Happy New Year!
No Post this week! Happy New Year!
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.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! No post this week!
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. …
What is Artificial Intelligence?
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. …
Make 2023 a banner year by doing these simple things!
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…
Tis the season to … buy a new computer!
With all of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday ads, it’s definitely the season to buy a new computer! In the past few days I received no less than 4 separate requests for help or information on how to purchase a computer. I think several of the requestors actually wanted me to go to the…
Brilliant way to gather email addresses
Ever since the advent of email, there has been a need to gather the email addresses of our clients or potential clients. Over the years we have come up with various methods from flat out asking for them to all sorts of methods using third party (i.e. you have to pay!) tools. So, when I…
Stop wasting time and finish the year strong!
As this goes to “press” there are only 48 more days left in 2022! Some of you will think that is a good thing because by all accounts this year has been challenging! Others of you have been busy listing and selling houses, while still others have been hunkering down and not getting much done.…
How to spend $20, and make thousands in return
The National Association of REALTORS® recently published the 2022 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers and made it available online for purchase. REALTOR® members can purchase it for $19.95 (Plus Tax) while everyone who is not a REALTOR® pays $199.95. So why would you want to buy this? Here is why: This report provides real…
Do you want to work with turkeys or fly with eagles? It’s your choice!
This week’s post appears originally on this blog as a two part post in April and May of 2010. I have updated them and consolidated them in to one post. If you want to read the original posts, you can find them here: Get new clients using social tools ~ Part One Get new clients…
