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.
In my 22 plus years in the real estate business I have never seen such a strong opportunity for buyers to invest in real estate. There are any number of factors that have all come together in a “perfect storm” of opportunity for buyers. Interest rates are still low enough to be affordable by many,…
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Lately it seems like my money runs out before the month runs out and I have been looking for ways to economize. Being the geek that I am, I turned to the web and did some searching. Here are some interesting web sites that I think will help you save money and maybe even put…
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I had occasion to be on a conference call with two colleagues late last week and one of them was late to the call. When he finally arrived, he was pretty exasperated because his TREO had locked up on him sometime before he was due to get on the call and he was forced to…
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Well, I’m back from my vacation on Maui, and tomorrow the real world of work is back…and I am excited about it! You might think I am being facetious to say that I am glad to be going back to work, but truth be told, I really enjoy my job! I enjoy doing training classes…
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As I stated last week, I am in Maui enjoying a wonderful vacation. I have had plenty of time to catch up on my reading, both for pleasure and for business. In doing so, I have had the great good fortune to read about two products that I wish I had with me on this…
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Aloha and greetings from Kaanapali in Maui! I am on vacation for the next few weeks so this will not be a long post, but I did want to tell you about the Pogo Stylus. If you are an iPhone or iTouch user and have bratwurst sized fingers, as I do, then you are likely…
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When I started in real estate in 1986, I wanted to work exclusively with buyers because I thought that was the best place for me to start, and in many ways it was. But, the old timers that were in my office kept saying to me “You have to list to last”. What they meant…
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Have you ever had the need to set up a conference call? And have you ever been stymied by how to do it on the office phone or your cell phone? Do you know if your home phone can do conference calling? I may have the answer to these questions for you in today’s post. …
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I have had my iPhone for a little over 60 days now. On July 11th I was one of the people who stood in line for hours for the privilege of forking over nearly $500 (when all was said and done with taxes, activation fees, pre-pays and accessories) to purchase an iPhone on “opening day”. …
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I have received a lot of questions lately revolving around which computer or laptop should I buy. Since I do have an opinion on this, I thought I’d devote this week’s posting to that topic! To start with, let’s settle the Apple vs. PC debate. I have both a PC laptop and an Apple MacBook…
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