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Terms of Use

Welcome to REIN! This website, rein.com, (the “Site”) is owned by the Real Estate Information Network Inc. (“REIN” or “we” or “us”). By registering an account with us or otherwise using REIN’s Site, mobile applications or other services (collectively, the “Services”) or accessing the content provided by REIN through the Services, you agree to be bound by the following terms of use, as may be updated from time to time (“Terms of Use”).

1. YOUR CONSENT TO BE LEGALLY BOUND TO AGREEMENT. IN CONSIDERATION OF BEING ALLOWED TO USE THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE AS SET FORTH BELOW. USE OF THE SERVICES IN ANY MANNER CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE AND YOUR ASSENT TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED FROM ACCESSING AND/OR USING THIS SERVICES IN ANY MANNER.

2. About REIN. REIN is a multiple listing service. We make available real estate listings provided to us by our real estate broker members and their licensees. REIN DOES NOT, AND THE SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED TO, PROVIDE REAL ESTATE ADVICE. REIN IS NOT A REAL ESTATE BROKER OR A REAL ESTATE AGENT. YOU MUST CONTACT A LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER OR LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PROPERTIES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE SITE.

3. Eligibility. You must be of least 18 years of age to use the Services. By accessing and using the Services, you are if legal age for form a binding contract with us. If you do not meet these requirements you may not access or use the Services.

4. Accounts and Registration. To access certain features of the Services, you may be required to register for an account. When you register for an account, you may be required to provide us with information about yourself, such as your name and email address. You agree that all information you provide is correct, current and complete and that you will update all information so that it remains correct, current and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register to access or use the Services, including but not limited to through the use of any interactive features on the Site, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy. If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and you agree not to provide any other person with access to the Services or portions of it using your user name, password or other security information. You may only use the Services for transactions on your own behalf, and not on behalf of any other person. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security relating to your account or your use of the Services. REIN has the right to disable any user name, password or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.

5. Use of the Services. If you are in compliance with these Terms of Use, REIN grants to you a limited, nonexclusive, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Services for your personal and non-commercial use. You may print information articles, news stories, press releases, FAQs and other materials available on the Site (“Content”) from the Site for the your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that such Documents are not modified or revised in any manner. Except as expressly permitted herein, Content may not be reproduced, sold, licensed, transferred, modified, distributed, transmitted, used to create derivative works from, published, displayed, or otherwise used or exploited for any purpose without the express written permission of REIN.

6. Prohibited Uses. You may use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to:

  • Use the Services in any way that violates applicable law, or harms REIN, its service providers or other users.
  • 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 expressly permitted under these Terms of Use.
  • Remove or modify any copyright or other intellectual property notices that appear in the Services.
  • Use the Services for resale, service bureau, time-sharing or other similar purposes.
  • Use the Services to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material that does not comply with the standard relating to User Materials described below.
  • Use the Services to transmit, post or distribute any advertising or promotional material, including any junk mail, chain letter, spam or other similar solicitation.
  • User the Services to impersonate to attempt to impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with another person or entity.
  • Use the Services to engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Services.
  • Use the Services in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage or impair the Services or interfere with any other party’s use of the Services.
  • Use any robot, spider, crawlers, or other automatic device, process or means to access or query the Services.
  • Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material, information or data on the Services, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use.
  • Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Services.
  • Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, or compromise the system integrity or security of the Services, or otherwise bypass any measures REIN may use to prevent or restrict access to the Service.
  • Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services.
    Attempt to, or permit or encourage any third party to, do any of the foregoing.

