IMPORTANT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE!
Please read these Terms of Use (“Terms”) carefully. The following is a legal agreement between you (“user”) and The Reluctant Landlord LLC (defined below), which governs your use of Products (defined below) obtained by purchase through this website at ReluctantLandlord.Net, or any related domains or subdomains (the “Site”). In these Terms, use of the words “you”, and “your” refer to each individual user who may interact with this site, and “we”, “us” and “our” refer to The Reluctant Landlord LLC.
“Products” referred to by these Terms include but are not limited to: forms, templates, communications, workshops, and any other documents provided for paid purchase or for which you supply personal information in exchange, including free downloaded material or other information available through the Site, obtained from The Reluctant Landlord LLC. All such Products are the intellectual property of and are owned by The Reluctant Landlord LLC.
By purchasing any Product, you agree to be bound by these Terms, without any other conditions or declarations. If at any time you do not agree with these Terms or find them otherwise unacceptable, please discontinue use of The Reluctant Landlord LLC’s Products immediately.
Understand that by using the Site, any Products, services or applications for which you tender payment or otherwise obtain through the Site, you warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and are otherwise legally able to enter into a valid contract.
WHAT WE DO
The Reluctant Landlord LLC is a resource through which you may obtain general property management information and an overview of the legal issues facing landlords who choose to self-manage their rental properties. It provides an online download service for individuals who choose to prepare legal and business documents on their own. Specifically, the Site, services, and Products help you identify property management and legal problems and other issues commonly encountered by landlords who self-manage their rental properties. Services, Products and any other information available through the Site do not constitute legal advice. The Reluctant Landlord LLC is not a law firm and is not a substitute for an attorney or law firm. Communications between you and The Reluctant Landlord LLC are protected by our privacy policy, but are not protected by any legal privilege, including the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine. The Reluctant Landlord LLC cannot provide legal advice nor draft specific legal forms for a specific entity, individual or situation. The forms and templates contained herein are for general use. The Reluctant Landlord LLC cannot provide any kind of advice, explanation, opinion, or recommendation to you about possible legal rights, remedies, defenses, options, selection of forms or strategies.
The Reluctant Landlord LLC provides general documents we hope will be helpful to those of you who have chosen to complete your own legal documents. While The Reluctant Landlord LLC makes an effort to keep our legal documents current and updated, because the law is constantly changing and varies among jurisdictions, The Reluctant Landlord LLC can in no way guarantee the effectiveness of its services, Products or any materials in any particular jurisdiction. Although a specific document may be adequate in general circumstances, The Reluctant Landlord LLC cannot guarantee that it will be effective in every application or circumstance. Please keep in mind that the general legal information provided on the Site and otherwise available through the Products is not legal advice and cannot be guaranteed to be correct or accurately and regularly updated. If you should need legal advice for a particular or more complex matter, The Reluctant Landlord LLC strongly encourages you to consult with a licensed attorney in your area.
NO ATTORNEY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
Transmission of any of the contents of the Site to you, or your access or use of the Site is not intended to, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. You agree that you will not act upon anything contained in the Site without first seeking professional counsel. The Reluctant Landlord LLC does not hold itself out as qualified to practice law in any country or state.
PRIVACY POLICY
The Reluctant Landlord LLC permits you to control management of your personal information and invites you to read the complete statement of its current Privacy Policy, available , which is incorporated herein by reference.
The Reluctant Landlord LLC will only collect and otherwise access information you voluntarily provide via email or through other direct contact initiated by you. The Reluctant Landlord LLC will not sell or otherwise distribute this information to any other individual or entity, except its duly authorized agents, contractors, and other third parties that assist it in its business operations. The Reluctant Landlord LLC is the sole manager of such information collected on the Site. The Reluctant Landlord LLC will use such information to respond to you as necessary. You grant The Reluctant Landlord LLC a worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, publish and translate this personal information solely as necessary to fulfill your request(s) or to enable your use of a particular Product or service, such as for shipping of Products.
AFFILIATE LINKS
Links on the Site may be affiliate links controlled by parties other than The Reluctant Landlord LLC to help support the maintenance of the Site. The Reluctant Landlord LLC does not assume responsibility for or endorse any contents, products, services or use of any of these affiliate Site and makes no guarantees as to the quality or content of the same. You acknowledge that you bear all associated risks regarding access to and use of affiliate links and release The Reluctant Landlord LLC from any loss or damage incurred from dealing with such affiliate.
STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
Stock photography may be used on the Site – all images are being used under license through the company providing the stock images.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE
The Reluctant Landlord LLC owns all intellectual property rights in (a) all text, logo, images, headers, trademarks, service marks, design elements, and all other protected elements on the Site (except those licensed from others); (b) any Products and portions therefore; (c) all things otherwise provided to you as a part of The Reluctant Landlord LLC’s services, and; (d) any other intellectual property rights afforded to The Reluctant Landlord LLC, either through state or federal registration or as otherwise available at common law (“Intellectual Property”). Except as stated below, The Reluctant Landlord LLC does not grant you any rights to any Intellectual Property contained within the Products or as may be available to you generally through the Site.
You agree not to make unauthorized use of or otherwise infringe upon The Reluctant Landlord LLC’s Intellectual Property in anyway, and understand that it is your responsibility to ensure you refrain from doing so. The Reluctant Landlord LLC will take whatever legal action is necessary to protect its Intellectual Property in the event of such infringement and asks that you carefully manage your use of the Products, and any other downloaded materials or services to ensure compliance with these Terms. This includes splitting the cost of the downloaded product or sharing the product with anyone else.
So long as you comply with this Terms of Use, The Reluctant Landlord LLC grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download, view, copy and print the Products you purchase solely for your personal use with respect to your property management or similar business use, and which is not to include any reproduction, copying, or any other use of the Products or free downloadable material for resale or distribution (“Permitted Use”), provided that you:
(1) abide by all copyright protections afforded to the Products, both as formally registered with the U.S. Copyright Office and as otherwise provided by law;
(2) abide by all trademark protections afforded to the Products, both as formally registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a state trademark authority, or as otherwise provided by common law;
(3) do not use the Products or otherwise offer them on any other website, through a networked computer environment, or otherwise offer them for distribution or sale or in any manner inconsistent with Permitted Use as provided by these Terms; and
(4) do not modify the Products in any way beyond edits and completions necessary to complete template forms and other Products consistent with Permitted Use provided by these Terms. Such permission to modify Products consistent with Permitted Use in no way expands the limited license provided herein, nor does grant you intellectual property ownership in, or provide a general right to modification of, the Products.
Please remember that it is your responsibility to download the Product immediately and securely back up all purchases – as all links expire 72 hours after purchase for your security. The Reluctant Landlord LLC is not liable for any loss or damage to Products that occur after download or any customer’s inadvertent or mistaken download of a Product or free download such customer did not intend to purchase or download, and The Reluctant Landlord LLC will not reimburse you for such downloads. If you set up an account and did not check out as a guest you can access your download there with no expiration, however, still it is your responsibility to download immediately and securely back up all purchases.
REVIEWS OF GOODS AND SERVICES
From time to time, The Reluctant Landlord LLC reviews goods or services. You should assume that The Reluctant Landlord LLC has an affiliate relationship or another material connection to any suppliers of goods and services that may be discussed here, and may be compensated for showing ads or recommending products or services, or linking to the supplier’s website.
Some of the products and services reviewed are sent by their manufacturer or distributer at no charge. The opinions shared about these products or services are that of the content contributor, and not those of the manufacturer or distributer.
RETURN/REFUND POLICY
You acknowledge that all Products and materials are non-refundable and not returnable, under any circumstances. All sales are final.
NO WARRANTIES
PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”. THE RELUCTANT LANDLORD LLC OFFERS NO WARRANTY, EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY FORMS OR TEMPLATES, THE ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION, OR ANY RIGHTS OR LICENSES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. OBTAINING MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE RELUCTANT LANDLORD LLC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS WILL BE ACCURATE AND RELIABLE IN ALL INSTANCES.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE RELUCTANT LANDLORD LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY GENERAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, COSTS OR LOSSES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND RELATED EXPENSES OF LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED AS LAW, TO THE EXTENT THERE IS LIABILITY FOUND AS TO THE RELUCTANT LANDLORD LLC, SUCH RECOVERY IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
GOVERNING LAW; VENUE
These Terms shall be construed in accordance with, and governed in all respects by, the laws of the State of California. Any dispute between the parties concerning this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and/or federal courts for the City of Hanford, California. The Reluctant Landlord LLC reserves the right to change or modify these Terms at any time without notice to You. Again, it is your responsibility to review these Terms prior to use and periodically throughout your use of The Reluctant Landlord LLC’s Products, Materials and services.
Any questions regarding the above Terms may be directed to Elizabeth@reluctlandlord.net
This privacy policy was last updated on July 2, 2015
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