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Face-to-face positive feedback at Carpenter Realtors trade show
Thursday January 26th, 2012 was the Carpenter Realtors trade show at the Indianapolis Wyndham hoteI. We thought we’d take a moment to share a summary of the event. Tish has had a strong relationship with Carpenter Realtors for years. So it was no surprise that the Tish booth was buzzing with satisfied customers and excited…
Read MoreTish Spotlight Partner: Kristie Smith!
Yearning to flex her entrepreneurial muscles, Kristie left her corporate marketing job in 2003 to found the Indy Homes Team. In just a few short years, Kristie’s focus on client service and great evidence-based outcomes built the Indy Homes Team into one of the top real estate groups in Indiana. The team currently ranks #2…
Read MoreTop 3 Money Saving Tips
Here are three ways to save significantly on your flooring purchase. (It is very unlikely that you will find these on any other flooring website): 1. Consider “Unbranded” Products When you visit a home improvement store or specialty flooring retailer, you will often be directed to their most profitable lines. These may be presented with glossy signage or slick lifestyle photos on…
Read MoreMel’s Minute
Traditions bind one generation to the next. It is beyond gratifying to see your children achieve success in the business that their great-grandfather started in. Recently my grandson Max visited from Florida. Instinctively, Max climbed onto a forklift in our warehouse and was given his first lessons on loading, lifting and storing huge rolls of carpet. He’s a natural. When I started…
Read MoreWarehouse Pricing … really.
We are asked regularly, “How do you sell for so much less than the home improvement and warehouse stores”? We don’t have a secret formula. In fact, we are proud of our disciplined approach to business. It’s simple: 1) We contain our cost of goods. We buy large quantities of flooring products in bulk and we often pay our suppliers…
Read MoreProfessional Spotlight: Drake Interiors
Cathy Chitwood is a Carmel-based interior designer and an allied member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Cathy is Chief Interior Designer at Drake Interiors. She attended Ball State and IUPUI. Cathy’s career began to take shape in 1988. She has worked with a variety of residential and commercial clients in Indiana and has participated in Decorator Show Houses as well as numerous commercial and residential…
Read More“It’s like having a personal shopper for flooring”
Tonya and Daryl W. live on Indy’s west side with three small kids ages 3 – 8. They were hopeful to find a flooring company that would work around their full time jobs and erratic schedules. It would be a huge inconvenience to travel to retail stores around town – they wanted samples brought to their home. And the couple needed to finance their purchase since cash flow…
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