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Terms of Use

EFFECTIVE DATE: AUGUST 22, 2018

Welcome to HOMEandDEAL.com.  By using HOMEandDEAL.com’s Web site (defined to include all properties (mobile, Web or otherwise) owned and operated by HOMEandDEAL.com), related data, and/or related services (collectively, "Services"), you agree to be bound by the following terms of use, as updated from time to time ("Terms of Use"). Complaints or questions regarding these Terms of Use may be sent to ______________________.
1. Permissible Use. Unless you are a real estate or lending professional acting in your professional capacity, you agree to use the Services for your personal use, and your commercial use is limited to transactions done on your own behalf. The commercial use of real estate and lending professionals is limited to providing information to consumers via the Services or, where authorized, taking actions on behalf of a consumer client (e.g., post a home for sale). Without limitation, lending professionals and institutions are prohibited from using information provided by HOMEandDEAL.com through the Services in making any loan-related decisions. The Services may be used only for transactions in residential real estate and may not be used for transactions in commercial real estate, which includes, without limitation, commercially zoned properties, timeshares, and vacation rentals. Subject to the restrictions set forth in the following paragraphs, you may copy information from the Services only as necessary for your personal use to view, save, print, fax and/or e-mail such information. You agree otherwise not to reproduce, modify, distribute, display or otherwise provide access to, create derivative works from, decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer any portion of the Services.
2. Restrictions and Additional Terms. You agree not to remove or modify any copyright or other intellectual property notices that appear in the Services. You will not use the Services for resale, service bureau, time-sharing or other similar purposes. Further:
a. Acceptable Use. You agree not to use the Services in any way that is unlawful, or harms HOMEandDEAL.com, its service providers, suppliers or any other user. You agree not to distribute or post spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or similar communications through the Services. You agree not to impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation with another person or entity. Except as expressly stated herein, these Terms of Use do not provide you a license to use, reproduce, distribute, display or provide access to any portion of the Services on third-party Web sites or otherwise. Except as expressly stated herein and without limitation, you agree that you will not, nor will you permit or encourage any third party to, reproduce, publicly display, or otherwise make accessible on or through any other Website, application, or service any information about real estate, lending, or other professionals, underlying images of or information about real estate listings, or other data or content available through the Services.
b. Automated Queries. Automated queries (including screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) are strictly prohibited on the Services, unless you have received express written permission from HomeDocu.com. As a limited exception, publicly available search engines and similar Internet navigation tools ("Search Engines") may query the Services and provide an index with links to the Services' Web pages, only to the extent such unlicensed "fair use" is allowed by applicable copyright law. Search Engines are not permitted to query or search information protected by a security verification system ("captcha") which limits access to human users.
c. Google Maps. Some of the Services implement the Google Maps web mapping service. Your use of Google Maps is subject to Google's terms of use, located at http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/help/terms_maps.html.
d. Calls. If you, as a consumer, choose to contact a real estate agent or homeowner through the Services by completing a contact request or other request form on HOMEandDEAL.com, you authorize HOMEandDEAL.com to provide your name and contact information and other identifying information you provide to that real estate agent, homeowner and any associated vendors. Further, if you elect to request pre-approval from a Lender (as defined below) in connection with your contact with a real estate agent or homeowner, you authorize HOMEandDEAL.com to provide your name and contact information and other identifying information you provide to the participating Lender or associated vendors.  You acknowledge that, by submitting your contact request or other request form on HOMEandDEAL.com or by electing to request pre-approval, you may receive telemarketing calls from or on behalf of the real estate agent, Lender or other vendors at the telephone number(s) you provide. The Services may provide phone numbers that can connect you with HOMEandDEAL.com, its service providers, or other third parties, such as real estate agents, mortgage brokers, escrow and title companies. Some of the numbers listed may be routed through a third party service ("Calling Service"). Calls through the Calling Service may be recorded or monitored for quality assurance and customer service purposes. In the event that you make a call to HOMEandDEAL.com or through a Calling Service, you consent to such recording and monitoring. HomeDocu.com will treat recorded calls in accordance with its Privacy Policy.
