HomeVestors of America, Inc. executives and Houston HomeVestors franchisees participated in SuperBUILD XXXVIII, a Houston Habitat for Humanity event that built 38 homes in 38 days in recognition of Super Bowl XXXVIII and the anniversary of Habitat for Humanity’s first home.
“It was an a
HomeVestorsR of America, Inc., the company famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboards, has named 1wayloan, LP its preferred vendor for retail mortgage services, effective immediately.
"As a franchisor, we are always looking for value-added products and services to provide our fra
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboards, has retained Rives Carlberg to handle creative development for the company’s advertising campaign in markets across the United States . Rives Carlberg will produce two national television spots
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company best known for advertising "We Buy Ugly Houses," has added 10 new franchise offices.
The new HomeVestors franchisees include: Floyd Tyrone, of Shoreacres, Tex.; Mark Fitzgerald and Rob Sturrock, of Mequon, Wis.; Rob Warren, of Cambridge, Wi
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboards, selected and inducted standout franchisees into its Hall of Fame. The franchises were chosen out of 234 locations that existed across America as of the end of 2004. Plaques that include photos of the
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the “We Buy Ugly Houses” franchise, has signed the company’s 250th franchise.
Former Subway franchisees, Craig and Linda Brown, of Fayetteville, Ark., will develop HomeVestors’ 250th franchise office. Their franchise, ACMJ Properties, is the firs
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company
famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses"R billboards, today announced the
creation of The Ken D'Angelo Foundation to honor the company's late founder,
who passed away in January following a brief battle with bile duct cancer.
The foundation wi
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company best known for advertising "We Buy Ugly Houses," has added 8 new franchise offices.
The new HomeVestors franchisees include: Minas Litos, of Gary, Ind.; Joel and Amy Pulliam, of Washington, D.C.; David Anderson and Dan Tolan, of Katy, Tex.; Paul M
HomeVestors looks for dumps it can buy, fix quickly and flip.
"It was disgusting," says Alan Washer. Grime coated the walls of the 1,600-square-foot, four-bedroom home; the musty air reeked of a cat colony that had played havoc with the wood floors. But one man's wreck is another guy
Buying ugly houses is getting harder and harder. Maybe that's because everyone is doing it.
The national real estate investing craze has made it harder for wholesalers like HomeVestors, the real estate franchise best known for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboard campaign, to ply their
Ron Brown and his son, Steven, buy burned-out houses, flooded houses, abandoned houses, and, once in awhile, some "pretty houses."
Since Aug. 29, Hurricane Katrina has had their phones ringing, with homeowners wanting to bail from hurricane-ravaged property.
"We've been looki
Anyone seen Ug?
Surely, you have. He's the funny-looking guy -- a la Fred Flintstone -- on yellow billboards that have sprouted up around town in the past year.
"Ug buys ugly houses," the billboards say.
"We buy pretty ones, too," said H. Wesley Donovan, one of three
The signs are everywhere, from big, blaring billboards to pieces of cardboard tacked onto telephone poles: "We Buy Ugly Homes." Or sometimes, "We Buy Used Houses." Or simply, "We Buy Houses."
"Ugly" can mean anything from broken-down old relics to places that owne
The Ken D’Angelo Foundation recently donated $10,000 to the Mayo Clinic in memory of Ken D’Angelo, the late founder of HomeVestors of America , who died early this year after a five-month battle with bile duct cancer.
The Ken D'Angelo Foundation was established in 2005 to award scho
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboards, has become a corporate sponsor of Rebuilding Together, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit group that preserves and revitalizes houses and communities, assuring that low-income homeowners live in warmt
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboards, is featuring happy customers and beautiful endings in its new television commercials designed around customer testimonials. Released to the franchise network this month for use in markets in 30 state
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboards, recently opened the Ken D'Angelo Training Centre at its corporate headquarters in Dallas. The training centre is named after HomeVestors' late founder Ken D'Angelo.
Every new franchise o
When Charles Rutland renovated a building in the historic Macon neighborhood of Pleasant Hill to serve as his HomeVestors office, the grand opening included the announcement of a $1 million pledge for rehabbing homes in the community.
When friends and business partners Minas Litos and Adrian Tartareanu look at the blighted homes in Gary, they see potential.
"Why not Gary?" Tartareanu asks.
"That should be our motto," Litos added.
The two are co-owners of Red Brick Investment Properties LLC, a real estate
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboards, has hired Howard Garfield as its chief financial officer, effective immediately.
Garfield joins the growing management team for HomeVestors with more than two decades of senior-level experience in
HomeVestors of America, Inc., the company famous for its "We Buy Ugly Houses" billboards, has been ranked among Dallas' Top 200 Private Companies by the Dallas Morning News. The list ranked privately held companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex based on revenue in 2005.
In 2005,