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Terms of Service

Review our Terms of Service to understand your rights, responsibilities, and the benefits of using Landlord Hotline.

The User of this website and purchaser of any products or services agrees to the following terms and conditions for using this website and purchasing any products or services herein and hereby.

Membership

You agree that to receive the benefits of any service offered by us, including but not limited to Membership Plans, you must pay the required fee and comply with our terms and conditions. We reserve the right to change, alter, amend, or terminate any membership plan. Membership fees are non-refundable. Users on our website are limited to one account per person. Users may not register or use alternate accounts.

Changes to Terms of Use

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to revise, change, or modify these Terms of Use at any time. We will incorporate all material changes to these Terms of Use on this page. Notice of any change may be given in any manner we choose that complies with law, including, but not limited to posting a notice of such changes on the Website. Review this page periodically for the most recent version of these Terms. Any use by a User of the Website following notice of such changes shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by that User of those changes to the Terms of Use. 

Copyright, Ownership & License

All rights reserved. The material and images contained on the Website is protected by copyright and are owned by us unless otherwise indicated. No material from the Website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way. The Website and the information, computer code, and related functionality appearing, featured or otherwise displayed on the Website is owned by us, our affiliates, and their respective licensors or other third parties and protected under the copyright, trademark and other laws of the United States and other countries sand international treaty provisions. We grant to User a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Website in strict accordance with these Terms of Use and the instructions provided by us on the Website. Except as may be explicitly permitted through the Website, you may not copy, modify, upload, republish, distribute, display, post, license, create derivative works from, or transmit anything you obtain from the Website, including anything you download from the Website, unless you first obtain our written consent. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to us and our affiliates. You may not remove, obscure, or otherwise deface proprietary notices appearing on the Website, or any content or Information. Any unauthorized use of the Website or its contents may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity and communications regulations and statutes.

Lease Agreement

For Lease Agreements that we sell or provide to User to download are limited to the use of natural persons only (i.e. individuals who own and manage rental properties of their own) and not for property management company use (i.e. apartment companies or property management companies that manage properties for other property owners). If a property management company desires to purchase the right to use our lease agreement, it must contact us about the same.

Restrictions on Use

As a condition of your use of the Website, you warrant to us you will not use the Website for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions and notices or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the Website or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the Website. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through our Website. This includes but is not limited to the following activities: provide false or misleading information, disclose your username or password to another, or use an account, username, password, or personal information of another; harvest or collect information about any users of the Website; Transmit or facilitate the transmission of any “junk mail,” “chain letters,” or unsolicited mass mailing or “spamming” in connection with the Website; use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application or automatic device to retrieve, index “data mine” or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of the Website or any content or Information of the Website; modify the Information, content, programs or other materials on the Website or hack into or access our servers or Website in an unauthorized manner; frame or mirror any part of the Website, without the express permission of us; reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, translate or otherwise alter any portion of the Website; upload or input to the Website any information that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, interfere with, intercept, or expropriate any portion or system of the Website.

Trademarks and Third-Party Content

We may display and distribute content and Information supplied by third parties on the Website. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of, or endorse, any content or Information of any third party. Any opinions, advice, statement, services, offers or other content or Information expressed or made available by third parties, including, without limitation, information providers or any other user of the Website, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor, and not us. All trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, trade dress, icons and domain names located on the Website is the property of us, our affiliates, their respective licensors or other third parties. Nothing contained on the Website should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, service mark, trade name, logo, trade dress, icon and domain name displayed on the Website, without the written permission of us or the applicable third party that may own the marks or names displayed on the Website. Your use of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, logos, icons and domain names displayed on the Website, or any other content or Information on the Website, except as provided herein, is strictly prohibited.

Passwords and Security

Certain aspects of the Website may require registration. You agree that if you are issued or that you create a username and password for use of the Website, you are responsible to such information confidential and secure. You are responsible for all activities that occur under your account, username and/or password, including but not limited to all communications, submissions or financial obligations; for changing your password if you believe that your password or username has been lost, stolen or might otherwise by misused; and to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your username or password or if any other breach of security is suspected by you.

