Article Title: A fitting tribute

Excerpt: The small brick house, relocated to the street across from the Greenville Drive’s home stadium two years ago, will finally open for visitors this weekend after a dedication ceremony. Jackson’s house, where the baseball icon died in 1951, originally was located on Wilburn Street, but Charleston real-estate developer Richard C. Davis purchased the 950-square-foot house and moved it near Fluor Field in 2006.

Excerpt: The museum will use photos to chronicle the life and career of Jackson, who got his start in the textile leagues of the Upstate and went on the major leagues, where he earned a lifetime batting average of .356, third-highest in the sport’s history. He was banned from baseball after the 1919 Black Sox scandal and is ineligible for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a result. During the grand opening, fans will be able to see a few Jackson artifacts on loan for the event, including a copy of his will, which contains one of a few surviving examples of Jackson’s signature, Marcley said.

Article Title: Lots of real estate, but few buyers

Excerpt: Real estate broker and cable TV personality Richard C. Davis' much-promoted real estate auction at the Francis Marion Hotel started out on a high note. For a mere $7,500, a buyer snatched up a lot on Daufuskie Island that sits on the 10th fairway of the Haig Point golf course. But the owners of the following 48 properties weren't so lucky. Despite heavily discounted sale prices, none found buyers during the auction, dubbed the "Liquidation Sensation."

Excerpt: "We're still putting the buyers and sellers together," he said. "We might not get a bid in 38 seconds, but you plant a seed in 38 seconds."

Excerpt: Davis, host of "The Real Deal" on the TLC network, said his auction helped generate interest in South Carolina real estate and create some much-needed momentum. Still, he likened the scene inside the hotel's ballroom to a school dance, where youngsters on either side of the room want to kick up their heels but no one is gutsy enough to make the first move. The three dozen auction attendees sparsely filled the neat rows of tables, though more prospective buyers watched the event online. Each paid about $500 to attend.

Article Title: Overwhelming Response: Trademark Properties Liquidation Sensation

Excerpt: a follow-up press release from Trademark Properties

Article Title: Group raising awareness about real estate auctions

Excerpt: Going twice Speaking of auctions, Trademark Properties' "Liquidation Sensation" campaign comes to a close Friday at the Gaillard Auditorium. As of late last week, the James Island real estate company had about 410 properties across the state signed up to be auctioned off in front of a select group of potential buyers. The properties' total value tops $150 million. In Charleston, about 46 properties, mostly single-family homes, are up for grabs. They range from luxurious beachfront properties on Seabrook Island, Edisto Island and the Isle of Palms to more modest homes on Daniel Island and in North Charleston. Many homes are newly built, offered by developers who overshot their inventory. Broker-in-charge Richard C. Davis, whose firm was profiled in the television show "Flip This House" and later "The Real Deal," said auctions are another "tool in the belt" for real estate agents. They are a good way to link up buyers and investors with property owners who are desperate to sell despite the slower real estate market.

Article Title: Real Estate Cold; Real Estate TV Hot

Excerpt: Real estate may have cooled considerably as an investment, but not real estate television.

Excerpt: A&E has several new programs in development. At least six new ones are beginning on TLC in the next year, starting with "Date My House," where former "Bachelor" Bob Guiney hosts a program where potential buyers spend a night in a home on the market.

Excerpt: "Flip That House" will become more reflective of the economy, said Brant Pinvidic, TLC's senior vice president of programming. Not every "flipper" gets rich quick. The show will make sure every time at the end to clearly outline how each investor did, he said.

Article Title: SC Economist's Homes Auctioned for $3.5M

Excerpt: A mansion, beach house and two other properties belonging to an economist who admitted defrauding hundreds of investors sold for about $3.5 million at an auction Tuesday.

Excerpt: There were no bargains, said Richard C. Davis, president of Trademark Properties, who attended but did not bid. "There's a ton of supply. There's a normal amount of demand," he said. "Real estate is a cycle and we're at the bottom of the cycle now."

