Tom Horner's (augustahomes) Blog

Join our  "Upcoming Events" email list!  2007 COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR DATE EVENT VENUEJanuary 6Bring One for the Chipper The Home Depot January 12, 19, 26 & February 2       Friday Night Films       Performing Arts Center (PAC)January 25     Augusta SymphonyPACFebruary 4    BASS/ESPN Weekend Se...

  May 2007 events information from Columbia county Website Library Programs & Events  Printer Friendly May 2007 HolidayThe Columbia County libraries will be closed Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day.  The Evans Library will also be closed Sunday, May 27. Vacation Reading ProgramThe Vacation  Reading...

  I found a web site today that helped our Realtors. We all are looking for "Smart Marketing Programs" and a leader to help us reach our goals. We showed this at our business meeting today and motivated several of my Realtors. Look no further for your next coach! visit his website and start earni...

  This information is courtesy of Columbia county's website  We have grown from 9,525 in 1950 to more than 100,000 in 2004. Rapid growth has transformed this county from a rural neighbor of Augusta to the major suburban county in the second largest metropolitan area in Georgia. There are many rea...

  Are you sending a plain email? Do you have a signature page? In Todays world we send out more emails than ever but it seems in my market that very few Realtors have a branded email. Companies and Realtors always send letters on branded stationary. We are always trying to make ourselves stand ou...

 We are always looking at ways to better our company. We have been associated with GMAC Real Estate for years. We think they have great tools that help us compete. Coldwell Banker has been talking with us lately. We have been getting mixed views on the support & tools that CB has. What are the op...

  We remember the students and faculty at Virginia Tech, as return to their school today, just one week after the tragedy at Blacksburg. Many families and communities were effected, including ours. Ryan Clark the 2nd victim was from my area. He was a 2002 Graduate of Lakeside High school near Aug...

  I need some help. I received a call from one of our builders. He wants to meet this week concerning the marketing of his homes. We have several on the market that have not seen one offer in the past 5 months. He is considering changing the listing from exclusive to open listing. He wants to giv...

  I had the great pleasure of serving as our local association president in 2006. We have been blessed over the years with many fine leaders who volunteered their time to help make Augusta one the best associations in the state of Georgia. I wanted to make sure I continued this tradition. The yea...

  Coming to the office today I witness the traffic. This was not Augusta's usual morning traffic, this was Masters Traffic. Today we welcome the world of Golf to our area.The Masters, golf's 1st Major is in Augusta this week. Tiger, Phil, Ernie and all the world's best golfers are here to play fo...