e. TCPA Consent & Privacy.  Notwithstanding any current or prior election to opt in or opt out of receiving telemarketing calls or SMS messages (including text messages) from us, our agents, representatives, affiliates, or anyone calling on our behalf, you expressly consent to be contacted by HOMEandDEAL.com, our agents, representatives, affiliates, or anyone calling on HOMEandDEAL.com's behalf for any and all purposes arising out of or relating to your loan and/or account, at any telephone number, or physical or electronic address you provide or at which you may be reached. You agree HOMEandDEAL.com may contact you in any way, including SMS messages (including text messages), calls using prerecorded messages or artificial voice, and calls and messages delivered using auto telephone dialing system or an automatic texting system. Automated messages may be played when the telephone is answered, whether by you or someone else. In the event that an agent or representative calls, he or she may also leave a message on your answering machine, voice mail, or send one via text.
You consent to receive SMS messages (including text messages), calls and messages (including prerecorded and artificial voice and autodialed) from HomDocu.com, our agents, representatives, affiliates or anyone calling on our behalf at the specific number(s) you have provided to HOMEandDEAL.com, or numbers we can reasonably associate with your account (through skip trace, caller ID capture or other means), with information or questions in connection with the Services related to your account. You certify, warrant and represent that the telephone numbers that you have provided to us are your contact numbers. You represent that you are permitted to receive calls at each of the telephone numbers you have provided to us. You agree to promptly alert us whenever you stop using a particular telephone number.Your cellular or mobile telephone provider will charge you according to the type of plan you carry. You also agree that we may contact you by e-mail, using any email address you have provided to us or that you provide to us in the future. We may listen to and/or record phone calls between you and our representatives without notice to you as permitted by applicable law. For example, we listen to and record calls for quality monitoring purposes.
f. Other Service Providers. Certain registration functionality is provided by ___________________ and use is subject to ____________________Basic Terms of Service, located at _________________________________.
3. Materials You Provide; Account Use; Privacy; Third Party Web Sites. For materials you post or otherwise provide to HOMEandDEAL.com in connection with the Services (your "Submission"), you grant HOMEandDEAL.com an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free worldwide license to (a) use, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, prepare derivative works of or incorporate into other works, and translate your Submission, in connection with the Services or in any other media, and (b) sublicense these rights, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. HOMEandDEAL.com will not pay you for your Submission or to exercise any rights related to your Submission set forth in the preceding sentence. HOMEandDEAL.com may remove or modify your Submission at any time. For each Submission, you agree to provide accurate and complete information and represent that you have all rights necessary to grant HOMEandDEAL.com the rights in this paragraph and that the Submission complies with Section 2(a) above. You are solely responsible for all Submissions made through your HOMEandDEAL.com user account or that you otherwise make available through the Services.  You may not share your HOMEandDEAL.com user account with others. You are responsible for all actions taken via your account. HOMEandDEAL.com will treat your use of the Services in accordance with its Privacy Policy. Certain HOMEandDEAL.com functionalities may involve the distribution of your Submission to third party Web sites over which HOMEandDEAL.com has no control. HOMEandDEAL.com is not responsible for and makes no warranties or representations pertaining to these third party Web sites, including but not limited to the content, availability, or functionality of such Web sites. You are responsible for ensuring that your Submission complies with the terms of use associated with any such third party Web site and you understand that your Submission and your use of a third party Web site will be treated in accordance with that third party Web site's own privacy policy.
4.  Linked Materials and Third-Party Materials. The Services include links to third-party products, services and Web sites, as well as materials provided by third parties. HOMEandDEAL.com does not endorse, and takes no responsibility for such products, services, Web sites, and materials. You understand that HOMEandDEAL.com has no obligation to, and generally does not, approve or monitor materials provided by third parties through the Services. Your dealings with any third party arising in connection with the Services are solely between you and such third party, and HOMEandDEAL.com takes no responsibility for any damages or costs of any type arising out of or in any way connected with your dealings with these third parties.
