Jerry Kidd, GRI, CRS, CRB SRES, ePRO a 39 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

Predictive Analytics and Relationships to the Rescue!

One of the hot topics at the recent Inman Connect show in San Francisco was predictive analytics.  You probably have heard that term before.  You may have also heard about machine learning and data mining. If you haven’t and even if you have, you may not know what it means. Let me explain, these are…

Jerry Kidd

Hi Tech Tool Automates Your FB Marketing!

A couple of weeks ago I told you about something I discovered at Inman Connect that was a hi tech way to do a low tech old school method for staying in touch.  In can you missed it, here is the link https://realtytechbytes.com/hi-tech-spin-low-tech-method This week I want to tell you about a hi-tech way to…

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Get Up, Get Out, Get Busy, Earn $$$

In the area where I live, kids went back to school this past week!  Even if I didn’t have school age grandkids, I would know that this is true just based on how awful traffic around here has become almost overnight!  If it hasn’t happened in your area yet, it’s on its way! On the…

Jerry Kidd

Hi-Tech Spin on a Low-Tech Method

I spent much of last week at Inman Connect in San Francisco. I am generally NOT a fan of these conferences because too often they are slanted towards industry outsiders who come and speak and try to tell us how to do our business. They all seemed to have the idea that they could re-invent…

Jerry Kidd

3 FB Marketing tips for real estate agents that really work!

By now you have probably run across one or more social media gurus in your real estate life. You know, the ones that tell you how to use Facebook by posting all sorts of cutesy things. These folks are everywhere and most have never listed or sold a house, but they sure want to tell…

Why It Is Important To Have a Goal In Life?

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” – George Eliot Why set goals when you can live life without it? Isn’t it that unguarded moments and spontaneous decisions are the ones that give color to one’s numbered days? Those are the questions that might be playing in your mind when…

Why Having Absolute Belief In Your Goal Is Necessary

When someone succeeds in life, people often ask, how did you do it? It’s the same old question from everyone aspiring to achieve something to everyone who already did it. Some would tell you it’s luck or hard work but when you listen to them closely, you’ll hear their enthusiasm about their dreams. I can…

Holding Yourself Accountable In Making Your Goals Happen

It’s always easy to blame other people or other things when you fall short of reaching your goals or when you lose the will to pursue them. You might have gone through this kind of frustration before, and you probably just can’t afford to look at yourself as someone to blame for the said disappointment.…

8 People Who Turned the Impossible Into Possible

If you feel hopeless while working towards your goals and you need some motivation, read this. These are the people who don’t need to introduce themselves anymore because of their achievements in their lifetime. These people are particularly inspiring because they’ve gone through rejection and failures too, but that didn’t stop them from becoming who…

3 Books To Read to Supercharge the Rest of the year!

As I write this, it’s the first day of July, which means the year is half gone! It seems like the year is flying by!  The fact that the year is at the halfway point has caused me to wonder if you are halfway to the goals that you set for yourself at the beginning…