Jerry Kidd, GRI, CRS, CRB SRES, ePRO a 38 year veteran of the real estate industry, has listed and sold houses, managed real estate offices, been the IT Director for a major Northern California real estate company as well as being the Training Director for yet another major Northern California real estate company . Jerry earned his GRI early in his real estate career and then went on to earn his CRS and CRB setting the tone for a career-long focus on the importance of continuing education. Along the way, Jerry has earned three Microsoft certifications, MCP, MCP+I and MCSE, as well as one from Cisco, CCNA. Rounding out his list of technology certifications are two from COMPTIA, an A+ and a Network+, as well as the ePRO from NAR. Jerry is currently a California State Certified Instructor for the SRES and GRI programs, presenting courses on working with seniors, listing techniques, technology and advanced technology applications. Jerry is also a NAR Certified ePRO Trainer, zipForms Certified Trainer and a DocuSign Certified Trainer.

Jerry Kidd

Tech-Fueled Innovation Takes Over Real Estate!

Technology has rapidly changed many industries, and real estate is no exception.Over the past few decades, advances in technology have revolutionized the way real estate is bought, sold, and managed, offering new opportunities for agents and consumers alike.  From online listings and portals to virtual and augmented reality, big data analytics, and drones, these advancements…

Jerry Kidd

Happy 15th Birthday to RealtyTechBytes!

On January 20, 2008 at 10:05 PM RealtyTechBytes went live with my first post.   There wasn’t much to it, just a simple explanation of my intentions.   If you are interested, you can see it here: https://realtytechbytes.com/what-is-realtytechbytes-all-about/ In the intervening 15 years, I have kept up a weekly posting tempo that somewhere along the…

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Don’t let the market define you: Strategies for success in a changing market

On Tuesday, January 10th, I was privileged to deliver a 15 minute talk to over 100 REALTORS®, lenders, title reps and other real estate related folks. I chose to talk about the qualities that I thought were necessary to have in order to have a successful 2023.   Fortunately, someone in the audience recorded it…

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Artificial Intelligence for the win – real estate agent version!

I’m more than a little fascinated with AI (Artificial Intelligence) and last week’s post explored a tiny bit of the AI technology.  (Read it here in case you missed it: https://realtytechbytes.com/what-is-artificial-intelligence/) One of the leaders in the race to perfect AI is an organization called OpenAI (https://beta.openai.com/).  They recently released a research module called ChatGPT. …