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.

Jerry Kidd

Is direct mail dead? I don’t think so!

What’s in your mailbox these days?  In my neighborhood, I get two or three oversized postcards from local real estate agents every week.  Since they turn up so often and from more than one agent I figured that they had to be producing results…or else why would they continue to send them? But, I wanted…

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Beat the email bloat the easy way!

I happened to be helping an associate with his iPhone the other day and saw that he had over 12,000 UNREAD emails in his email inbox! How does this happen?  His explanation was that most of those were spam that he received as a result of online shopping, online inquires and so on. When I…

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4 Great ways to keep those New Years Resolutions and achieve your 2019 goals!

OK, the parties are over and we are all back to work with a fresh shiny set of new resolutions and goals!  But, for many of us those goals and resolutions are going to fall by the wayside as victims of crammed schedules, demanding clients, family situations and more. Wouldn’t it be great if there…

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RealtyJuggler the CRM for the rest of us!

I was recently asked by an agent who works for a competitor in a different market, which CRM I would recommend.  Since she wasn’t in my market area, there was no sense in me trying to recruit her to my company so that she could take advantage of our in house CRM. During our conversation…

Merry Christmas! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Chanukah!

This week (and next) I’m celebrating the holiday season so there won’t be a normal post. Instead I’ll be enjoying the season with my family. However you celebrate this time of year I want to wish you health, love and prosperity.

Easy way to plan your year

As we near the end of 2018, I like to look back and see if I accomplished everything that I set out to do this year. I like to look at personal accomplishments, relationship accomplishments and business accomplishments. Given that there are only 365 days in a year, it’s way too easy to see the…

Package Delivery Apps to Make Your Life Easier

It’s that time of year when many of us are doing our holiday shopping online.  The sheer number of packages being delivered is astonishing!  It’s amazing to me that anything actually gets where it is supposed to go! Packages arrive at my house form a variety of different shippers and are delivered by any number…

When was the last time you sent a personal note?

I’ve got a fun little app for you today.  It’s called Bond and it performs a simple task that we all need to do. What it does is create and mail handwritten notes for you.  I know, you can write your own notes, but how many do you actually do? Do you write notes to…

Slow down you are moving too fast…

I want to take a different approach this week. As we get near the end of the year, it’s time to start looking at the year to come. Maybe the following will resonate with you as you start to plan 2019. In 2001, a small games development company called Remedy Entertainment produced the video game…