Article Title: Liquidation Sensation - News - Charleston, SC

Excerpt: Davis says, "Liquidation Sensation is a one day event to try to do as much as we can to get rid of the excess inventory in the state so Joe and Susie homeowner actually stand a chance in selling their property in the normal marketing period."  Davis tells News 2 they already have more than a 100-million-dollars in inventory submitted, and only 10-percent of everything on the market would qualify for the auction. "The time is now, because here is some opportunities and excess inventory that people are willing to let go, and right now cash is more important to them then the actual dirt and sticks and bricks.  We're moving and shaking.  It's going to be a great day for real estate in the state of South Carolina. We anticipate doing something that has not been done ever before, auctions have been done before, but we're not in the auction business, we're in the real estate business, so were going to liquidate. It's going to be a sensation.  We're going to liquidate a lot of property in one day."  

Excerpt: Davis says the traveling auctions will be filmed for future broadcast. The 2008 liquidation sensation real estate auction will be held Friday, March 14th at 9 a-m at the Gaillard Auditorium.

Article Title: Trademark Properties Liquidation Sensation

Excerpt: video of Richard Davis explaining the event

Article Title: Trademark Properties Liquidates Real Estate Crisis

Excerpt: press release about the event

Article Title: Cable TV host hopes to jump-start real estate sales

Excerpt: On March 14, Richard Davis of Trademark Properties is proposing to auction off hundreds of properties across the state at the Gaillard Auditorium in downtown Charleston. Davis said the event could help create much-needed momentum in the local real estate market, which has suffered from slower sales for nearly two years.

Excerpt: Davis said he hopes to sell more than 500 properties that day, but so far the company doesn't have any sellers who have formally registered their homes for the auction. Trademark analysts Tuesday were sifting through $80 million worth of properties that have been submitted as prospective sale candidates.

Excerpt: After the Charleston event, Davis said, he plans to organize auctions in 10 other cities across the country, including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas and Seattle. In preparing for those sales, he and his firm hope to take advantage of the publicity he has generated from several years of exposure on cable TV.

Article Title: Crunch Time in Heaven

Excerpt: Long before his property-flipping adventures became the basis for The Real Estate Pros—one of the most popular reality shows on TLC (formerly The Learning Channel)—Richard C. Davis was capitalizing during both boom and bust cycles by doing grunt work much less camera-friendly than chucking air conditioners out of second-floor windows. "There's no mystery in how you make the right decision about a property to buy," says Davis, who started his Charleston, S.C.-based Trademark Properties in 1991. "We're the ones going down to the county assessor's office and making friends. Most people spend a bunch of time looking at car prices on the Internet, but they don't research what's going to be their biggest investment."

Excerpt: Davis' TV show focuses on his team's adventures (and misadventures) rehabbing properties for a quick turnover and profit. What gets overshadowed is the legwork that goes into every purchase: Davis says Trademark researches 2,500 properties a month and might find only one to buy for investment purposes. "I'm an opportunistic buyer," says Davis. "I'm trying to make money. If you're buying your primary home, and you're going to live there for 20 years, you can throw the investment rules out. But if you're looking at second homes—and I've bought vacation homes all up and down the Atlantic Coast here—you have to think about it like an investment, not like something your spouse is nagging you to pick up on the way home from work. You have to do the legwork.

Excerpt: "People have been saying, 'I'll buy it, and even if I don't like it, I'll sell it and make money,' " says Davis, whose show will next track Trademark's maneuvers in Charleston's softening real-estate market. "That party's over," Davis says. "Credit is too tight. I can remember the last time this happened. I was over at Kiawah Island buying foreclosures seven or eight years ago. It wasn't any indication of the quality of the properties there. It was a reflection of the money situation. That's where we're at right now. There are some tremendous bargains out there. Ten years from now, you're going to look back and say you can't believe how you got your place for 50 cents on the dollar."

Article Title: Investment Division | Trademark Properties

Excerpt: Each division of Trademark Properties works to support the investments we secure on behalf of our clients. Working and communicating as a team to maximize the delivery of value to each client..

Article Title: Come Get Inspired

Excerpt: Come get inspired by Richard C. Davis, owner of Trademark Properties, Creator of Flip This House, The Real Deal , and The Real Estate Pros.

Excerpt: Learn how YOU can become a part of the Trademark Team as they begin their national rollout.

Excerpt: Richard's book will be released for the first time on the 27th - be the first to get a copy!

