Jerry Kidd

An old Facebook scam is on the rise again!

Ever gotten a Facebook friend request from someone that you are already friends with?  If so welcome to the club! A few years ago this scam was more prevalent, but recently some friends have reported that this issue is on the rise again, so I “dusted” this post off from nearly 4 years ago, revised…

Jerry Kidd

Show your phone a little love!

It’s that time of year again!  I wrote this two years ago but with a little tweaking I felt like this info would be useful to show you again! When was the last time you took a good look at the apps on your smart phone? If your phone is anything like mine, it’s loaded…

Jerry Kidd

Old school prospecting method meets the future!

When I started in real estate in 1986 I struggled to find a way to find clients to work with.  I tried so many ways to reach people that I was pretty much the joke in the office. I felt like the hamster in the wheel.   But, one of the things that I tried…

The best Facebook ads strategy to generate seller leads

If you are a member of the National Association of REALTORS® here in the United States (Or an International Member) you have access to RPR, the Realtors Property Resource®. If you haven’t heard of it, then here is a bit of info about it: RPR is an exclusive online real estate database providing REALTORS® with…

Jerry Kidd

Cool backgrounds for video meetings!

By now you MUST have participated in at least one Zoom meeting. If not, congrats to you, but most of us have had to endure far too many of them! I always like to have an interesting background to amuse myself and the others on the call, and I told you how I do it…

How to change your background in Zoom

It seems like everyone is doing Zoom calls these days! If you aren’t sure what Zoom is, the quick answer is that it is a free, online, video conferencing platform. You simply go to Zoom.us (zoom.com works, too) and sign up for a free account.  Once you have done that you can download the desktop…

Jerry Kidd

10 TIPS TO STAY POSITIVE WHEN EVERYONE AROUND IS GOING CRAZY

I don’t know how you are doing with the shelter in place edicts that much of the world is experiencing so I thought this would be something useful! Staying positive when the world is going crazy is one of the best ways of surviving the tide and making it out of the storm. However, this…

Jerry Kidd

A quarter of the year is almost gone!

If you are reading this then it’s safe to say that the first quarter of 2020 is almost in the books already! Only 39 more weeks to make something happen this year! For this week’s post I thought that I’d give you an easy way to mine the nuggets that this blog contains.  I am…

Jerry Kidd

Tax Tips for REALTORS®

Well it’s that time of year again!  April 15th, the day taxes are due to the IRS is about a month and half away. I thought that I’d curate some tax info for REALTORS® as this week’s post! There really is only ONE authority on US taxes and that is the IRS.  If you are…

Easy and low cost way to send those Just Listed and Just Sold postcards!

Imagine this, if you will.   You KNOW that you should probably send out postcards around your new listing.  Often times a new listing in a neighborhood will spark another home owner to put their home on the market, so sending out Just Listed postcards is a proven way to get the word out to…