Terms of Use

Updated September 28, 2023

Welcome and thank you for your interest in Home Base and the Home Base family of businesses (the "Home Base Companies," "us," "our," or "we"). By clicking a registration or new account submission button, or by otherwise using our websites, networks, mobile applications, or other services provided by the Home Base Companies (collectively, the "Services"), or accessing any content provided by us through the Services, you agree to be bound by the following terms of use, as updated from time to time (the "Terms of Use").

1. The Home Base Companies' Role. The Home Base Companies, and the Services, may assist you in performing the various tasks in a real estate transaction. However, unless explicitly specified by the terms of use for a particular Service (each a "Product's Terms"), THE SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED TO provide you with any financial, real estate, or related advice of any kind. You understand and agree that the Services may include advertisements. To help make the advertisements relevant and useful to you, the Home Base Companies may serve advertisements based on the information we collect through the Services. See our Privacy Policy for more details.

The Home Base Companies. Although we may partner with license brokers, investors and agents in some states, the Home Base Companies are not licensed real estate brokers. As such, the Home Base Companies assume no responsibility for any result or consequence related directly or indirectly to any action or inaction that you or any consumer takes based on the Services or any other information available through or in connection with the Services.

3. Eligibility; Accounts and Registration. You must be at least 18 years of age to use the Services. By agreeing to these Terms of Use, you represent and warrant that: (a) you are at least 18 years of age; (b) you have not previously been suspended or removed from the Services; and (c) your registration and your use of the Services complies with all applicable laws and regulations. To access some features of the Services, you may be required to register for an account and agree to a Product's Terms, to the extent applicable to that service, which may be incorporated herein or available on a separate Home Base Companies site.

4. Use of the Services; Restrictions.
A. Use of the Services. As long as you comply with these Terms of Use, we grant you a non-exclusive, limited, revocable, personal, non-transferable license to use the Services, and to download and use any App on your mobile device in object code form, for your personal use. If you are a real estate or mortgage professional acting in your professional capacity, you may additionally use the Services to provide information, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to your clients and to take actions on behalf of your clients ("Pro Use"). If you use the Services for a Pro Use, you represent and warrant that you have obtained all required authorizations and consents from your client. Except as expressly stated herein, these Terms of Use do not provide you with a license to use, reproduce, distribute, display, or provide access to any portion of the Services on third-party web sites or otherwise. The Services may include software for use in connection with the Services.

B. Use of Content. Subject to the restrictions set forth in these Terms of Use, you may copy information from the Services without the aid of any automated processes and only as necessary for your personal use or Pro Use to view, save, print, fax, and/or e-mail such information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate level data provided on the Home Base Local-Info Pages (the "Aggregate Data") may be used for non-personal uses, e.g., real estate market analysis. You may display and distribute derivative works of the Aggregate Data (e.g., within a graph), only so long as the Home Base Companies are cited as a source on every page where the Aggregate Data are displayed, including "Data Provided by Home Base Group." Such citation may not include any of our logos without our prior written approval or imply any relationship between you and the Home Base Companies beyond that the Home Base Companies are the source of the Aggregate Data. You are prohibited from displaying any other Home Base Companies' data without our prior written approval.