7. Forums; User Materials. The Site does not presently include any discussion forum, bulletin board, chat area, news group, community, or other feature designed so that users may upload, submit, post or otherwise provide (“submit”) text, data, images or other content or communicate with others (“Forum”). We may make such Forums available to users of the Site in the future. If we add any Forum to the Site, in the future, REIN does not intend, and is under no obligation, to review, control or edit any text, data, images, files, photographs, content or other materials that may be uploaded, posted or submitted in any Forum (“User Materials”), nor does REIN guarantee the accuracy, legality or reliability of any User Materials. REIN expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Materials. You are advised to investigate and evaluate User Materials prior to relying on any of them. You understand that your User Materials may be accessible to and viewed by all users of the Services. You should exercise caution when deciding on what information, including, personally identifiable information you wish to include in your User Materials.
If you submit any User Materials, you represent and warrant that you have the legal right and/or have obtained all licenses and permissions necessary to submit such User Materials, and that the User Materials do not violate any law or infringe on the rights of any third party, including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, privacy or publicity rights. You are strictly prohibited from submitting any User Materials that are defamatory, libelous, sexually explicit, obscene, inappropriate, indecent, or profane, or that is done with the intent to harass, stalk or threaten others. You shall not use any User Materials or a Forum in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk e-mail or spamming. You shall not impersonate any other person when submitting User Materials or create a false identity to mislead others. You grant to REIN an irrevocable, perpetual, royalty-free, sublicenseable license to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, display, perform, edit, modify and translate your User Materials. REIN may, in its sole discretion, exercise such rights at any time without consideration and delete or remove any User Materials at any time without notice. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold REIN harmless from any claims, actions, liabilities, loss, costs, damages, or expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, that may arise directly or indirectly from your User Materials. User Materials may not contain any advertisements or solicitations.
Each Forum that may be available through the Services may have rules particular to that Forum, and you agree to abide by those rules when participating in that Forum. REIN reserves the right to limit or terminate access to Forums, at any time, for any reason, without notice, and to unilaterally adopt and/or alter additional rules related to Forums and User Materials on the Site.

8. Accuracy and Updating of Content. REIN takes reasonable steps to maintain the accuracy and update the Content available through the Services. However, REIN does not make any representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of the Content, nor does REIN have any obligation to update the Content. REIN reserves the right in its sole discretion to add, remove or otherwise modify the Content and the Services at any time without notice.

9. Links; Third Party Services. If the Services contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. REIN has no control over those sites or the contents or resources available on those sites and is not liable or responsible for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to the Services, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. The inclusion of any link does not imply a recommendation or endorsement by REIN of the linked site, services or products. Certain aspects of the Services include third party tools that are subject to additional terms and conditions. You are solely responsible for complying those third party terms and conditions.

10. DISCLAIMER. THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS.” TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, REIN DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. REIN DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, ACCESS TO OR UNINTERRUPTED AND ERROR FREE OPERATION OF THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT. USE OF THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. YOU ASSUME ALL RISK FOR AN DAMAGE THAT MAY RESULT FROM YOUR USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SERVICES AND ALL CONTENT, INCLUDING ALL USER MATERIALS, AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND USE, ACCESS OR DOWNLOAD OF CONTENT, INCLUDING USER MATERIALS, IS AT YOUR DISCRETION AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DAMAGE TO YOUR PROPERTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES, AND ANY LOSS OF DATA THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES OR DOWNLOAD OR USE OF CONTENT.
REIN DOES NOT RECOMMEND OR ENDORSE ANY REAL ESTATE BROKER OR REAL ESTATE AGENT, AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE BY ANY REAL ESTATE BROKER OR REAL ESTATE AGENT OR OTHERWISE THROUGH THE SERVICES. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH SERVICES. YOU SHOULD SEEK THE ASSISTANCE OF LICENSED REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF SPECIFIC CONTENT OBTAINED ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SERVICES.

11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL REIN, ITS AFFILIATES OR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF USE, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE ACCESS OR USE OF, INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE, RELIANCE ON THE SERVICES OR FROM ANY INFORMATION OR CONTENT DISPLAYED, UPLOADED OR SUBMITTED TO OR DOWNLOADED FROM THE SERVICES, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES, CONTENT OR REIN’S SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OR TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SERVICES, ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES OR OTHER MALWARE THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE SERVICES, AND WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER REIN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COLLECTIVE LIABILITY OF REIN AND ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY EXCEED $50.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

12. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless REIN, its affiliates, licensors, service providers, and its and their respective officers, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against all actions, liabilities, losses, claims, damages, judgments, awards, costs, expenses and fees (including attorneys’ fees and expert fees) arising out of or resulting from your violation of any term of these Terms of use or your use of the Services, including, but not limited to your User Materials, or any use of the Content other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of use.

