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.
So, with all the hype around the metaverse, surely you’re wondering if it’s just the most current Twitter trend-of-the-week, or if it has real staying power. It’s being touted as the next frontier of the internet, but is it really? Actually, the metaverse isn’t even a new topic. It’s just the speed at which it…
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Beginning with this week, I want to run a series of articles for you on the Metaverse. On October 31, 2021 I wrote an article titled “What is the Metaverse and why does it matter?” which you can find at https://realtytechbytes.com/what-is-the-metaverse-and-why-does-it-matter/ Then on February27, 2022 I followed up with “What is the metaverse how you…
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I attend two local marketing meetings in our area. Agents from many of the local brokerages attend as well as title & escrow, inspectors, property managers, lenders and other people from various other support industries also attend. The purpose is to network and promote listings as well as buyer and seller wants and needs. As…
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I was meeting with an agent the other day when I noticed that she has over 4,000 unread emails in her gmail account! (The total number of read and unread emails was staggering!) When I asked her about it she replied that her email has become almost unusable. Further questioning revealed that her clients know…
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With all the changes going on in our market these days you may be among the agents who are wondering how to make the new realities work for them. If you are, I’ve got some questions for you. I have found that when things change, it’s often helpful to revisit my “why”. The following questions…
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Have you got a listing that has been on the market for 30 days or more with no offers? Are your sellers getting nervous? Have you gotten offers that the seller won’t take because the offers are lower than what they expected/ If so, you are certainly not alone. The current market is still a…
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This article originally appeared here on February 16, 2018. The info is still valid so take a moment to revisit the material below! Unless you are oblivious to the news you have heard about data breaches.Some of the more notorious ones have been Equifax, Yahoo, Dropbox, Target and Anthem Health Care. These are just a…
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When was the last time you took a good look at the apps on your smart phone? If your phone is anything like mine, it’s loaded with apps that don’t get used. There is nothing harmful about having unused apps on the phone aside from the fact that they take up memory storage space. There…
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This week I have a broad mix of articles by others that I think you should take the time to read. Any one of these could make the difference between finishing the year strong or finishing it far back in the pack. In any market right now we have a large group of agents chasing…
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Have you ever noticed that when a home comes on the market in an area that has seen much activity that another listing in that area pops up fairly soon? I sure have. And that got me to thinking about a prospecting method that I used to use back in the old days. It’s called…
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