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.
Ever gotten a Facebook friend request from someone that you are already friends with? If so welcome to the club! A few years ago this scam was more prevalent, but recently some friends have reported that this issue is on the rise again, so I “dusted” this post off from some years back, revised it…
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Can you feel it? I’m asking you if you can feel the shift in our real estate market. I get different answers from different people in different markets, but the general consensus is that the market is changing in some degree or another. I’m a big believer that you need to be on top of…
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Where do you get your real estate industry news? If you just rely on your local Association of REALTORS® newsletter or MLS splash page, you may be missing out on some key information that could help you better serve your clients. What follows is the list of sites that I regularly check out and I…
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Here in the US, Income Tax day was a month ago. By now you have paid your taxes and maybe even filed an extension so that your actual tax return has been delayed. In either case, if you owed money you had to send it in. Did you struggle with your return? Pulling expenses together…
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I first ran the following article on August 29th, 2021. I was recently asked about it so I thought it would be good to re-run it. On another note, I will be presenting my “The Nine Things I had to Learn to be Successful as a REALTOR®” talk at the Realtors Marketing Association in Danville…
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This was first published in January 2021 here on RealtyTechBytes (https://realtytechbytes.com/take-control-of-the-way-you-work-with-the-mls-with-mytheo/). The App is so useful that I wanted to bring your attention back to it. What follows is that post that has been updated for 2022. MyTheo, based in San Francisco, brings the power of the Multiple Listing Service and so much more to…
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My day usually starts at 6 AM with a cup of coffee and my email. From there I move to reading my news feeds which are the equivalent of the morning newspaper of yesteryear. Once done there I switch over to LinkedIn and check my groups. Finally I log in to Facebook and handle any…
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If you are running email marketing campaigns, chances are you are already using the popular newsletter format, which usually are sent out monthly or every couple of weeks. The trouble is far too many of us stop right there and don’t use any other type of email campaign, and that’s a big mistake! Let’s look…
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How many of you are using TikTok in your real estate business? Is TikTok even suitable for real estate agents to use in their businesses? If so, how do you go about doing it? All good questions so I set out to get some answers that I could share with you! Hootsuite has an excellent…
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This was first published on RealtyTechBytes back in April of 2019. I think it’s a valuable resource and so wanted to bring it to your attention again! Did you ever wish that you had your own Guide Booklets that you could hand to your buyer and seller clients (and prospects)? I know that you can…
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