Greg Hampton's Blog

I have been looking atr widgets,SEO's,link exchanges, etc and I have decided to let my peers guide me through this exercise, because I am lost. I hate to sound like an idiot, but I am lost as to how much money to spend and where to spend it. It is a whole lot easier to go buy a new shirt or anyth...

In Blue Ridge GA, there  is not a whole lot of night life to enjoy with the exception of going to the Swan Drive In Theater or riding through the mountains to view the wildlife after dark. We decided to go to Cartersville BBQ Cook Off and it was great, I will be sure to be a regular for years to ...

I rally do not care who is elected president of the United States of America, as long as , it help get the economy back on track. I am sick and tired of talking about short sales, foreclosures, and the rest of the negative real estate issues. I remember the last 10 years and I wish we could go ba...

Today started just like most days, I went to a large building supply company that is locally owned and operated and bought about $900.00 worth of stuff, which isn't a whole lot of stuff. The funny thing was that the owner stopped in the parking lot to thank me, this has never happen before. He to...

I have one Sellers who I can't seem to make really happy with anything I do or don't do. If I make a flyer , it is all wrong. if I run a classified ad ,it's wrong. If I place signage, it's wrong. If I ask about pricing the home realistically, I am wrong! I am at the end of my rope. With all the r...

Today, My wife(who is also my business partner) decided to start giving out referrals to other agents in our office. We have been blessed with more than we can possibly do. We have interviewed agent without them knowing it. We ask the several questions before handing them our business. If they an...

Today was a wonderful day! I didn't do anything real estate related until about 6:00 pm, and that only lasted a couple of hours, just making my follow up calls and returning e-mails.I also did a little A/A commenting. I just took the sabbath as it should be, I rested and hung out with my best fri...

I didn't realize it but I just past the 33,000 point level on Active Rain. In the county I live in there are only a few regulars that post blogs or comments on A/R, but the one that do take it seriously and so do I. It is almost like a competition to see who can maintain ranking, and I think that...

I had a revelation today! I live in a place that is surrounded by big woods and I live 1.5 hours from   Atlanta. Blue Ridge, GA is the county seat of Fannin County, GA, and it approximately 40% National Forest. There are not that many places in the country that Have that claim. I sometimes take f...

Yesterday one of my clients gave me a great idea. A Wii Bowling League, For those of you who do not know Wii is a video game that is virtual reality. Last night we started with a practice night and we didn't get done until about 1:00am. It was a bunch of fun and we didn't talk about Real Estate e...