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.
The other day, I was having a conversation with an agent about the expenses involved in putting a house on the market. One of the largest expenses that the agent mentioned was professional photography. This reminded me of a post I had written about this topic in February 2017. I went back to the post…
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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…
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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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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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During the holidays I spent a fair amount of time noodling around with ChatGPT. I’ve talked about this a few times in recent posts and I fear that I am becoming a one trick pony, but I honestly feel like this is something that you or your assistant should be doing. Here are a few…
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No Post this week! Happy New Year!
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Merry Christmas! No post this week!
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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. …
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You may have become aware of the term Artificial Intelligence or AI for short. And, you may be wondering exactly what AI is and what value it might have for you in your real estate business. If so, read on as I attempt to answer your musings. First of all, AI is essentially computer related. …
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2022 is nearly over! I think I am not alone in feeling like this year has been challenging and that I will be glad to have it behind me! However, no one knows what 2023 will bring. Will it bring more of the same or will it bring new challenges? Who knows? What I do…
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