Article Title: 6/16: On Gus

Excerpt: What I learned: I'm surprised that Richard let him go for a year without paying rent... And that he honestly thought that he'd come up with $14K - or $6K after the selling of the car. So, I guess the theme of this show was more about having good employees. If Ginger didn't take up the slack, Gus wouldn't have ever been evicted.

Excerpt: By the way, I love Vance. I like that he's the wacky, resourceful one. Business meeting, hardcore plumping and snake handler. How can anyone not like him?

Excerpt: Final thought: More Vance please.

Article Title: Trademark office on King

Excerpt: Last week, Dunes Properties celebrated the opening of sixth location, at 214 King St.

Excerpt: Richard Davis of Trademark Properties opened an office only a few steps away. His office started a concierge service, with drivers taking visitors from the downtown location to listings all over town. Davis said the company has taken in more walk-in visitors in one week downtown than during 15 years on James Island's Folly Road. "It blows my mind how many people make a million-dollar decision based on not having to drive over bridge," he said.

Article Title: Orangeburg dog trainer appears on TLC's 'The Real Estate Pros'

Excerpt: No doubt it was a mighty strange request. Veteran Orangeburg dog trainer and breeder Jerry Mount was asked by his nephew to straighten out not only his good friend's unruly pet, but also the drug-abusing pal himself. And, since that nephew is Richard Davis, the creator and star of the wildly popular "Flip This House" -- now seen on The Learning Channel as "The Real Estate Pros" -- the television cameras were along for the ride.

Excerpt: In the year since the episode was filmed, Mount says he understands that Davis' friend is still doing well. "So far everything has worked out good. He's still on the wagon and he's still got his girlfriend and that racoon," said Mount, referring to another of the friend's many pets that was filmed. "It's tough to get off of drugs. He was a high school buddy of Richard's, both were soccer players."

Excerpt: "A couple of million people watch that show," he said. "I got calls from Atlanta. I've had eight to ten calls already. I train dogs from all over the country. They ship them to me from New York and Texas, mostly retrievers. And, a lot of people see that show all over the country."

Article Title: Summary Judgment Motion Hearing

Excerpt: A&E/Departure argues that there was no written contract, that the verbal contract to split profits didn’t contain the terms that Richard Davis and Trademark claim, and that Richard Davis has been inconsistent in even his understanding of the agreement.

Excerpt: "It’s been brought to my attention that there is a web blog entitled Flip This Lawsuit....But it just felt like that it is such a serious matter and such an unthinkable thing for a litigant to do in this court, that it needed to be commented on. I mean, we are not in Boy Scout camp; we are in serious court here and we don’t do business that way. And I’m not going to permit litigants in this case to do business in that way. Okay?"

Excerpt: I’m a fan, and one that was incredibly pissed off by the actions of A&E on the first night of season two. Not only did they deceive me, as a viewer, about what I was about to see by running only ads for Trademark Properties, but when I went to their website - to the place that they set aside for viewer discussion - I quickly found that my voice, and the voice of others who disliked the new cast or simply wanted to learn more information about the change, were quickly edited with the delete button. This heavy-handed moderation continues to this day, and I feel it only appropriate to provide a forum for open discussion of not only the lawsuit but also the subsequent developments in both television shows, Flip This House and The Real Estate Pros / The Real Deal.

Article Title: 'Flip This House' case spawns Web worries

Excerpt: Is the Internet weaving its web into America's court rooms? Not if a district court judge in Charleston has anything to do with it. During a hearing last Wednesday in a lawsuit between Trademark Properties and A&E Networks, District Court Judge C. Weston Houck commented on the potential role of a Web site that's following the case online.

Excerpt: Houck said he was told about the Web site by a third party but has not seen the site personally. But if the suit reaches jury selection and problems arise, for example, because a juror cannot consider the case because the site possibly influenced the proceedings, the court will not mess around in dealing with it, he said.

Excerpt: The site's owner, Mark H. Lyons of Florence, Miss., told Grapevine last week that he's not trying to disrupt the case. Further, he has never met Richard Davis, he said. "I certainly wouldn't want to hamper the case," he said. "The information I provide is all public information."

