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The Ivy Group Podcast

The Ivy Group Podcast

By: Tim Vi Tran
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 For over 25 years, the Ivy Group has contributed to the thriving Fremont, CA, the Silicon Valley, and the greater San Francisco Bay Area with brokering all types of commercial real estate transactions, especially industrial properties, as their clients’ trusted advisors, consultants,CRE experts, agents with deep expertise and high integrity, as well as investors ourselves. We offer: Wide networks. Deep roots. Trusted connections. The IVY Group has a combined 100+ years of experience in every aspect of commercial real estate. In addition to the English language, our team can speak six additional languages: Spanish, Vietnamese, Hindi, Gujarati, Mandarin Chinese, and Cantonese. Very few commercial real estate brokers earned both the SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors®) and CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designations. There are only a handful of commercial real estate agents in the San Francisco Bay Area. Among thousands of licensed agents, our Founder & CEO Tim Vi Tran is the first Asian American in the entire San Francisco Bay Area to achieve both designations. We Deliver Results, “Above and Beyond’’. We Have Exclusive Property Listings for Sale and for Lease Our customized property listing platform can reach millions of views locally, nationally, and globally, bringing sellers and buyers together, and connecting landlords and tenants, to optimize your property search and provide the best match. We Are Also Investors & Developers In addition to being licensed real estate agents, we are also investors and developers. We “walk the walk.” We offer other perspectives from our technology and engineering backgrounds for every commercial property, to truly maximize your ROI. As a broker and agent, we are THE go-to commercial real estate expert in Fremont, CA. We are known as the top broker, as well as a trusted friend and advisor who always go above and beyond. As the gateway to Silicon Valley, Fremont, CA is rapidly expanding with technology companies in robotics, clean tech, solar, biotech, life science, EV, AI, cloud computing, eCommerce, logistics automation, software, IoT, and related manufacturing and distribution. The IVY Group offers in depth expertise about the real estate market in relation to technology (some brokers have engineering training and experience), as well as comprehensive and strategic financial insights in advising clients to capitalize on opportunities. The Ivy Group specializes in Industrial Properties, focusing on the following areas of industrial real estate: - Industrial real estate between 10,000 – 200,000 square feet - Advanced Manufacturing - Distribution Centers / Supply Chain Management - Flex space / Mixed Use - Logistics - Warehouses - Apartment complexes and Multi family buildings (10 - 100 units) - Low rise - Mid rise - High rise - Garden style - Office buildings (10,000 - 200,000 square feet) - Healthcare, dental & medical offices, private medical practices - Research and development (R&D) centers/facilities - IT companies, law firms, accounting firms, B2B services - Retail buildings (5,000 - 50,000 square feet) - Shopping centers - Strip malls - Restaurants - Recreation facilities The Ivy Group represents: - Sellers, - Landlords, - Owners, - Buyers, - Investors - Tenants, Renters - 1031 Exchange sellers and buyers Our Vision: Empower people and build communities through property ownership. When you need to sell, buy, or lease a flex space, the Ivy Group is ready to help you reach your goals with more than 100 years of combined experience and expertise in real estate, investment, technology and engineering. Contact us with your next real estate needs. Contact us: https://theivygroup.com/contact-us/ Copyright ©️ 2025 by Tim Vi Tran, SIOR, CCIM. All rights reserved.Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Economics
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  • How did the Ivy Group turn one purchase of commercial property into multiple leasing deals_Tim Vi Tran_Episode 9, Season 1

    How did the Ivy Group turn one purchase of commercial property into multiple leasing deals_Tim Vi Tran_Episode 9, Season 1
    Jul 6 2025
    Earning a warm lead takes community participation and connection. Getting an off market commercial property requires lots of hard work. Negotiating a win win for both the buyer and the seller needs innovative thinking - learn from one of the best commercial real estate brokers: Tim Vi Tran, SIOR, CCIM, President of the Ivy Group. The trust and confidence from the buyer, Lighthouse for the Blind, has lasted more than a decade and has turned into multiple leasing deals. How did the Ivy Group succeed in building trust?

    Genuine respect and support for the nonprofit client's causes can go a long way. Creative solutions in structuring a donation portion into the transaction resulted in a win win for both the buyer and the seller. Consistently delivering results with leasing properties generates more and more deals. Learn from Tim Vi Tran, the top 1% CRE expert:

    To watch it as a 10-min video

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    Stay tuned by subscribing to the Ivy Group's newsletter https://theivygroup.substack.com/

    When you need to sell, buy, or lease a commercial property, or simply want to have an investment consultation, the Ivy Group is ready to help you reach your goals with more than 100 years of combined experience and expertise in real estate, investment, technology and engineering. Contact us with your next real estate needs:https://theivygroup.com/contact-us/

    Copyright ©️ 2025 by Tim Vi Tran. All rights reserved.
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    10 mins
  • Avoided a bidding war in brokering a commercial property purchase: Buyer wins, Seller wins, City of Fremont wins, the Community Wins, even the CRE broker's kids win_Tim Vi Tran_Episode 8, Season 1

    Avoided a bidding war in brokering a commercial property purchase: Buyer wins, Seller wins, City of Fremont wins, the Community Wins, even the CRE broker's kids win_Tim Vi Tran_Episode 8, Season 1
    Jul 6 2025
    Not only did the Ivy Group help Hoopsphere find an off market commercial property and avoid a bidding war, Tim Vi Tran also played a pivotal role in advising this buyer with all aspects of financing, tenant improvement build out, conditional use permit from the City, SBA loan and multiple extensions for closing, ... A top commercial real estate broker is almost "Mr. know it all", or "Mr. referral" who connects the client with architects, contractors, appraisers, banks or lenders.

    Additionally, a dedicated community builder. In serving Tim's own community in Fremont, CA, unintentionally his own young children benefited from the community's great basketball programs offered by Hoopsphere years later.

    To watch it as a 13-min video

    To read it as an article

    Stay tuned by subscribing to the Ivy Group's newsletter https://theivygroup.substack.com/

    When you need to sell, buy, or lease a commercial property, or simply want to have an investment consultation, the Ivy Group is ready to help you reach your goals with more than 100 years of combined experience and expertise in real estate, investment, technology and engineering. Contact us with your next real estate needs:https://theivygroup.com/contact-us/

    Copyright ©️ 2025 by Tim Vi Tran. All rights reserved.
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    13 mins
  • Customer First Philosophy Is the Secret Sauce for Winning Trust, Listings, and Customer Loyalty_Tim Vi Tran_Episode 7, Season 1

    Customer First Philosophy Is the Secret Sauce for Winning Trust, Listings, and Customer Loyalty_Tim Vi Tran_Episode 7, Season 1
    Jul 5 2025
    To say "customer first" is one thing, to really do it as a principle and philosophy is much harder, since there are times with a broker of commercial real estate must prioritize client's interest over and above his own. How did the first agent lost the listing through double ending and withholding offer from the seller? What made the seller's trust the Ivy Group?

    Watch it as a 7-min video

    Read it as an article

    With your next real estate needs: Contact us: https://theivygroup.com/contact-us/

    Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://theivygroup.substack.com/

    Copyright ©️ 2025 by Tim Vi Tran, SIOR, CCIM. All rights reserved.
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    8 mins

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