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.

Was your email password hacked? Don’t know? Better find out…now!

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Recently Yahoo Voices was hacked and over 400,000 email addresses and passwords were copied and published online.  Was yours one of them? Even if you were not a user of Yahoo Voices, it’s entirely possible that your email address  and password have been compromised because Yahoo isn’t the only site that has been hacked.  In…

Social Media marketing for real estate professionals – Part Five

Social Media

This is the fifth of a five part series of posts designed to get you thinking about using Social Media Marketing to find new clients and to strengthen relationships with your existing clients. Since the internet was first introduced, the world has become consumed with all of the digital and technological advances it has to…

Social Media marketing for real estate professionals – Part Three

Social Media

This is the third of a five part series of posts designed to get you thinking about using Social Media Marketing to find new clients and to strengthen relationships with your existing clients. If you are still wondering whether or not you should join the Social Media explosion, you are probably losing potential business to…

Social Media marketing for real estate professionals – Part Two

Social Media

This is the second of a five part series of posts designed to get you thinking about using Social Media Marketing to find new clients and to strengthen relationships with your existing clients. If you are still wondering whether or not you should join the Social Media explosion, you are probably losing potential business to…

6 easy steps to secure any computer from malware

Computer Maintenance, Computer Security

Before proceeding to read this article, it is important that I state something up front. It is essential for you to understand and appreciate that there is no such thing as a totally secure operating system or web browser. While the use of security suites and other complementing products can significantly reduce your risks, they…