Article Title: 6/9/07: The Real Deal - The Real Estate Pros

Excerpt: Richard then makes an eloquent statement about how getting off of drugs isn’t about will-power. I’m shocked at this. It appears that Richard really understands Larry’s predicament. Good for Richard.

Excerpt: What I learned: If you break budget in the bathroom or kitchen, it will eventually come back to you in terms of worth.

Excerpt: Final Thoughts: Richard got my respect on this show. I respected him before, but this went beyond the usual stuff. He really understood drug addiction, it seems, and was genuine about helping his friend. I didn’t sense any b.s. about it.

Article Title: Flip This House Becomes Forget This House

Excerpt: If you are a fan of A&E's reality series "Flip This House," you were probably as disappointed as I was to tune in this season and find the Trademark team (headed by Richard Davis and Ginger Alexander) no where to be found.

Excerpt: Richard is extremely interested by the profit and the bottom line, but also gives back to the community where was raised. For example, Trademark flipped the concession stand at Richard's old high school and a restaurant where Richard used to make his real estate deals when he first started out (putting most of the meal checks on credit). It is the sense of responsibility and giving back, not to mention the other interesting characters like Ginger and John (Richard's brother), that makes the show great.

Article Title: 6/2: The Real Deal

Excerpt: Comments: Much, much, much infinitely better. It may have looked like a simple episode but in TV, simple is good. OMG, I sound like a TV exec. Everyone was back when they should be. Richard was in charge and yet a complete goof. Breaking the windows might make good tv, but it's bad for business. Still, we all know now that he does that kind of thing. We expect it. And we also expect the mea culpa in the middle of the episode as well.

Excerpt: Final Verdict: Excellent show.

Article Title: 'Flip This House' lawsuit to go to trial

Excerpt: U.S. District Court Judge C. Weston Houck ruled Wednesday that there's enough evidence to suggest that the two sides made a verbal agreement to equally share profits from the show.

Excerpt: A&E, which aired the real estate show until last summer, has said it never agreed to share revenue with Davis. He sued A&E last July, alleging that the network took his idea for "Flip This House" and did not pay him and his company their share. Davis is seeking damages in excess of $1 million.

Excerpt: Davis's attorney, Frank Cisa of Mount Pleasant, pointed in court to e-mails and other communications between Davis and A&E that made repeated references to the arrangement. Houck ruled that there was sufficient evidence that an oral agreement was reached. "I don't believe it needs to be in writing for it to be enforceable," he said.

Article Title: A&E Dumped Richard Davis And Trademark For Con-Man?

Excerpt: Leccima says he never claimed to own the homes. While not acknowledging his televised renovations were staged, he didn’t deny it and suggested that A&E and Departure Films, the production company that makes the show, knew exactly what he was doing.

Excerpt: This is what A&E canned Richard Davis and Trademark Properties for . . . an alleged con-man? Now Richard is and Trademark are featured weekly on TLC’s The Real Deal which airs Saturday nights with repeates on Sundays. This also isn’t the first time their have been allegations that Flip This House is staged. One of the other flippers, the Montelongo’s were rumored to have hired actors for their flips as well as not actually making the renevations. I enjoy the Montelongo’s shows but the other flip teams are terrible. A&E looks to have two new flip teams for this season, but none of them can live up to Trademark. TLC’s The Real Deal is a great show that is was Flip This House was and should be.

Article Title: When you are over your head…

Excerpt: Two, know your limits, and if the owner says to hire someone to help, HIRE SOMEONE! Whenever the top dog says to do something, you do it or face the consequences. Okay, you really need to understand why the boss said it, and once you do know, get the help…you are not an island, nor the know-it-all! You must understand and accept that.

Article Title: 5/19/07: The Real Deal

Excerpt: What I learned: Ginger is the sanest person at Trademark, especially when she stands in between Richard and Crab House Man.

Article Title: 5/12: The Real Deal

Excerpt: Next Day is a Sunday, As we meet up with Ginger and Richard at the office, we learn that neither combs their hair on Sundays.

Excerpt: A new category will be called "Trademark Talk." This is in tribute to the unique language of Trademarkers on the show. Best Trademark Talk: Winner, Winner Time to Eat Dinner

Excerpt: I wonder if filming slows project progress. How many of these subcontractors are performing for the camera and not doing their job?

