terms of use

arhomerealty.com website

1. USE OF THIS SITE

arhomerealty.com (the "Site") is solely for information purposes. The Site is not intended to replace professional financial, investment or legal advice. The following agreement describes the terms on which you are permitted to use the Site. These Terms of Use govern all use of the Site. Your use of the Site constitutes your acceptance of these Terms of Use. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU CANNOT USE THE SITE. American Realty & Associates, Inc. d/b/a arhome realty (collectively "arhome realty") may amend the Terms of Use at any time by posting changes to this page, and all changes are effective immediately. Your continued use of the Site after such changes have been made constitutes your acceptance of the amended Terms of Use. The Site will permit you to link to other sites that may or may not be affiliated with the Site and/or arhome realty, and that may have terms of use that differ from, or contain terms in addition to, the Terms of Use. Your access to such websites through links provided on the Site is governed by the terms of use and policies of those websites, not these Terms of Use. arhome realty reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to take action for violations of this Terms of Use, including but not limited to terminating your access to the Site, filing criminal charges against you, or initiating civil action against you. arhome realty will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order that direct arhome realty to disclose information regarding Site users.

By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you have either a bona fide interest in the purchase, sale or lease of real estate of the type being offered on the Site, or you have a bona fide interest in pursuing a career as a licensed real estate broker sponsored by arhome realty. 

2. NO AGENCY

No agency relationship is intended or created between you and arhome realty by your use of the Site or by these Terms of Use.

3. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

arhome realty is committed to being an equal opportunity housing provider and to fair housing compliance. No content on the site or the manner in which it is displayed is intended to be deemed discriminatory under the Fair Housing Act. Any content displayed through the site from any third party content providers, merchants, sponsors and licensors (collectively, “Providers”) and over which arhome realty does not have control (including but not limited to MRED listing data) which may be deemed discriminatory is hereby expressly renounced by and in no way endorsed by arhome realty. By using the Site, you understand that the Site is an optional tool which you are choosing to use voluntarily as an option for obtaining information related to the purchase, sale or lease of real estate of the type being offered on the Site, or a career as a licensed real estate broker sponsored by arhome realty, and that all of the information offered through the Site may alternatively be obtained in full and with the same or better level of confidentiality, interaction and transmission by communicating directly or in person with arhome realty or its representatives.

4. PRIVACY

Registration data and certain other information about you shall be subject to our Privacy Policy. For more information, please review our full Privacy Policy which can be found at arhomerealty.com/privacy. The Privacy Policy is subject to change and the most recently published Privacy Policy shall apply.

5. TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE

You acknowledge and agree that all content on the Site, including, but not limited to text, images, illustrations, audio clips, and video clips, is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, and/or other intellectual property rights (which are governed by United States and worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions, privacy and publicity laws, and communication regulations and statutes), and are validly owned and controlled by arhome realty, or by other Providers, that have licensed their content or the right to market their products and/or services to arhome realty. Content on the Site or any website owned, operated, licensed or controlled by the Providers is solely for your personal, non-commercial use and you represent and warrant that you either have a bona fide interest in the purchase, sale or lease of real estate of the type being offered on the Site, or you have a bona fide interest in pursuing a career as a licensed real estate broker sponsored by arhome realty. The use of the content on any other website or in a networked computer environment for any purpose, or any other republication or redistribution of the content, including, without limitation, modifying, copying, transmitting, displaying, performing, reproducing, publishing, licensing, creating derivative works from, framing the content within another website, use on any other website, transferring or selling any information, software, lists of users, databases or other lists, products or services provided through or obtained from the Website, including without limitation, engaging in the practices of "screen scraping," "database scraping," or any other activity with the purpose of obtaining lists of users or other information; obtaining or attempting to obtain any materials or information through any means not made readily accessible by the Site, is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of arhome realty and the Providers. You may print a copy of the Content and/or information contained herein for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided the printouts retain all copyright, trademark and proprietary notices, but you may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute, and/or exploit the content or information in any way (including by e-mail or other electronic means) for commercial use without the prior written consent of arhome realty and the Providers. Without the prior written consent of arhome realty or the Providers, your modification of the content, use of the content on any other website or networked computer environment, or use of the Content for any purpose other than personal, non-commercial use, violates the rights of the owners of arhomerealty.com and/or the Provider copyrights, trademarks or service marks and other proprietary rights, and is prohibited to the fullest extent permitted by law. As a condition to your use of the Site, you represent and warrant to arhome realty that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use, including without limitation the posting or transmitting of any threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material. If you violate any of these Terms of Use, your permission to use the Site immediately terminates without the necessity of any notice. arhome realty retains the right to deny access to anyone at its discretion for any reason, including for violation of these Terms of Use. You may not use on your website any trademarks, service marks or copyrighted materials appearing on the Site, including but not limited to any logos or characters, without the express written consent of the owner of the mark or copyright. You may not frame or otherwise incorporate into another website any of the content or other materials on the Site without prior written consent of arhome realty and the Providers. The arhome realty name and logo, and ‘you ar loved’ are service marks of American Realty & Associates, Inc. Other proprietary marks may be designated as such from time to time on the Site. Except when included in any authorized printouts of the Content, you are not authorized to make any other use of any arhome realty service marks or other proprietary marks of arhome realty.