5. Prohibited Use. BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE 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, except as explicitly permitted by any Product's Terms to the extent applicable to that product's Services;
provide/post/authorize a link to any of the Services (including but not limited to an agent profile page) from a third-party website that is not a real estate-related website owned or operated by a real estate or lending professional or institution;
remove or modify any copyright or other intellectual property notices that appear in the Services;
use the Services in any way that is unlawful, or harms the Home Base Companies, its service providers, suppliers, affiliates, or any other user;
use the Services in any way to discriminate against any individual or class of individuals protected under federal, state or local laws, or which may have a discriminatory impact against any individual or class of individuals, or which otherwise promotes illegal, racist or discriminatory activities or outcomes;
distribute or post spam or other unsolicited messages, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or similar communications through the Services;
impersonate another person, misrepresent your affiliation with another person or entity, or make any representation to any third party under false pretenses;
reproduce, publicly display, or otherwise make accessible on or through any other website, application, or service any reviews, ratings, or profile 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, except as explicitly permitted by us for a particular portion of the Services;
upload invalid data, viruses, worms, or other software agents to the Services;
post, reproduce, publicly display, or otherwise make accessible any content, which we, in our sole judgement and discretion, consider illegal, offensive or objectionable including without limitation content that harasses, discriminates, demeans, threatens or disparages any individual or class of individuals;
interfere with, or compromise the system integrity or security of the Services, or otherwise bypass any measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to the Services;
conduct automated queries (including screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers, bypassing "captcha" or similar precautions, or any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) on the Services;
use any of the Home Base Companies' trademarks as part of your screen name or email address on the Services;
access or use any of the Services to develop competitive products or services; or
attempt to, or permit or encourage any third party to, do any of the above.

6. Fees.
A. Generally. When used as stipulated, you are not subject to any fees as a result of participating in real estate transactions with the Service. Except in the case where you enter into an agreement to do business with the Company or any of its affiliates and terminate said agreement after resources have already been expended due to your engagement. In such scenarios, you understand and agree to repay all costs incurred by the Company, any of its affiliates and/or partner operators while performing duties related to the purchase, marketing or sale of your property.

7. Feedback. If you choose to provide input and suggestions regarding the Services, including related to any of the Home Base Companies' Materials ("Feedback"), then you hereby grant us an unrestricted, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, fully paid, royalty-free right to use the Feedback in any manner and for any purpose, including to improve the Services or create other products and services.

8. No Warranties. THE Home Base COMPANIES PROVIDE 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, THE Home Base COMPANIES AND OUR SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE Home Base COMPANIES AND OUR 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. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES OR ANY MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY REGARDING ANY Home Base COMPANIES' ENTITY OR THE SERVICES THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS OF USE. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES, YOUR DEALING WITH ANY OTHER USER, AND ANY MATERIALS, INCLUDING ALL USER AND Home Base COMPANIES' MATERIALS, AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, AND USE, ACCESS, DOWNLOAD, OR OTHER OBTAINMENT OF MATERIALS THROUGH THE SERVICES AND ANY ASSOCIATED SITES OR SERVICES, ARE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY (INCLUDING YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR MOBILE DEVICE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES), OR THE LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR THE DOWNLOAD OR USE OF THOSE MATERIALS. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY PROHIBIT A DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.

9. Limitation of Liability/Exclusive Remedy. IN NO EVENT WILL THE Home Base COMPANIES OR ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, OR ANY OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS) ARISING OUT OF, BASED ON, OR RESULTING FROM THESE TERMS OF USE OR YOUR USE OR ACCESS, OR INABILITY TO USE OR ACCESS, THE SERVICES OR ANY MATERIALS ON THE SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON: (A) BREACH OF CONTRACT; (B) BREACH OF WARRANTY; (C) NEGLIGENCE; OR (D) ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION, EVEN IF THE Home Base COMPANIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE Home Base COMPANIES ASSUME NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF MATERIALS; (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES; (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN; (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES; (V) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY; (VI) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY MATERIALS OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY MATERIALS POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES; OR (VII) USER MATERIALS OR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY. THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE Home Base COMPANIES AND ANY OF OUR AFFILIATES TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICES OR OTHERWISE UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE, WHETHER UNDER CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF: (1) THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID TO THE Home Base COMPANIES FOR THE SERVICES IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIMS; OR (2) $100. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. ACCORDINGLY, THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. EACH PROVISION OF THESE TERMS OF USE THAT PROVIDES FOR A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES, OR EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES IS INTENDED TO AND DOES ALLOCATE THE RISKS BETWEEN THE PARTIES UNDER THESE TERMS. THIS ALLOCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION WILL APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

10. Changes to Terms. We may update or revise these Terms of Use from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the date of the latest revision will be indicated. Your continued use of the platform after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.