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.

iPad app to create the perfect living space

I ran across a cool iPad app the other day and the more I work with it the more I like it. This could be the perfect app to tell your clients about because it will let them visualize, on an iPad, what their living space could look like, or even better, I think it…

zipLogix releases a Java free update to zipForms!

If you are one of the many California REALTORS® who use zipForms 6 Professional to create contracts, then you are probably at the end of your rope when it comes to the nearly incessant Java updates of the past few months. If you are a Mac user you have discovered that Apple shuts off the…

Test your real estate sales price knowledge – San Francisco style!

If you are fortunate enough to own an iPhone then you know that the App Store has thousands upon thousands of games that you can load onto your i device.  Some are free and some are not.  Some are educational but most are just a way to pass some time. Today I’d like to tell…

Kudos to zipLogix and Docusign!

Back in November 2011 I lambasted zipLogix (Maker of zipForms6) and Docusign for not having a solution for iPads that seamlessly integrated the two services. (You can read it here if you wish: https://realtytechbytes.com/shame-on-ziplogix-and-docusign) Recently I revisited creating contracts on the iPad since I was prompted to renew my annual subscription to the zipForms6 mobile…

Mobile Website Design – 4 Things You Need To Know!

Do I Really Need A Mobile Website? The latest stats are truly staggering. According to CBS news, there are more than 5 Billion cell phones in use worldwide, and about one billion of these are capable of connecting to the internet. In fact, there are more internet-connected mobile devices than there are desktop and laptops…

Know more about your area with a few taps

One of the ways that we, as real estate professionals, can distinguish ourselves from the thousands of others in our market are is by having great knowledge of our area. For us, knowing about housing prices, what’s available and what has sold is easily accomplished through the MLS.  Sad to say, it’s also available to…

Property Search for FB Business pages

By now I am sure that you have a Facebook personal account.  And, if you are serious about using the social networking giant in your business you also have at least one Facebook business page. Having a business page is no guarantee that you will get any business or leads though.  You need to have…

Got passwords?

How many passwords are you juggling these days?  How many different logins?  What about the question of which login and password did you use with which website?   I often wonder if I am the only person going slowly nuts trying to juggle all of this and still be effective at what I do, and…

Easy way to improve your computer productivity

The other day I was working with an agent at her computer in an attempt to do something that wasn’t too complex.  Our conversation went something like this: Me: Right click on that and select “Save” Her: How do I right click? Me: Seriously? Her: Where is the right click button? At this point I…

Easy way to fix your Facebook Privacy

I’ve talked about Facebook privacy before and have highlighted a few tools that can help you gain control of your Facebook privacy.  (https://realtytechbytes.com/three-websites-to-help-you-get-your-facebook-privacy-under-control) But, if you are like most, you probably said, “yeah, yeah, yeah Jerry.  Why should I care?”.  Perhaps you have nothing in your Facebook profile or your likes, or Apps, or your…