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.

Make 2014 Your Best Year Ever by Changing One Thing That You Do (or don’t do!)

The end of the year and the beginning of the new year are only days away as I write this post. I was thinking about what to write about this week and felt that I should concentrate on something that can a make a big impact in the bottom line of real estate agents. Towards…

Things That You Can Do Now To Jump Start Your Business

  Need a quick way to jump start your business?  This is the perfect class to utilize to get things started quickly as you will learn 5 simple things that you can do to get your business rolling again. You will be able to implement these ideas right away after the class.  After attending this…

A really cool gift for iPhone 5/5s owners!

Now that the holiday season is upon us you’ll probably be taking a ton of pictures to commemorate all of the good times.  Gone are the days of carrying your digital camera because most of us already have a very good digital camera with us at all times…our phones! Considering that the cameras in our…

Jerry Kidd

5 Simple Steps to a rock star LinkedIn profile!

If you had a way to create an advertisement that worked for you 24/7/365 would you do it?  What if I said that it was free and that you could get it done in a few hours?  Would you do it then?  What if I told you that it reached nearly 100 million Americans, most…

Time Management

This course takes you through through the reasons time management is essential to a real estate agent and shows several different effective techniques for managing their time. At the completion of the class the agent will have a blueprint for a one year time management calendar. I consider this class to be the foundation for…

Jerry Kidd

Linkedin May Be Just What You Need

When most people talk about “Social Media,” they only concentrate on Facebook and Twitter. While these are the biggest social media sites, they are certainly not the only ones doing well. LinkedIn has managed to gather approximately 259 million users (84 million in the US) and is now one of the most influential social media…

.REALTOR Domain info link

New domains for REALTORS® coming soon!

Last week I lamented about the lack of anything cool at the NAR Expo trade show.  But, to be fair, there was an announcement made that went largely un-noticed, so I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you about it. The announcement was that the .REALTOR top level domain release is imminent.  What this…

NAR 2013 Expo Disappoints me

I’m doing something that I don’t normally do, and that is this:  I am writing this week’s post on Saturday evening.  Usually this task is done earlier in the week and then scheduled for Sunday’s publication. I held off this week because I knew that I’d be spending today in San Francisco at the NAR…