nashville was a sprawling 7200 square feet and Showhomes staged the entire home. The big, empty spaces are now well designed and cozy. This home is in an excellent location; I bet it sells fast!
Great job!
Thomas Scott
Staging success story in Nashville
Courtney Edwards of Showhomes Middle Tennessee emailed me these photos of a $579k Green Hills cottage they staged and sold using a Home Manager. This home had been on the market for sale for almost a year and sold in just over 3 months!
Here are some photos:
Great job!
11.19.08, 06:08 PM EST
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The housing market is at an all-time low. Consumer confidence has plumetted. Sales are down in almost every industry and one company after another is laying off employees. Is any business immune to the downturn in the economy?
Showhomes, a nationally franchised home staging company based in Nashville, believes it is.
Since 1986, Showhomes has provided home staging services to over 25,000 homeowners of vacant homes for sale. Like many companies in the real estate industry, Showhomes posted huge gains in the housing boom. In 2004, at the height of the boom, Showhomes helped homeowners and their Realtors sell hundreds of homes faster and for higher prices. This success fueled two years of double-digit growth throughout the boom.
Unlike most companies in the real estate industry, Showhomes is experiencing double digit growth in the housing slump. Vacant houses, difficult to sell in the boom, are more in need of the home staging services Showhomes provides. With record numbers of vacant houses for sale on the market, Showhomes is in an enviable market position to provide much needed staging services nationwide. This year, Showhomes expects to post the second year of record growth in the sagging real estate market. When few homes are selling, homes staged by Showhomes are selling at brisk rates and in many markets; homes staged by Showhomes are selling in a fraction of the time most homes take to sell.
Sales success in the housing slump has fueled the sales of Showhomes franchises and the company expects to open double the twelve units it projected at the beginning of 2008. Buyers seeking business models that have a solid track record in both up and down markets are finding that Showhomes provides a 'recession resistant' business model unique in the world of franchising. Showhomes expects to keep expanding its franchise system from 40 units open in 2008 to 80 open in 2009.
About Showhomes
Showhomes - known as America's largest home staging company - began its operations in 1986 and started franchising in 1994. It currently has 36 franchises in 22 states. Showhomes has helped realtors and homeowners sell more than 25,000 homes worth more than $8 billion across the United States by transforming high-end vacant houses into valuable, staged homes. The Showhomes business model is based on the fact that staged homes kept in show-to-sell condition sell faster, and for higher prices, than vacant houses. For franchise opportunities, please visit www.showhomes.com.
SOURCE: Showhomes
Showhomes Franchise Corporation Matt Kelton, 615-292-0892 x102 Chief Operating Officer mkelton@showhomes.com
Interested in home staging? If you are in or near Chicago this weekend, come visit with us! Showhomes is growing and our home staging franchises are doing well in today's market conditions.
Join us in Chicago this Weekend, Nov 22-23rd at the Schaumberg Convention Center for the Midwest Franchise Expo. Thomas Scott and Matt Kelton from Showhomes will be available to explain our business. We are recruiting!
SCHAUMBURG CONVENTION CENTER
1551 Thoreau Drive, Schaumburg, Illinois
Lynn Chapman, Showhomes' Director of Field Operations, suggested a great new way for Showhomes home stagers to say thanks to the wonderful Realtors and Brokers who drive our business:
Cookie Bouquets! She had the local Cookies by Design franchise in Nashville design this great gift basket for us:
(I'm guilty of eating the middle cookie before it got very far into the office.....)
And made this one for us to deliver to a real estate office:
Lynn and Patti Poole, the Staging Consultant for the Nashville Showhomes office, dropped the bouquet off at Shirley Zeitin Realtors in Green Hills. The response was great! Check out the amazing detail work on our logo cookie (done by hand):
What do you think?
Thomas Scott
Showhomes is America's Largest Home Staging Company and the only nationally franchised brand in Home Staging and staging with Home Managers. As seen on HGTV, Oprah and the Wall St Journal
Showhomes: America’s Largest Home Staging Business - No Industry Experience is Necessary
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There’s a reason the Travel Channel calls Showhomes ‘The Best Kept Secret in Real Estate.” Showhomes is a niche business – unless you are a Realtor who lists high end vacant homes, are a homeowner struggling to sell a high end vacant home in a market with a Showhomes office or you’ve looked for luxury single family home rentals, you’ve likely never encountered us. Since 1986, Showhomes has helped over 25,000 homeowners sell vacant homes valued at well over $8 Billion.
Amazing Press….
Showhomes has been so successful in its 23 year history that it has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, The Travel Channel, HGTV, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Houston Chronicle, Budget Living Magazine, ABC, FOX, CBS, CNN and many, many other publications. These media outlets have figured out why we are worth talking about!
A winning business…
Showhomes franchisees in business for the past four years increased their revenues to over 250% of 2004 levels. Showhomes franchisees in continuous operations over the last 3 years have average revenues of over $220,000 per year! Showhomes is a real, scalable and potentially profitable franchise offering. Best of all, we grow by helping the most important people, our customers! By providing real value to them, we thrive. Don’t take our word for it, though – our franchise owners are our best sales people.
Staging: A fractured Industry
Ever watch HGTV? If you have, you know that home staging has become the norm for selling homes and required to sell a vacant home. HGTV is filled with shows about home staging and ask any Realtor and they know the value of staging. Showhomes is the only nationally franchised Home Staging business and in addition to being the first, we are by far the largest. Our franchisees easily compete against unorganized mom and pop staging companies because they have the backing and resources of a true national company behind them.
Have fun, provide a valuable service—and own your own business!
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If you love real estate, like sales, want to be your own boss and want to own a business that can help you meet your goals, fill out the contact form below. No design or real estate experience is necessary!
"Showhomes Home Managers bring life to a home that otherwise isn’t there. And it’s much easier to get buyers into a Showhome for showings, because the homes are always in great shape and ready to show, inside and out- whenever we call."
"When a house is vacant, buyers make lowball offers, hoping to take advantage of an owner they think is desperate to sell. Furnished, decorated homes strike an emotional chord, and buyers make premium offers. "
"The feedback I got on this house from other Realtors—before and after Showhomes—was like night and day. After Showhomes transformed the home, no one could believe it had been on the market for three years. It sold quickly for 96% of list price, in a cash deal."
"Showhomes doesn't just bring furniture—they bring an environment….When a property is staged by Showhomes, buyers spend three times as long looking at it—and imagining it as their own home."
"Our showings have doubled since Showhomes took over our vacant listings."
"Within a week after the home manager moved in, we had three offers on an $835,000 home that had previously been shown more than 250 times."
"We had a listing that sat and sat. Once we got a home manager in there, it sold in three weeks-at a premium price."
"I've seen Showhomes magically turn cold, empty rooms into a warm, inviting home-in a single weekend!"
"Vacant homes convey a sterile feeling that gives potential buyers the impression the house needs work."
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