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.

Is your blog ready for the year of the tablet?

After several false starts, 2011 has been labeled the “Year of the Tablet”.  (Here is a link to a Google search on that topic: the year of the tablet: https://realtytechbytes.com/Tablet) When the iPad first came out there was a big rush on the part of iPhone developers to port their apps onto the new and…

Teach Your Parents Tech! (Or Teach yourself)

My passion these days is showing small business owners how to use the new web based tools to grow their businesses.  And yes, real estate people are small business owners. I really enjoy showing people how Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter have real world business applications and are not just for wasting time. Arguably, the…

An open letter to all real estate brokers…you really, really need to read this!

You can’t avoid it anymore.  It’s everywhere you look.  Television commercials for all sorts of products tell you to do it,  magazine ads feature the logo and the promise of benefits if you will just do this one thing.  Every one you know is there already and recent events in the Middle East have shown…

Seven websites to help you save at the pump

Back in June of 2008 I wrote a blog post here https://realtytechbytes.com/11-ridiculously-easy-ways-to-improve-your-fuel-economy-and-save-at-the-pump/ that had 11 ways to save at the pump.  I had some great comments and suggestions from readers on that post as well, so you may want to go back and check it out again. But here it is nearly 3 years later,…