Disclaimer of Warranties

We make no representations or warranties about the website, the suitability of the information contained on or received through the website, or any services or products received through the website. All information and use of the website is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. We hereby expressly disclaim all warranties about the website, the information contained on or received through use of the website and any services or products received through the website, including all express, statutory and implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the contents or any information received through the website is accurate, reliable or correct; that the website will be available at any particular time or location; that any defects or errors will be corrected; or that the contents or any information received through the website is free of viruses or other destructive or harmful components. Your use of the website is solely at your own risk. User expressly agrees that it has relied on no warranties, representations or statements other than in this agreement. Should user purchase a product from us or a third party, the terms and conditions of sale applicable to that transaction will govern such purchase and use of the website does not affect that purchase in any manner. Because some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of certain warranties, the exclusions may not apply to you but shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by law of your jurisdiction. 

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless us, our affiliates and subsidiaries, and all of our respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, associates, proprietors, partners, shareholders, principals, agents, predecessors, successors and assigns from and against any and all claims, proceedings, damages, injuries, liabilities, losses, costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees and litigation expenses) relating to or arising from your use of the Website, any breach by you of these Terms of Use, your negligent or intentional acts, errors or omissions in regard to the subject matter of these Terms of Use, or your failure to comply with applicable laws in your use of the Website.

Termination

We reserve the right to terminate any User’s use of the Website at any time without notice. Without limiting the foregoing, we shall have the right to immediately terminate these Terms of Use with any User without notice or to terminate or suspend access by that User to the Website or cancel any orders, if applicable, placed by that User if, in our sole discretion, the User breaches any term or provision of these Terms of Use or fails to comply with any instructions posted on the Website. The provisions of the following Sections shall survive termination or expiration of this Agreement: External Links, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Choice of Law and Forum, Termination, and Software Licenses.

Monitoring

We generally do not pre-screen, monitor or edit the content posted by Users of the Website. We have the right, at our sole discretion, but no obligation, to monitor the use and content of the Website and reserve the right to edit, refuse to post or remove any content or information that, in our sole judgment, does not comply with these Terms of Use or is otherwise objectionable, offensive, inflammatory or violates, undermines, or interferes with the purpose of this website.

Your Obligations

In consideration of your use of this Site, you agree that any information you provide to us will be true, accurate, current, and complete; you will update all personal information as necessary; you will use an image of yourself that you are authorized to use for your profile picture; you shall not post or use third-party company logos, advertisements, content, web addresses, contact information, pictures of celebrities, or images. Company logos may only be used on company profiles in our Company Directory and may only be posted by authorized representatives of the respective company.

You agree that any account you create on this site, including your username and password, are personal to you and may not be used by anyone else. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your username and password by you or by anyone else using your username and password, whether authorized by you or not. You agree to change your password immediately if you believe your password may have been compromised or used without authorization and to immediately notify us of any apparent breaches of security such as loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure or use of your username or password. Until we are so notified you will remain liable for any unauthorized use of your account.

You agree to use this Site and any Content in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations and not to upload or transmit through this Site any computer viruses, trojan horses, worms, or anything else designed to interfere with, interrupt, or disrupt the normal operating procedures of a computer. Any unauthorized modification, tampering, or change of any information; any interference with the availability of or access to this Site or any unauthorized scraping of Content on this Site is strictly prohibited. We reserve all rights and remedies available to us, including the right to terminate your access to this Site.

Cancellation

You may cancel your Trial or Subscription at any time. Except as otherwise provided (a) cancellation of your Trial (including the automatic conversion thereof) is effective at the end of the then-current Trial Period, and (b) cancellation of your Subscription is effective at the end of the then-current Subscription Term (e.g., the monthly or annual period, as applicable). Be sure to cancel your Subscription before the calendar day it renews (the day of the month you are to be charged) to avoid billing of the Subscription fees for the renewal Subscription Term to your credit card or other accepted payment method. We may cancel any Trial or Subscription of yours for your violation of these Terms of Use. Any such cancellation by us is effective immediately.

Community Rules

By participating in our community forums, marketplace, and social networks, you agree to follow our community rules provided below. When we use the term “forum,” we mean any area of the website that allows interaction with other persons visiting or using the website, such as forums and marketplaces. If you feel that another member’s post or activity has violated these rules, contact us. We reserve the right and discretion to take any action or no action at all in response to such reports. User shall comply with the following rules on the website.

A – No Pornographic or Sexual Material.

Sexually explicit discussions, images, videos, links, or content of any time are prohibited.

B – No Profanity or Discriminatory Language

The use of profanity and discriminatory language is prohibited, whether in titles, forums, blog posts, or anywhere else on the website.

