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.

Easy way to get rid of those piles of business cards!

Product Reviews

I recently got a phone call from a long time business acquaintance, and friend asking me to please take a look at his latest project.  Because of my blog http://www.RealtyTechBytes.com, I get requests like this quite frequently. In most cases I don’t report on them because they don’t fit my criteria of something useful to folks in the…

Instacorder – Voice to email at the touch of a button!

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Back in 2006 I discovered a really cool service called Jott.  What made Jott cool was the fact that I could call Jott and dictate a message that Jott would then transcribe into text and then email to me.  By programming The Jott number into my OnStar calling system in my car I was able…

Landing Leads With Landing Pages

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Last week I talked about having a clear call to action that would appeal to your target audience (here is the link in case you missed it: https://realtytechbytes.com/the-case-for-a-call-to-action).  This week I want to expand on that concept and tell you how I think your call to action should be implemented. To start with, if you…

The case for a call to action…

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I’ve been somewhat obsessed lately with calls to action.  So much so that every time I visit a web site that is new to me, the first thing that I do is to figure out what their Call to Action is, and how they implement it. You might be asking “what is a call to…

Turn your smartphone into a pocket translator for free!

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If you have an iPhone or an Android phone, you are probably looking for new and cool things to do with your phone.  Although I’ve reviewed and recommended many apps on this blog over the years (to find them run this Google Search: https://www.google.com/search?q=realtytechbytes.com+apps)I haven’t run across anything as useful and cool as I am…

Document scanning on your iPhone

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While on vacation recently I had the need to send a paper document to someone.  I had no scanner or fax machine available to me.  To compound matters, the document needed to be in Kansas that afternoon…and I was in Maui! I really didn’t feel like going in search of a fax machine, so I…

MagicPlan puts the magic in the plan!

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I recently ran across a free app for the iPhone and iPad that really impressed me.  It’s called MagicPlan and the way that it creates floor plans on your “i device” is truly magical. Essentially you just fire up the app which turns on the rear facing camera.  You then tap a few buttons when…

Getting a new Mac for Christmas?

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Making the switch from a Windows based PC to a Mac makes a lot of sense.  And rather than try to convince you why I feel that way, I’ll send you off to a page on the Apple site that really illustrates my statement: http://www.apple.com/why-mac/ I’ll wait for you to go and take a look,…