Jerry Kidd

It’s not too soon to start planning 2021

Here we are in the final quarter of the wild circus known as 2020! I hope that you have been having a good year in your business in spite of all that has gone on and is going on! Here in Contra Costa County, we have FINALLY been allowed to have indoor church/temple/mosque services and…

Perfectly Recall important info from Zoom meetings!

Have you done a listing presentation via Zoom yet?  How about working with buyers going over reports?  (Or any other “conference style” meetings with clients?) If not, you probably will sooner or later.  Zoom seems to have insinuated itself into all aspects of our customer and colleague facing business. One of the issues that I…

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FSBO Joy at real estate agent pricing!

Here in the San Francisco East Bay Area, if you have a clean, well maintained and properly priced listing, you are going to get offers.  We are definitely seeing multiple offers these days and in many cases, homes are selling above asking price. So, the name of the game for agents is to get listings! …

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How to get new clients in a Covid-19 world

I hate to say this because I really don’t want to believe that our reality has changed forever, but I will say it because the reality right now is different than it was before March 17th, 2020. So here it is, in our current reality, several of our tried and true methods to meet new…

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You already paid for this…are you using it?

  One of the “joys” of being a real estate agent is our membership in our local, state and national REALTOR® associations! I say that a bit tongue in cheek because for most of us those memberships translate as annual dues and little else. But that viewpoint really sells that membership short.  Spending a little…

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I’ve got a challenge for you!

Over the next week, find some time to expand your marketing and operational knowledge! I’m thinking that about 15 to 30 minutes a day should be enough time for you to explore the wealth of knowledge and tips in the following three resources. Once you find something that gets you excited about implementing it in…

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How to replace real estate open house lost opportunities!

This week I want to circle back to talking about using videos in your marketing of homes and in your self promotion. Since Covid-19 restrictions have shut down our ability to hold traditional open houses, we have lost one of the ways that was a tried and true method of meeting new potential clients.  More…

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QR Codes – New Use for an Old Idea!

Driving around these days I see lots of For Sale Signs in front of listings and many of them still have empty flyer boxes on the posts. The boxes are empty because here in California, and Contra Costa County, we are unable to have flyers, either in the home itself or in the flyer box.…

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30 things to do when there is nothing to do during Covid-19

In 2018 I wrote an article about things to do when you have nothing to do, and it was well received by my readers! I updated it and brought it back in 2019. It was time to update it again top reflect the new realities of real estate! Every once in a while we have…

A must have phone app for real estate agents

Just about a year ago, I wrote about a phone app called Homesnap and suggested that you go get it.  You can read that article here: https://realtytechbytes.com/the-most-addictive-real-estate-app/ and I suggest that you click on the link and go do so right now.   And then come back because I just discovered a game changing feature…