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.
Last week I talked about setting up a Realtor dot com profile. This week I want to talk about doing the same thing but with Trulia. Trulia is a popular online real estate marketplace that allows agents to connect with potential clients and also to promote their listings. Creating a profile on Trulia is a…
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I got to thinking about where consumers go to find information about homes that are for sale and came up with the usual suspects: zillow, Realtor.com, trulia and sites like Redfin. If you take zillow out of the equation, Realtor.com is the top choice that isn’t zillow. So, since you are a REALTOR®, you are…
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I’ve talked about using ChatGPT several times now (Click here to see the past articles: https://realtytechbytes.com/category/artificial-intelligence/) and am seriously interested in continuing to explore it’s uses in our business, so I want to show you a case study I did with a new tool I discovered!! To follow along, you need to be using the…
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So a few weeks ago, at a local marketing meeting, the leadership conducted an informal poll. They asked members if they had an open house the previous weekend and how the traffic was. Surprisingly, almost everyone who responded said that they had good traffic, defined as more than 10 groups through, and it was on…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way we live, work, and imagine. I previously covered the game-changing AI model ChatGPT. Click on the “Artificial Intelligence” button in the Categories list to the right to catch up. But today, I want to talk about a new tool that is set to revolutionize the real estate industry:…
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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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