13. Changes to these Terms of Use. REIN reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to update or revise these Terms of Use from time to time, effectively immediately when we post them. Your continued access to or use of the Services following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

14. Reservation of Rights. All rights not expressly granted or addressed herein are reserved by REIN.

15. Choice of Law; Jurisdiction and Venue. These Terms of Use shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, excluding its conflict of law principles. In the event a dispute arises between you and REIN arising out of, or resulting from, these Terms of Use or use of the Site, such dispute shall be instituted exclusively in the state or federal court with appropriate jurisdiction located in the City of Virginia Beach, Virginia. You irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

16. Intellectual Property. The Services, including but not limited to the Site and its entire content, features and functionality, and all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, are owned by REIN, its licensors, or other providers, and are protected by applicable U.S. and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. These Terms of Use permit you to use the Services for your personal, non-commercial use only. You are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any Content available on or through the Services for commercial or public purposes. The trademarks, logos and service marks (“Marks”) displayed in the Services are the property of REIN or its licensors. You are prohibited from using any Marks for any purpose including, but not limited to use as metatags on other pages or sites on the World Wide Web without the written permission of REIN or such third party which may own the Marks.

17. Copyright; DMCA. We take claims of copyright infringement seriously. We will respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable law. If you believe any materials accessible on or from the Services infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access to them) from the Services by submitting written notification to our Copyright Agent (designated below). In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) (“DMCA”), the written notice (the “DMCA Notice”) must include substantially the following:

  • Identification of the copyrighted work you believe to have been infringed or, if the claim involves multiple works on the Services, a representative list of such works.
  • Identification of the material you believe to be infringing in a sufficiently precise manner and a description of where it is located on the Services so that we can locate that material.
  • Information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number and, if available, e-mail address).
  • A statement, signed by you, that (1) the information listed above is accurate, (2) you have a good faith belief that use of the identified copyrighted material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law, and (3) under penalty of perjury, you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

You must send your DMCA Notice to our designated Copyright Agent:

Dan Hudy
4575 Bonney Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
[email protected]

If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your DMCA Notice may not be effective and we are not required to take any action.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Services is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

If you believe that material you posted on the Services was removed or access to it was disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may file a counter-notification with us (a “Counter-Notice”) by submitting written notification to our Copyright Agent (identified below). Pursuant to the DMCA, the Counter-Notice must include substantially the following:

  • Identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or access disabled.
  • Information by which we can contact you (including your name, postal address, telephone number and, if available, e-mail address).
  • A statement, signed by you, that (1) under penalty of perjury, you have a good faith belief that the material identified above was removed or disabled as a result of a mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled, (2) you will consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which your address is located (or if you reside outside the United States, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia located in Norfolk, Virginia) and that you will accept service from the person (or an agent of that person) who provided the Site with the complaint at issue.

You must send your Counter-Notice to our designated Copyright Agent as the address listed in this Section above.

The DMCA allows us to restore the removed content if the party filing the original DMCA Notice does not file a court action against you within ten business days of receiving the copy of your Counter-Notice.

Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Site was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.

It is our policy in appropriate circumstances to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers.

The Content of the Services is copyrighted by the Real Estate Information Network Inc. or other persons and entities that provide information to the Services. Except as permitted in the Terms of Use governing the Services, Content may not be reproduced, sold, transferred, modified, redistributed, retransmitted, published, or exploited for any purpose without the express written permission of REIN or appropriate owner of the information.

If you would like to reprint Content from Services for purposes other than those permitted in the Terms of Use, please send a request via email to [email protected] or write to Communications, 4575 Bonney Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. Telephone requests will not be accepted. Please include in your request as much information as possible including a detailed statement regarding your intended use of the Content. If you would like to republish the content in an article or publication, please indicate the title and byline of the article, the publication it will appear in including the section and page number. In order for requests to be considered, all requests must include your name, address, phone number and email address.

18. Waiver and Severability. No waiver by REIN of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of REIN to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

19. Entire Agreement. These Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and REIN regarding the Services and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Services.

20. Geographic Restrictions. REIN, the owner of the Site and provider of the Services, is based in the United States. The Services are intended for use only in the United States. REIN makes no claims that the Services are accessible or appropriate outside the United States. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

21. REIN Members and Licensees. If you are a REIN Member or Licensee, you must also abide by the REIN Rules and Regulations, as they may be amended and updated from time to time.

22. Use by Real Estate Professionals. If you are a real estate professional, acting in your professional capacity, you may also 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. If you use the Services in this capacity, you represent and warrant that you have obtained all the required authorization and permissions from your client.

23. REIN Contact Information. The Services are operated by the Real Estate Company Network Inc., located at 4575 Bonney Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. All notices of copyright infringement claims should be sent to the copyright agent designated above and in the manner and by the means set out therein. All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Services should be directed to [email protected].