Article Title: New Home at Discovery

Excerpt: "Most importantly, he (Billy Campbell, Discovery Communications President) is not going to script my life," Davis said, referring to his creative differences with A&E and its production crew. In contrast, "the broadcasting company (Discovery) 'rolled out the red carpet'; treated me like royalty," he (Davis) said.

Excerpt: "They [A & E] did a casting call after I moved networks; they are trying to 'act' like my real company. I can't comment much further but I will tell you this, they will not steal my show:) you can't do my show without my team, you can try and copy but I still own the show, read the credits 'created by Richard C Davis.' I took it to them, they owe me many dollars, the rest will come out in court."

Excerpt: But tensions between the network and former Flip This House team leader, Richard C. Davis, led the Trademark Properties real estate guru to take his team to TLC (The Learning Channel), who showed him a little more "tender loving care" than A & E.

Article Title: No real estate slump on TV - yet

Excerpt: When Richard Davis gazes upon a TV schedule peppered with real estate shows, he gives himself an appreciative pat on the back. His Charleston, S.C., company, Trademark Properties, "starred" on the first season of Flip This House. Davis is listed as executive producer in the closing credits of the shows. And he won fans with the eccentric characters on his team. "I started the genre, and everybody's been trying to copy me ever since," Davis said. "At the end of the day, real estate is the American dream. You had little home fix-up shows, but nobody ever showed you the business side of it."

Excerpt: Davis and the A&E network had a falling out after the first season. Davis claimed they wanted him to script episodes, which he rejected. And there was a disagreement about who actually owned the show, Davis or A&E. Meanwhile, Davis gathered up his marbles and went to TLC.

Article Title: Hot property on cable

Excerpt: TLC and A&E are moving existing realty series into prime time. TLC also launched My First Home and The Real Deal last month. Deal features developer Richard Davis, formerly of A&E's Flip This House. Deal, running in the former Saturday slot of makeover show Trading Spaces, is pulling in about 50% more viewers. That shows "there's still very much interest, even in a down market," says TLC programming chief Christian Drobnyk. TLC plans summer launches of holdovers Property Ladder and Flip That House and in July tries out Real Estate Road Test, where buyers gauge home values and suitability.

Article Title: The Real Deal-Flip it Good

Excerpt: The unit they focused on looked really nice when they finished. Not many issues to deal with at all when it came to the actual renovation, so it was pretty uneventful. I guess that is the best way to describe this episode…uneventful. Like I said at the beginning, the project was too big for an hour long episode. They couldn’t focus on the details, which is where the show is its most interesting. Everything was just glossed over.

Article Title: 5/5: The Real Deal

Excerpt: Final thoughts: A so-so episode this week. While we got to see everyone, I felt a little left out of the party. The structure of the show was off. No tension, per se, as I was sure they were going to finish on time. Still, entertaining and fun.

Article Title: House-flipping shows are hot

Excerpt: When Richard Davis gazes upon a TV schedule peppered with real estate shows, he gives himself an appreciative pat on the back. His Charleston, S.C.-based company, Trademark Properties, “starred” on the first season of “Flip This House.” Davis is listed as executive producer in the closing credits of the shows. And he won fans with the eccentric characters on his team. “I started the genre, and everybody’s been trying to copy me ever since,” Davis said. “At the end of the day, real estate is the American dream. You had little home fix-up shows, but nobody ever showed you the business side of it.”

Excerpt: Davis and the A&E network had a falling out after the first season. Davis claimed they wanted him to script episodes, which he rejected. And there was a disagreement about who actually owned the show — Davis or A&E. Meanwhile, Davis gathered up his marbles and went to TLC.

Article Title: Networks flip for real-estate shows that seal the deal

Excerpt: TLC has lassoed Richard Davis, late of A&E's Flip This House, to host a new series called The Real Deal. While the show is similar to the one he did for A&E, there are differences, some subtle, some not.

Excerpt: While Flip This House emphasized property turnover, The Real Deal is not as much about making a quick buck. Because Davis is in a good financial situation, he can afford to hang onto redos for months — a preferable place to be when the market is running cold.

