Jerry Kidd

Tame your IRS expense reporting

Here in the US, Income Tax day was a month ago.  By now you have paid your taxes and maybe even filed an extension so that your actual tax return has been delayed.  In either case, if you owed money you had to send it in. Did you struggle with your return?  Pulling expenses together…

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16 Skills that lead to success as a real estate agent

I first ran the following article on August 29th, 2021.  I was recently asked about it so I thought it would be good to re-run it. On another note, I will be presenting my “The Nine Things I had to Learn to be Successful as a REALTOR®” talk at the Realtors Marketing Association in Danville…

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Jerry Kidd

Put the power of the MLS in your hand with myTheo

This was first published in January 2021 here on RealtyTechBytes (https://realtytechbytes.com/take-control-of-the-way-you-work-with-the-mls-with-mytheo/). The App is so useful that I wanted to bring your attention back to it.  What follows is that post that has been updated for 2022. MyTheo, based in San Francisco, brings the power of the Multiple Listing Service and so much more to…

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Jerry Kidd

Stop the email inbox madness!

My day usually starts at 6 AM with a cup of coffee and my email.  From there I move to reading my news feeds which are the equivalent of the morning newspaper of yesteryear. Once done there I switch over to LinkedIn and check my groups. Finally I log in to Facebook and handle any…

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Jerry Kidd

The Four Emails You Need to Use

If you are running email marketing campaigns, chances are you are already using the popular newsletter format, which usually are sent out monthly or every couple of weeks. The trouble is far too many of us stop right there and don’t use any other type of email campaign, and that’s a big mistake!  Let’s look…

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Is TikTok for Real Estate Agents?

How many of you are using TikTok in your real estate business?  Is TikTok even suitable for real estate agents to use in their businesses?  If so, how do you go about doing it? All good questions so I set out to get some answers that I could share with you! Hootsuite has an excellent…

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How to quickly put together handouts for your clients

This was first published on RealtyTechBytes back in April of 2019.  I think it’s a valuable resource and so wanted to bring it to your attention again! Did you ever wish that you had your own Guide Booklets that you could hand to your buyer and seller clients (and prospects)? I know that you can…

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Hand written notes can grow your business

What was in your mailbox today?  Bills? Magazines?  Postcards from other real estate agents? Other junk mail? If so, you are like everyone else! But, if by chance you got a hand written note from someone, how did it make you feel? I’ll bet it lifted your spirits!  And once again you would be like…

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How to REALLY learn to use your technology tools

If I had to come up with something good to say about the recent pandemic, there are some things that stand out as being “good”. In my mind, the best thing that came about was the nearly universal adoption of using Docuisgn and its analogs for our transactions.  It’s so widespread that newer agents coming…

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Jerry Kidd

11 Tips to Help You Save At The Pump

I don’t know about you, but these $100.00 trips to the gas station are getting to me. It would be more than $100.00, but Wells Fargo, in its infinite wisdom, cuts me off at $100.00 and stops the pump. I have a 2008 Lexus LS460, which on a good day gets about 20 miles to…

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