Arrivva Blog

Are open house signs necessary?

July 19, 2021

Fred discusses the idea of putting open house signs out. It’s inviting everyone to come into the house and it’s ridiculous. At Arrivva, we don’t use signs because we don’t want to attract attention from people who are not planning to buy.

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Don’t Use Price Per Square Foot

July 16, 2021

Price per square is the best and only way to figure out the price of VACANT, UNIMPROVED office space. In residential real estate, that is not the case

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Recent Real Estate Slowdown

June 29, 2021

For the last couple of weeks, we have seen a slow down in the real estate market. The first place we noticed was in Piedmont. We lost a house 2 or 3 months ago in Piedmont that went for $700,000 over the listing price. It was insane. That was when the press started to show […]

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May the 5th be with you – become a cash buyer – the next dimension in real estate rebates

May 10, 2021

Should you buy a home with an all-cash offer? Fred explains how you can become a cash buyer when buying real estate. Arrivva has solved the remaining pain point for buyers who are being beaten out by all-cash offers. Reach out to Arrivva to discuss being an all-cash buyer and still having money left over […]

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Crazy to buy in this market?

April 6, 2021

Check out Fred’s YouTube video discussing his thoughts on why you shouldn’t buy real estate now.

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How the Waitlist Works at Lennar

February 17, 2021
Lennar homes

A few months ago I started telling all my clients to go look at new construction as opposed to being one of 100 putting offers in on overprice property. That was good for a while and now it looks like the weight lists are getting insane.

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New Construction. Is it the right choice for you?

February 5, 2021

Hey, it’s Fred. As you probably know, the real estate world in Northern California is Looney Tunes. And people are flocking now to new construction. I’ve been suggesting that for a while, but it’s starting to seep in that, hey, you gotta be crazy to buy in a resale market because the prices and the […]

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Level Up your Listing With Matterport Digital Staging

January 27, 2021

Change is happening my friend. From Redditors taking on the big dogs of Wall Street to Arrivva challenging archaic ways of Real Estate, the only thing constant is change.

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Are REALTORS(TM) Helping to Spread COVID? (aka, another reason we do not belong to this organization)

December 13, 2020

At the beginning of March, we all know that the world sort of got shut down. At that time, I figured that the economy would take a dive and that no one would be buying real estate. Alas, the fact that qualified people were then cooped up in their 1-bedroom apartments with the walls moving […]

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Hello San Francisco (Video)

October 3, 2020

Update on SF market! What you want and need to know right now.

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