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Terms of Agreement for Use
These Terms of Use (the "Agreement") govern the use of
the efreemls.com web site (the "Site"). By registering
to use the Site you, the user, agree to these Terms of
Use.
TERMS OF USE
1. You represent that you are an individual interested
in purchasing or selling real estate on your own behalf.
You may not use the Site for the purpose of acting as an
agent to any third party, or for any unlawful purpose.
You represent that all information provided by you to
efreemls.com have been and will be answered truthfully
and to the best of your knowledge.
2. efreemls.com is currently licensed to do business
only in California. This Site should not be construed to
be a solicitation of business in states where
efreemls.com is not licensed. If your inquiry is outside
of California, efreemls.com will forward your request to
one its strategic affiliates who are licensed in your
state. Listings fees and rebates may vary depending on
the affiliate.
3. This agreement creates an agency relationship between
efreemls.com and you. This agency relationship shall be
non-exclusive, until such time as you enter into a
written listing agreement or exclusive agency agreement
with efreemls.com. You represent that you have not
entered into any agreement or informal arrangement with
a real estate agent or agency that would prevent you
from entering into this agreement with efreemls.com.
4. Before working with efreemls.com or any real estate
broker, you should understand the duties of a real
estate broker. You acknowledge that you have read and
understood the Agency Disclosure information. You
recognize that efreemls.com is working simultaneously
for a number of other clients and will show homes that
may be of interest to and meet the requirements of any
and/or all clients.
5.
a.
As a
buyer, you may use the Site to search the property
listings without entering into an exclusive agency
agreement with houserebate.com. However, prior to
showing you any properties, houserebate.com will require
you to enter into a written, exclusive agent/agency
agreement with houserebate.com.
b.
Many
of the homes that are shown on the Site as available for
sale are listings of other real estate brokerage firms
and are shown to you based on your current housing
requirements; these listings shall not be construed to
be advertising of other broker's properties.
c.
As a
buyer, you may be entitled to a rebate when purchasing
property through houserebate.com, as described on the
Site. In order to protect your qualification for a
rebate from houserebate.com, when visiting open houses,
new housing tracks or calling other brokers, you should
always mention that you are represented by
houserebate.com. The 1% rebate described on the Site is
based on a traditional 6% to 7% agency fee agreement. To
the extent the agency fee agreement is less than 6%, the
rebate will be 1/3 of our commission, subject to a 1.5%
minimum commission to houserebate.com so the actual
rebate could be less than 1% of the final sales price.
There will be no rebates on purchase prices less than
$75,000. The maximum rebate on purchases between $74,999
and $100,000 will be $500. Our offer is subject to
conditions, limitations, exclusions, modifications,
and/or discontinuation without notice. The rebate does
not apply where it is prohibited by law. All
transactions are subject to a $395 escrow transaction
coordination fee.
d.
You
agree to indemnify and hold harmless houserebate.com
from claims from other real estate brokers who claim to
have represented you in any transaction conducted
through houserebate.com.
6. SELLERS: In order to list a property with
efreemls.com, you will be required to enter into a
written listing agreement with efreemls.com. If your
property is currently listed with another agent or
broker, your use of the Site is not intended to be a
solicitation of your listing. efreemls.com reserves the
right to remove any listing that efreemls.com suspects
may be fraudulent or inaccurate.
To obtain reimbursement on your FSBO listing fee, just
have efreemls.com represent you on your next home
purchase and you will be reimbursed on the closing of
your new home.
7. Registration data and certain other information about
you are kept private for our internal use and our
affiliates.
8. You agree that any electronically generated or
printed messages sent to you from efreemls.com, whether
in the form of general correspondence or property
listings requested by you, are to be used solely by you
in buying or selling a home. Listings may not be
advertised, sold, or distributed and are to be
considered the property of efreemls.com.
9. The Site is controlled and operated by efreemls.com.
at 4445 Eastgate Mall, 2nd Floor, San Diego, CA 92121,
telephone (858) 812-7877. All content on the Site,
including, but not limited to images, illustrations,
audio clips, and video clips, is protected by
copyrights, trademarks or service marks and other
intellectual property rights which are owned and
controlled by efreemls.com or by third party content
providers, merchants, sponsors and licensors
(collectively "Providers") that have licensed their
content or the right to market their products and/or
services to efreemls.com. Such content may not be
copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted,
transmitted, distributed and/or exploited in any way,
including by e-mail or other electronic means for
commercial use. Without the prior written consent of
efreemls.com or the Providers, modification of the
content, use of the content on any other web site or
networked computer environment, or use of the content
for any purpose other than personal, non-commercial use
is a violation of efreemls.com and/or the Provider
copyrights, trademarks or service marks and other
proprietary rights, and is prohibited. efreemls.com
and/or its respective third-party providers reserve the
right to modify the contents of this Site without
notice.
10. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT efreemls.com IS PROVIDING THE
SITE AND ITS CONTENTS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. efreemls.com DISCLAIMS ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. NEITHER efreemls.com, ITS AFFILIATED
OR RELATED ENTITIES, NOR THE PROVIDERS, WARRANT THAT THE
USE OF THE SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE,
THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SERVER THAT
MAKES THE CONTENT AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
11. You acknowledge that any hyperlinks to web sites
operated by parties other than efreemls.com are provided
for your reference only. efreemls.com is not responsible
for the contents of any other web site nor does the
hyperlink imply that efreemls.com endorses the material
or services on such web sites or any association with
their operators.
12. You agree that use of the Site is at your sole risk.
efreemls.com does not warrant or make any
representations regarding the results that may be
obtained from the use of this Site, or as to the
reliability, accuracy or currency of any information,
content, service, property and/or merchandise acquired
pursuant to your use of this Site. You (and not
efreemls.com) assume the entire cost of all necessary
servicing, repair or correction of your system. YOU
AGREE THAT NEITHER efreemls.com NOR THE PROVIDERS IS
RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR
ANY LOSS, DAMAGE (WHETHER ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL,
PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE), INJURY, CLAIM, OR LIABILITY OF
ANY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER BASED UPON OR RESULTING
FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY OTHER LINKED SITE.
13. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless,
efreemls.com, its officers, directors, employees,
affiliates, agents, licensors, suppliers and of the
Providers from and against all losses, expenses, damages
and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
resulting from any violation by you of these Terms of
Use.
14. This agreement will commence when you select the "I
Accept" button, enter your name and e-mail address in
the spaces provided at the end of this Agreement, and
you receive an e-mail providing you with a password for
the Site. This Agreement will continue for a period of
ninety (90) days and shall automatically renew for
successive ninety (90) day periods unless terminated
during the term. Either party may terminate this
agreement upon providing a 10-day written notice to the
other party but no such termination shall affect the
rights, interests and obligations of the parties.
15. These Terms of Use shall be governed by, construed
and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
California, as it is applied to agreements entered into
and to be performed entirely within such State. Any
action brought to enforce these Terms of Use or, in
connection with, any matters related to this Site shall
be brought only in either the state or Federal Courts
located in San Diego, California, and you expressly
consent to the jurisdiction of said courts. If any
provision of these Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void
or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision
shall be deemed severable from these Terms of Use and
shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any
remaining provisions.
16. The terms and conditions of these Terms of Use
represent the entire Agreement between you and
efreemls.com and supersedes any prior agreements or
understandings. In the event inconsistencies exist
between these Terms of Use and any future published
Terms of Use or understanding, the last published Terms
of Use shall prevail.
AGENCY DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
IF THE BROKER REPRESENTS THE OWNER:
The broker becomes the owner's agent by entering into an
agreement with the owner, usually through a written
listing agreement, or by agreeing to act as a subagent
by accepting an offer of subagency from the listing
broker. A subagent may work in a different real estate
office. A listing broker or subagent can assist the
buyer but does not represent the buyer and must place
the interests of the owner first. The buyer should not
tell the owner' s agent anything the buyer would not
want the owner to know because an owner' s agent must
disclose to the owner any material information known to
the agent.
IF THE BROKER REPRESENTS THE BUYER:
The broker becomes the buyer's agent by entering into an
agreement to represent the buyer, usually through a
written buyer representation agreement. A buyer' s agent
can assist the owner but does not represent the owner
and must place the interests of the buyer first. The
owner should not tell a buyer' s agent anything the
owner would not want the buyer to know because a buyer'
s agent must disclose to the buyer any material
information known to the agent.
IF THE BROKER ACTS AS A DUAL AGENT IN CALIFORNIA:
In dual agency, the broker represents both buyer and
seller in the same transaction. In the real estate
industry, even if one salesperson in an office is
working with a buyer and another salesperson in the same
office is working with the seller, the broker of the
real estate firm is considered a dual agent.
A broker who acts as a dual agent in a transaction:
(a) shall treat all parties honestly;
(b) may not disclose that the owner will accept a price
less than the asking price unless authorized in writing
to do so by the owner;
(c) may not disclose that the buyer will pay a price
greater than the price submitted in a written offer
unless authorized in writing to do so by the buyer; and
(d) may not disclose any confidential information or any
information that a party specifically instructs the
broker in writing not to disclose unless authorized in
writing to disclose the information or required to do so
by State or Federal law or a court order or if the
information materially relates to the condition of the
property.
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