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Hamza Arham Rizvi

Hamza R is a licensed electrician with 12+ years of hands-on electrical and residential solar experience based in Phoenix, Arizona. He installed his own 9.6 kW solar system in 2019 and has since guided over a dozen homeowners through solar decisions.

Solar UCC Filings and Liens: What Gets Recorded, and Where
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Solar UCC Filings and Liens: What Gets Recorded, and Where

A fixture filing is not a mortgage and it is not nothing. What is being claimed, why it surfaces at closing rather than at signing, and who to ask before you sign.

Hamza Arham Rizvi Hamza Arham Rizvi
Sep 13 · 8 min
Solar Contract Cancellation: Find Your Deadline Today
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Solar Contract Cancellation: Find Your Deadline Today

Cancellation rights are real, time-limited and set at federal and state level. What to do in the next hour, why the method matters, and who to call for the deadline.

Hamza Arham Rizvi Hamza Arham Rizvi
Sep 12 · 6 min
National vs Local Solar Installer: Ask Who Is On the Roof
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National vs Local Solar Installer: Ask Who Is On the Roof

The real division is not size. It is whether the company selling to you is the company installing, and many national brands are dealer networks that subcontract.

Hamza Arham Rizvi Hamza Arham Rizvi
Sep 11 · 7 min
Solar Production Guarantees: Six Clauses That Decide It
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Solar Production Guarantees: Six Clauses That Decide It

A guarantee is only as good as its baseline, its measurement, its exclusions and its remedy. The six clauses that turn one into protection or into wording.

Hamza Arham Rizvi Hamza Arham Rizvi
Sep 10 · 7 min
Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Solar Contract
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Questions to Ask Before You Sign a Solar Contract

Twenty-four questions, grouped by who can answer them, and the four that must be answered in writing. Most solar regret comes from three of them.

Hamza Arham Rizvi Hamza Arham Rizvi
Sep 9 · 6 min
Will Your Solar Installer Still Exist? Checks You Can Run
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Will Your Solar Installer Still Exist? Checks You Can Run

A workmanship warranty is only worth the company behind it. Which parts of your system survive a bankruptcy, which do not, and the checks you can run before signing.

Hamza Arham Rizvi Hamza Arham Rizvi
Sep 8 · 7 min
Door-to-Door Solar: A Script for Ending It in Thirty Seconds
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Door-to-Door Solar: A Script for Ending It in Thirty Seconds

The doorstep is a decision environment somebody else designed. What to say, what to write down, and how to check anything they told you afterward.

Hamza Arham Rizvi Hamza Arham Rizvi
Sep 7 · 6 min
Solar Sales Red Flags: Eleven Reasons to End the Meeting
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Solar Sales Red Flags: Eleven Reasons to End the Meeting

Every one of these is about the process rather than the product, which is why you can spot them without knowing anything about solar. What each one is hiding.

Hamza Arham Rizvi Hamza Arham Rizvi
Sep 6 · 6 min
Solar Interconnection Fee: The Five Charges to Check
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Solar Interconnection Fee: The Five Charges to Check

A solar interconnection fee is rarely one fee. The five charges, where each one is published, and why your state and your utility set the answer.

Hamza Arham Rizvi Hamza Arham Rizvi
Aug 31 · 7 min
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