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

Get a free copy of Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac!

Many Mac users today are former Microsoft Windows users, and as such probably “grew up” using Microsoft Office on their PCs.  When they made the switch to Macs, they understandably wanted to stay with the familiar Microsoft Office suite of tools, Word, Excel and Powerpoint. This was possible because Microsoft produced Office 2008 for Mac…

Jerry Kidd

HomeKit will allow you to control your home from your phone!

If you haven’t heard of Apple HomeKit yet you soon will. According to Apple, HomeKit is a framework in iOS 8 for communicating with and controlling connected accessories in a user’s home. You can enable users to discover HomeKit accessories in their home and configure them, or you can create actions to control those devices.…

Jerry Kidd

Cool way to send birthday greetings to your Facebook friends

Do you use Facebook as a way to prospect for clients?  Many agents that I know have used Facebook successfully to stay in touch with their sphere of influence. They do that in a variety of ways, some of which include, posting relevant, timely, engaging, funny and useful things.  Many of them also look at…