Brilliant CMA tool makes awesome CMAs

How is this for a headline on a real estate tools website?  YOU ARE A MODERN REAL ESTATE AGENT. YOUR TOOLS SHOULD BE TOO dashCMA equips you with a modern pricing #perspective that your competition isn’t showing. Win more listings, win more accepted offers but more importantly, win your client’s trust. I don’t know if…

Jerry Kidd

Turn your car into a university on wheels!

Have you ever heard the expression “windshield time”? The Urban Dictionary defines windshield time as the amount of time wasted or lost driving from point A to point B during work hours. If you are like many real estate agents you have a lot of time spent in your car going from place to place…

Jerry Kidd

3 ways to find anyone’s email address!

Have you ever wondered how to find someone’s email address?  I know that I have been asked that question many times, so I went on a hunt to find ways to do just that! Here are three ways to find those addresses.  One is free, but the others have some cost associated with them.  If…

Jerry Kidd

Secrets of getting new clients revealed! Prospecting Tips for REALTORS®

According to REALTOR® magazine “prospecting is the lifeblood of any successful real estate career. It’s that simple. The more people you come in contact with, the more listing and sales you can achieve. All it takes is a plan and some persistence.” To help you achieve that plan they offer the Prospecting Tool Kit at:…

Jerry Kidd

Things to do when there is nothing to do – Updated for 2019

Last April I wrote an article about things to do when you have nothing to do, and it was well received by my readers! I thought that I’d bring it back around again and add a few and change a few.  What follows is the 2019 version! Every once in a while we have one…

Jerry Kidd

The Best free CRM for real estate agents

I have yet to meet the real estate agent who doesn’t like free stuff!  After all, we are constantly shelling out for E&O, desk fees, lock boxes, MLS access, Board Dues, franchise fees, phone bills and other tools that we need to run our businesses.  No wonder that free stuff is so popular! One of…

Jerry Kidd

Is direct mail dead? I don’t think so!

What’s in your mailbox these days?  In my neighborhood, I get two or three oversized postcards from local real estate agents every week.  Since they turn up so often and from more than one agent I figured that they had to be producing results…or else why would they continue to send them? But, I wanted…

When was the last time you sent a personal note?

I’ve got a fun little app for you today.  It’s called Bond and it performs a simple task that we all need to do. What it does is create and mail handwritten notes for you.  I know, you can write your own notes, but how many do you actually do? Do you write notes to…

Slow down you are moving too fast…

I want to take a different approach this week. As we get near the end of the year, it’s time to start looking at the year to come. Maybe the following will resonate with you as you start to plan 2019. In 2001, a small games development company called Remedy Entertainment produced the video game…

People Aren’t Mountains … You Can Move!

There is a Scottish Gaelic proverb that reads, “Coinnichidh na daoine far nach coinnich na cnuic”, it translates as: The people meet each other but the hills do not. It basically means that in life some things are impossible, for instance like two mountains meeting, but people can always meet. I’ve always found it to…