Excerpt: A hard-driving man, Davis has been in the business 20 years, long enough to know that its cyclical and to be prepared for it. "Real estate is like a clock," Davis said, explaining his philosophy. "At 12 o'clock everything's working perfect and everybody's making money. At 6, it's the inverse. There's a different clock for hotels and apartments, for everything. I try to jump on board when it's coming out of 6 and ride it toward 12. When it gets to 11:30, I'm jumping off. I'm definitely not there by 12:05."

Article Title: Real Deal Ratings

Excerpt: The network also saw a strong debut on April 21 for the new Saturday night property series THE REAL DEAL, which averaged double-digit ratings gains for households ( 25%), P25-54 ( 17%) and P18-49 ( 20%) over April 2006.

Article Title: The Real Deal - Stepping Up

Excerpt: As for the episode itself, I'm still disappointed that so few people were involved in the episodes. Mainly Ginger and Dan, with a healthy dose of Richardson. I've seen nothing with Kevin, so I assume he won't be on the show any longer. Too bad, I like him a lot.

Article Title: Real Deal: Steppin Up

Excerpt: What I learned: It's great to help people, but they've got to prove themselves once they get their foot in the door.

Excerpt: Final Verdict: Richard’s a tough teacher, but I think those are the best mentors. Still, Ginger had a lot to deal with this time. It’s interesting how the “plot” of this reality show tends to follow the ebb and flow of a conventional story. Skillful editing, I’d say.

Article Title: The Real Deal - Television Review

Excerpt: Sexual Content A hint of sexual tension between male and female leads.

Article Title: Richard and the trademark gang are back

Excerpt: I thought yesterday's show was much better than the show they did for A&E. There was more instruction and less goofing off overall. I was surprised by the pool cost. In my area, you would just drain and refill the pool, most pool owners do it once a year. Maybe out there water is expensive, here water is cheap.

Excerpt: I like the new show, too. I guess it took the awful Atlanta and San Antonio crews to make me finally appreciate the South Carolina crew. Richard it still fairly full of it, though!

Excerpt: I really really enjoyed the first eppie. It was so nice to have the Trademark people back, warts and all. It seems like the new "Flip" people are more concerned with their images than the Trademark people, who aren't afraid to show screw-ups, bad language, mistakes, and all. When Richard says stuff, I truly believe he believes what he's saying, not just posturing.

Article Title: Richard Davis' Favorite Things

Excerpt: After college, Davis bought his first house for $27,000, put $10,000 into it and sold it for $68,000. Then, after Hurricane Hugo hit the South Carolina coast in 1989, he helped rebuild 47 homes in a year, a feat which he says was "like getting addicted to adrenaline."

Excerpt: "I live off of Diet Coke and my Blackberry," Davis admits. "If you've seen the show, you know it's real if you see me with a Diet Coke."

Excerpt: "I'm big into sports," Davis says. "I'm either coaching basketball and baseball at the rec center or middle school or [working] as an assistant at the high school. That's my release. When a kid can't make a left-handed layup, and you work with him and he does it, seeing that development is great."

Article Title: Flip this Lawsuit

Excerpt: Before social media, this may have been a dispute largely handled by lawyers and PR reps hoping to sway public opinion through traditional media. But law school student and citizen marketer Mark Lyon is demonstrating how the game has changed. A "Flip" fan, Lyon created the Flip This Lawsuit blog as a Filter to chronicle the legal battle between A&E and Davis. Fans have been voicing their support for Davis and venting dismay at A&E. Commentors regularly trash the show's new real estate teams. Some are even digging in to their backgrounds and raising questions.

Article Title: TLC :: The Real Deal

Excerpt: The Real Deal takes viewers inside the world of Trademark Properties for an eye-opening and unapologetic look at the world of real estate. This fast-paced series takes viewers along for the ride, as it reveals the true reality of making money in real estate.

Excerpt: Their secret? Make your money when you buy, get the job done right and get it done fast.

Article Title: The Real Deal - The House That Wouldn't Sell

Excerpt: On the positive side there is an even greater amount of information presented on house flipping and real estate in general. The first segment of the episode even had some neat animation and graphics to illustrate some of the issues they had with the house, like the warping of the wooden floors. Very neat and informative. I'm a novice when it comes to real estate and house flipping, so the way the show mixes entertainment and information is a big plus in my book.