C – No Contact Information is Allowed in the Forums

Contact Information is not allowed to be posted in the Forums. Users cannot, without our expressed permission, post email addresses, phone numbers, social media handles, or links to their website/company website or share others’ email addresses, phone numbers, social media handles, or links to websites. We reserve the right to remove any email address, website, or phone number that has been placed in our message posts as a means of contact. This is to prevent bots and scrapers from pulling your information and keeping our site and your information as secure as possible. In addition, do not disclose any personal information that you do not wish others to know.

D – No “For the Attention of” (FAO) or “Goodbye Posts”

Personal discussions or “for the attention of” posts are prohibited on forums. Refrain from “Goodbye Forum” posts in forum threads.

E – No Impersonations

Do not impersonate or attempt to impersonate other persons. Do not copy/paste information from AI to posts. Do not post email addresses, standard addresses, ICQ and other messaging client numbers, or phone numbers which are not your own. The creation or use of fake user accounts is strictly prohibited.

F – Disclosure of Your Relationship

If you participate in a discussion about a company, website, guru, coaching program, etc., and have any kind of relationship with that entity (e.g. affiliate, partnership, employee, owner), you must disclose this relationship in your post. We reserve the right to publicly or privately inquire about your relationship with any company that you comment on, remove any post which does not disclose such a relationship, and disable or terminate your account if you fail to disclose the relationship.

G – No Bad Behavior

You shall not post or otherwise transmit any material or information which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, abusive, hateful, harassing, obscene, sexually explicit, threatening, invasive of a person’s privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law. This includes posting in all caps. Treat all our users and staff respectfully.

H – No Flaming, Trolling, Email Harvesting, Poaching, Polling

Flaming, flame-baiting, and trolling are prohibited, including in posts, signatures, and private messages. Flaming is directly insulting another member, flame-baiting is making a comment with the intention of getting a flame as a response, and trolling involves starting arguments or upsetting people by posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages with the intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. Harvesting email addresses from our site is strictly prohibited. Do not harvest or sell email addresses from our users. Diverting our members to competitor forums, URLs, or websites is strictly forbidden. Polling our members to gather information to be used on a competing website, course, podcast, book, blog post, or video is strictly forbidden.

I – No Affiliate Marketing, Solicitation

No form of affiliate marketing is allowed on our website. That means no posting affiliate links or coupon codes anywhere on the site including in messages, forum posts, in your signature, in member blogs or regular blog posts, blog comments, or on your profile. Hiding affiliate links through services that provide short URLs is prohibited. Posts or messages including chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any Ponzi schemes are prohibited. Solicitations, promotions, or advertisements are prohibited, unless we have expressly permitted otherwise.

J – Stay On-Topic

Posts in a particular forum or subject post must stay related and on-topic. Unrelated posts are subject to removal, and your privileges may be suspended or revoked for violation.

K – No Spamming

Spam is strictly prohibited on our website. Spamming is characterized by initiating threads or posts that contribute nothing to a forum, whether on or off-topic. Examples include: advertisements that are not located in the Classifieds Forum, empty posts, copy and pasting content from other websites, posts with few words that have no relation to the current thread, promotion of your website or product in any thread other than the classifieds, and those posts that state they are Spam, either to annoy or to increase a member’s post count. Posting the same copy-and-paste message (or similar) across several threads is also considered Spam, as is filling your post with keywords with the goal of attracting searchers (keyword stuffing). Responding to another user’s advertisement with an advertisement for different products or services is strictly prohibited. If you have information to share, post it in the forums.

Link Modification by Us

We may, at our discretion, modify any link contained within our forums. These modified links may contain codes allowing us to profit for referred traffic.

Use of Official Private Messaging System

We reserve the right to periodically scan and review private messages database in search of abuse and/or spam or violations of our rules. Abuse of the forum email or private messaging systems may result in immediate removal from our website, and we have the right and discretion to pursue all available remedies to address such abuse. Please note that by registering for this forum, you agree to receive emails and private messages about your account from us. You may receive promotional messages from us.

Choice of Law and Forum

The Website is controlled by us from our offices within the State of Florida in the USA. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, these Terms of Use and any actions or claims arising out of or in relation to these Terms of Use or the use of the Website will be governed by and construed in accordance with the statutes and laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. Except where prohibited by law, any claim or dispute shall be subject to the sole and exclusive of the federal and state courts in Escambia County, Florida, and you hereby consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waive any and all jurisdictional and venue defenses otherwise available. Any legal proceedings shall be conducted in English.

Survivability

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason, that provision will be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and LegalShield regarding your use of the Website.