Straight answers about the program

No. Showhomes is free to Realtors, and there is no staging fee to the homeowner. Our Home Manager also covers day-to-day carrying costs such as utilities while living in the home.

Realtors who use us often comment that Showhomes are the easiest to show; often they are easier to show than owner-occupied homes. All Showhomes are available to show by appointment. Simply call the local Showhomes contact and make the showing appointment and we’ll ensure that the home is available to show.

Showhomes helps homeowners and their Realtors sell vacant homes faster and for higher prices. In today’s market, staging a home with a live-in Home Manager can steeply reduce the amount of time the home sits on the market and bring in offers far above what a homeowner would get if the home remained vacant. For a Realtor, this means less hassle, faster sale, higher commission and a happier homeowner.

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When a home is “staged” it’s furnished and decorated in a way that’s carefully designed to maximize the home’s appeal to prospective buyers.

A properly staged home has just the right quality and quantity of furnishings for a buyer to understand how rooms function and how spaces flow. Staging creates warmth, life, and positive emotion. Good staging avoids clutter or overly personalized décor that might be a turn-off to some. It maximizes the home’s strengths while minimizing any shortcomings. Staging engages prospective buyers, increases their interest and perception of value. A prospective buyer becomes more likely to buy!

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No, we work with unoccupied homes because that’s where we’re able to create the most value for a homeowner.

A Home Manager is an individual or family who assists Showhomes by living in a Showhome and caring for it while it’s on the market. Showhomes painstakingly selects and trains each Home Manager in accordance with the system we’ve developed over decades of experience.

A Home Manager benefits the homeowner by caring for the home and reducing the homeowner’s carrying costs. Examples of carrying costs a Home Manager would cover include utilities, gas and water, plus the ability to take advantage of the savings of our national insurance program. The Home Manager helps in the sales effort by readying the house for showings and through the added life and emotional appeal their belongings contribute. Homes staged with live-in Home Managers typically out-perform vacant homes by large margins.

No, Home Managers are not present during showings. Prospective buyers won’t know that your home is even staged; it will simply look and feel like a homeowner lives in and loves the home. Everything is in its place and your home shows as good or better than it would if you still lived there.

Life sells homes. Buying a home is an emotional decision for most people, and Showhomes is unique in the way it helps to sell homes. Using a live-in Home Manager assures you that the entire home is staged to perfection and that it is always tuned up and in show-to-sell condition. Because of this, your home is far less vulnerable to low-ball offers than it would be if it were simply staged with furniture.

No. Showhomes provides staging services that make your home far more attractive to prospective buyers. Almost all Showhomes are listed by full-service Realtors. Showhomes does not represent buyers or sellers in the real estate transaction; that is the service your Realtor is trained and licensed to provide.

No. Our promise to homeowners is a smoke-free home that appeals to the largest percentage of prospective buyers.

No. Our promise to homeowners is a pet-free home that appeals to the largest percentage of prospective buyers.

As soon as you accept an offer, we begin the process of relocating our Home Manager. Unlike a tenant, our Home Managers are under contract to move on short notice, and once we succeed in selling your home we are often ready to begin staging another. We return your home to you in as good or even better condition than when we received it, and the new buyers get a fresh, clean home to move into.

Flexibility, low housing costs, a short- or long-term housing solution, and no long-term commitment.

A critical requirement of Home Managers is that they have an inventory of fine furniture and accessories that meets our quality standards and that they move from house to house. Showhomes supplements furniture as needed for each home.

Read the Home Manager page for the qualifications and the four steps to placement, then download the application (PDF). You can also call John Stockton at 405-413-4850.

We serve vacant listings across both the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metros — Oklahoma City, Edmond, Nichols Hills, Deer Creek, The Village, Piedmont, Yukon, Mustang, Norman, Moore, Bethany and Warr Acres, plus Tulsa, Jenks, Bixby, Owasso, Broken Arrow, Glenpool, Sapulpa and Sand Springs. Not on the list? Call and ask.

Start with the page written for you — for homeowners or for Realtors — then call John Stockton at 405-413-4850 or email John.Showhomesok@Gmail.com. There is no charge for the conversation and no obligation.