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.

More on the iPhone and Exchange nuptials…

As a follow up to my earlier post about the iPhone, I want to share some of the details of Apple’s announcement regarding the iPhone and its ability to access the Microsoft Exchange server. (Watch the video here…requires QuickTime) During a big event on Thursday, March 6th, Apple announced that is was making the iPhone…

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest (cell phone) of them all?

I’d like to talk about something that is near and dear to all of our hearts…the cell phone.  I can’t imagine a tool more essential to today’s real estate agent than the cell phone.  Our cell phones allow us to have true mobility and yet still be able to stay in touch with our clients…

It was the best of fax, it was the worst of fax! (with apologies to Charles Dickens)

One of the most helpful tools in our business has been the fax machine.  Next to the telephone, this has probably been the single biggest productivity tool that we have used in the past 20 years.  I don’t need to belabor all the ways that faxing has benefited us and the way that we do…