Excerpt: All in all this was an excellent episode. The house was cute to begin with on the outside, so getting that tree out of there was a huge improvement. As usual the finished product was very good for the Trademark crew. I have a two big wishes for future episodes though (aside from more scenes with the other Trademark crew members). 1. I want to know if the house sold, how long it took to sell (if it did sell), and what they actually sold it for instead of their estimated sale price. 2. I would like to see some more of the decision making processes. Like deciding to buy the house. I can’t imagine they made that decision with one meeting with their sales lady. Did they check the house out at all before they bought it? Stuff like that.

Article Title: Trademark Properties Answer Five Questions

Excerpt: These Five Questions were posed to Richard Davis, the President of Trademark Properties. We received a reply from Ginger Alexander - whom you know, if you have seen the show.

Excerpt: "We do about $150MM per year in residential business, so we go from our experience with sales on what people really want out of a house, this changes periodically as new products are introduced to the market."

Excerpt: "We usually work on anywhere from 2-20 rehabs at a time. There are also some that we buy that require very little work and we usually have a few of those at a time as well."

Article Title: The Real Deal

Excerpt: The show features Trademark Properties, a real estate company from South Carolina. These are the folks who were originally on A&E "Flip This House". They were featured for only one season, but they left such an impression that they developed a fan following, which includes me.

Excerpt: “Everyday I wake up is a good day to buy real estate,” according to Richard Davis., founder of the company. If you're familiar with A&E's Flip This House, you'll recognize him, along with the cast from Trademark Properties. But A&E's old show is amateurish compared to Trademark's new program.

Excerpt: What I learned: This episode was all about the Cs – Confidence and commitment. Once you make a decision, see it through.

Article Title: Flip this Cast

Excerpt: It all started with a crew based in South Carolina, headed up by a dude named Richard Davis and his sidekick Ginger (whose, uh, wholesome charms reel in my boy's attentions). I got hooked on the southern twangs, the trumped up dramas, the Diet Coke chugging, and Richard's pleated pants.

Article Title: House that wouldn't sell

Excerpt: Richard and Ginger return after way too long of hiatus. Cheers to The Learning Channel for bringing them back! Reminds me of an old promo for the TV show Taxi, I believe it went something like, "Same show, better channel".

Article Title: The Real Deal

Excerpt: The Real Deal is what you’ve been waiting for - the non-stop new series from TLC that takes us inside the world of Trademark Properties for an eye opening and unapologetic look at the true reality of making money in real estate by pulling off the impossible. Each week Team Trademark, led by Richard Davis locate, renovate and if they can pull it off on time and under budget, profit from some of the most challenging projects they can find.

Article Title: Real estate guru flips into new series

Excerpt: South Carolina real estate wizard Richard Davis of “Flip This House” fame transforms the Greenville home of Shoeless Joe Jackson into a museum in a one-hour special airing at 9 tonight on TLC.

Excerpt: With this series (“The Real Deal”) there will be a little more insight into the inner workings of the company and we’ll educate you a little more on what it takes to be successful,” Davis said.

Excerpt: Besides “being the best you ever met” at real estate, Davis said the fascination for what he does is simple: “Real estate is the American Dream.”

Article Title: TLC special shows different side of Hamilton

Excerpt: The TLC special, “A Home Run For Trademark,” stars the original gang from the A&E real estate reality show “Flip This House.” The show revolves around Trademark Properties in Charleston, S.C., owned by the show’s creator, Richard Davis. A&E and Davis parted company after one rocky season — Davis is suing A&E over ownership of the concept — but his new series on TLC, “The Real Deal” is similar to “Flip This House,” which continues its air on A&E with new hosts

Article Title: Team Trademark rides again

Excerpt: Richard, Ginger and crew from Charleston’s Trademark Properties have found a new TV home after starring in the first season of “Flip This House” on the A&E cable network.

Excerpt: The hourlong program will follow the real estate investors as they buy, fix and sell homes for a profit. The show will repeat throughout the week, with new shows airing at 9 p.m. each Saturday. Go to tlc.discovery.com for a complete schedule.