6. PROHIBITED ACTIVITES

You are specifically prohibited from any use of the Site, and you agree not to use or permit others to use the Site under your account, for any of the following: (a) taking any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the Site infrastructure, including but not limited to “spam” or other such unsolicited mass e-mailing techniques; (b) sourcing contact information for the purpose of sending unsolicited “spam” messages; (c) violating any applicable local, state, national or international law, including, but not limited to, any regulations having the force of law; and, (d) using any robot, spider, intelligent agent, other automatic device, or manual process to search, monitor or copy pages of the Site, or the content without arhome realty’s prior written permission, provided that generally available third party web browsers including but not limited to Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox may be used without such permission.

7. LINKS

The Site may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are provided for your convenience only and, as such, you access them at your own risk. You hereby acknowledge that the content of any Linked Sites is not under arhome realty’s control, and you agree that arhome realty is not responsible for, and does not endorse, such content, whether or not arhome realty is affiliated with any of the Linked Sites. You may not establish a hyperlink to the Site or provide any links that state or imply any sponsorship or endorsement of your website by arhome realty, or the Providers.

8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

The Site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. arhome realty makes no warranties or representations as to the accuracy or timeliness of the material provided on the Site or the quality, performance or functionality of the Site. arhome realty assumes no responsibility for any defects, errors, or omissions on the Site and makes no warranty that any errors on the Site will be corrected. arhome realty makes no warranty that the site will meet your requirements or expectations, or that the results obtained from the Site will be accurate and reliable. The Site is not intended to replace professional financial, investment or legal advice. No advice or information, whether oral, written, or downloaded, obtained by you from arhome realty shall create any warranty, and shall be obtained solely at your own discretion and risk. arhome realty expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. As a visitor to our Site, you acknowledge and agree that any reliance on, or use of any information available on this website shall be entirely at your own risk. For accurate, up-to-date information on the local real estate market, please contact a licensed real estate agent. 

arhome realty makes no guarantees as to the availability and response rates of our sponsored brokers. Brokers are independent contractors who schedule their availability individually. Any advertisement of a broker on this Site does not create any agency relationship nor does in guarantee the broker is available to take on new business or provide responses to inquiries. By using the Site, you agree that a response or service from any broker or arhome realty is not guaranteed.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You agree that arhome realty shall not be liable under any circumstances for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential implied, or exemplary damages including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of data or information of any kind or loss of goodwill or other intangible losses resulting from any matter relating to this Site, whether or not arhome realty. has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The terms of this section shall survive any termination of these Terms of Use and your use of the Site. In jurisdictions where limitation of liability provisions is restricted, the above disclaimers will apply to the greatest extent permitted by law.

10. INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless arhome realty, its officers, directors, employees, sponsored brokers, independent contractors, and other affiliates from and against any and all liabilities, claims, damages, losses, and expenses (including attorney fees and court costs) relating to your breach of these Terms of Use or your use of the Site.

11. NOTICES

Unless explicitly state otherwise, all notices to arhome realty shall be made by certified mail to American Realty & Associates, Inc., 6946 W. Higgins Ave, Chicago, IL 60656. Notices to you may be made via email, postal mail, or by posting to the Site.

12. NO WAIVER

Any failure of arhome realty to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be a waiver of any rights under any provision of these Terms of Use.

13. LEGAL ACTIONS

These Terms of Use are construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of the state. In the event that any disputes shall arise relating to these Terms of Use or your use of the Site or any services provided by it, it shall be under the jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Illinois. You agree that any cause of action arising out of these Terms of Use or the use of the Site shall be filed within one (1) year after such cause of action arose.

14. MISCELLANEOUS

This Terms of Use shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns, and its provisions represent the entire agreement between arhome realty, its affiliated or related entities, and you, and supersede any prior agreements or understandings not incorporated herein. The section headings contained in this Terms of Use are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Terms of Use. In the event that any inconsistencies exist between these Terms and any future published terms of use or understanding, the most recent published Terms or terms of use or understanding shall prevail. ANY RIGHTS NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED HEREIN ARE RESERVED BY AMERICAN REALTY & ASSOCIATES, INC.