6. Claims of Copyright Infringement. HOMEandDEAL.com respects the intellectual property rights of others, and asks that everyone using the Services do the same. Anyone who believes that their work has been reproduced on the Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement may notify HOMEandDEAL.com's copyright agent in accordance with Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), by providing the following information: (a) Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (b) Identification of the material that you claim is infringing and needs to be removed, including a description of where it is located on the Services so that the copyright agent can locate it; (c) Your address, telephone number, and, if available, e-mail address, so that the copyright agent may contact you about your complaint; and (d) A signed statement that the above information is accurate; that you have a good faith belief that the identified use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf in this situation.  Notices of copyright infringement claims should be sent as follows: By mail: HOMEandDEAL.com 18004 Sky Park Circle 260, Irvine, CA 92614, Attention: Copyright Agent. By e-mail: email@homedocu.com.  If you give notice of copyright infringement by text e-mail, HOMEandDEAL.com's copyright agent may begin investigating the alleged copyright infringement; however, we must receive your signed statement by mail or as an attachment to your e-mail before we are required to take any action.
7. NO WARRANTY. HOMEandDEAL.com PROVIDES THE SERVICES "AS IS," "WITH ALL FAULTS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, HOMEandDEAL.com AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. HOMEandDEAL.com AND ITS SUPPLIERS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS, STATUTORY AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION (A) WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WORKMANLIKE EFFORT, ACCURACY, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, NO ENCUMBRANCES, NO LIENS AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, (B) WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ARISING THROUGH COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, AND (C) WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE ACCESS OR USE.
8. LIABILITY LIMITATION; EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. IN NO EVENT WILL HOMEDOCU.COM OR ANY SUPPLIER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM THESE TERMS OF USE OR YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH IS INDEPENDENT OF YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SET FORTH BELOW AND SURVIVES IN THE EVENT SUCH REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OR IS OTHERWISE DEEMED UNENFORCEABLE. THESE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS APPLY WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER THE DAMAGES ARISE FROM (A) BREACH OF CONTRACT, (B) BREACH OF WARRANTY, (C) NEGLIGENCE, OR (D) ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION, TO THE EXTENT SUCH EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THESE TERMS OF USE, OR YOU HAVE ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM AGAINST HomeDocu.com OR ITS SUPPLIERS WITH RESPECT TO THESE TERMS OF USE OR THE SERVICES, THEN YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICES.
9. Changes; Discontinuance. HOMEandDEAL.com reserves the right to change these Terms of Use at any time in its sole discretion. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised version of these Terms of Use to HOMEandDEAL.com's Web sites. Your continued use of the Services after the effectiveness of such changes will constitute acceptance of and agreement to any such changes. You further waive any right you may have to receive specific notice of such changes to these Terms of Use. You are responsible for regularly reviewing these Terms of Use. HOMEandDEAL.com may alter, suspend or discontinue the Services at any time to you and/or to others, without notice.
10. Choice of Law; Disputes. These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions. You agree to submit to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts sitting in Orange County, California for any and all disputes, claims and actions arising from or in connection with the Services and/or these Terms of Use. In any dispute arising under this Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to attorneys' fees and expenses.
11. Indemnification. You agree to defend and hold HOMEandDEAL.com, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents harmless from any and all claims and demands made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms of Use, your use of the Services, your violation of any law or the rights of a third party, or any Submission made through your HOMEandDEAL.com user account or that you otherwise make available through the Services.
12. Release. You release HOMEandDEAL.com, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from all liability related to any and all claims and demands you may assert against any third party arising out of the Services. If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542, which states, "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor."
13. General. You agree not to export from anywhere any part of the Services provided to you or any direct product thereof except in compliance with, and with all licenses and approvals required under, applicable export laws, rules and regulations. If any part of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be replaced with a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of these Terms of Use will continue in effect. The section titles in these Terms of Use are solely used for the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual significance. HOMEandDEAL.com may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time with or without notice to you. You may not assign these Terms of Use, or assign, transfer or sublicense your rights, if any, in the Service. HOMEandDEAL.com's failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive its right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. Except as expressly stated herein, these Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and HOMEandDEAL.com with respect to the Services and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications of any kind between you and HOMEandDEAL.com with respect to the Services. The following sections of these Terms of Use shall survive any termination of these Terms of Use: 3, 9, 10, 12 through 15.
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