Season’s Greetings!
Greetings
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.
The definitive answer to “How do I get more buyer and seller clients?”
As 2016 draws to a close I hope that you are thinking about ways to find more business in 2017. I often hear agents talking about how to get more business and I keep waiting for them to ask me! So, I wrote this last year (and have updated it for this year) and I’d…
Hate planning? Try this!
Planning claims to have many benefits. One in particular is that it gives you more control over your day. Planning helps you focus on what needs to get done, in other words the activities that drive your business, so that you can make sure that they actually get done! Another way to describe planning is…
Kick the social media gurus to the curb!
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Grow your business by learning to talk to Strangers!
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The 2016 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers is here and you NEED it!
Every November the National Association of REALTORS® gets together to celebrate all things REALTOR®, debate issues, come up with new ideas and party like mad. All of which is only of mild interest to me. But, one thing does happen during this annual convention that I find absolutely essential to every REALTOR®. And that is…
Plan your way to success in 2017
I like free stuff that can help with my business and I am sure that you do too. If you follow my blog, you’ll no doubt know that I have a a Category devoted entirely to Cool Freebies. If you poke around in there you will come up with a wide variety of things that…
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Zillow Releases a MUST Read Report
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