Website Terms of Use

Welcome to Renter’s Voice website (the "Website"). This Website is provided solely to assist current and prospective residents along with apartment management companies in gathering apartment information, posting opinions of apartment issues, engaging in interactive apartment review forums and for no other purposes. The terms "we", "us", "our" and "Renter’s Voice" refer to Arellis LLC, a Texas Limited Liability Company. The term "you" refers to the customer visiting the Website and/or contributing content on this Website. Please read the Agreement carefully. If you do not accept these terms and conditions in its entirety, discontinue use of This Website. By accessing this website, you accept without modification of any/all the terms, conditions, and notices set forth below (collectively, the "Agreement"). Be sure to return to this page periodically to review the most current version of the Agreement. We reserve the right at any time, at our sole discretion, to change or otherwise modify the Agreement without prior notice, and your continued access or use of this Website signifies your acceptance of the updated or modified Agreement. The section titles of the Agreement are provided for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

  1. USE OF Renter’s Voice WEBSITE

    By using this Website, you warrant that (i) all information supplied by you on this Website is true, accurate, current and complete, (ii) if you have a Renter’s Voice account, you will safeguard your account information and will supervise and be completely responsible for any use of your account by anyone other than you, and you agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account, and (iii) you are 18 years of age or older in order to register for an account and contribute to our website. Renter’s Voice does not knowingly collect the information of anyone under the age of 18. You may not access or use the Website if you are a competitor of ours or if we have previously banned you from the Website or closed your account. We retain the right at our sole discretion to deny access to anyone to this Website and the services we offer, at any time and for any reason, including, but not limited to, for violation of this Agreement. User Content does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Renter’s Voice (or its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers).

  2. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES OF THE WEBSITE

    The content and information on this Website (including, but not limited to, messages, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, video, maps, icons, software, code or other material), as well as the infrastructure used to provide such content and information, is proprietary to us. You agree not to otherwise modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell or re-sell any information, software, products, or services obtained from or through this Website. Additionally, you agree not to:

    1. use this Website or its contents for any commercial purpose;
    2. access, monitor or copy any content or information of this Website using any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means or any manual process for any purpose without our express written permission;
    3. violate the restrictions in any robot exclusion headers on this Website or bypass or circumvent other measures employed to prevent or limit access to this Website;
    4. take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
    5. deep-link to any portion of this Website for any purpose without our express written permission; or
    6. "frame", "mirror" or otherwise incorporate any part of this Website into any other website without our prior written authorization.
    7. attempt to modify, translate, adapt, edit, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any software programs used by Renter’s Voice in connection with the Website or the services
  3. PRIVACY POLICY

    Renter’s Voice believes in protecting your privacy. Please review our current Privacy Policy, which also governs your use of Renter’s Voice, to understand our practices. Your agreement represents you have read and understood our privacy policy.

  4. REVIEWS, COMMENTS AND USE OF OTHER INTERACTIVE AREAS

    By submitting content to this Website by electronic mail, postings on this Website or otherwise, including any apartment reviews, questions, comments, suggestions, ideas or the like contained in any submissions (collectively, "Submissions"), you grant Renter’s Voice and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to (a) use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and publicly display and perform such Submissions throughout the world in any media, now known or hereafter devised; and (b) use the name that you submit in connection with such Submission. You acknowledge that Renter’s Voice may choose to provide attribution of your comments or reviews at our discretion. You grant Renter’s Voice and its licensees the right to publicly display advertisements and other information adjacent to or included with your Content. You further grant Renter’s Voice the right to pursue at law any person or entity that violates your or Renter’s Voice rights in the Submissions by a breach of this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that Submissions are non-confidential and non-proprietary. You also irrevocably grant the users of the Website and any Other Media the right to access your Content in connection with their use of the Website and any Other Media.

    The Site may contain discussion forums, bulletin boards, review services or other forums in which you or third parties may post apartment reviews or other content, messages, materials or other items on the Site ("Interactive Areas"). If Renter’s Voice provides such Interactive Areas, you are solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas and use them at your own risk, including the risk that you might be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, objectionable, or otherwise inappropriate. You alone are responsible for your Content and assume all risks associated with your Content, including anyone’s reliance on its quality, accuracy, or reliability. You may not imply that your Content is in any way sponsored or endorsed by Renter’s Voice. By using any Interactive Areas, you expressly agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through the Site any of the following:

    1. Any message, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, code or any other material ("Content") that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent, repetitive, or otherwise objectionable;
    2. Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party, or that would otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law, including, without limitation, the regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or any rules of a securities exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ;
    3. Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
    4. Content in any language other than English;
    5. Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity, including Renter’s Voice;
    6. Unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising, contests, raffles, or solicitations;
    7. Private information of any third party, including, without limitation, surname (family name), addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers;
    8. Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files;
    9. Content that is unrelated to the topic of the Interactive Area(s) in which such Content is posted (e.g. SPAM); or
    10. Content or links to content that, in the sole judgment of Renter’s Voice, (a) violates the previous subsections herein, (b) is objectionable, (c) which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Interactive Areas or the Site, or (d) which may expose Renter’s Voice or its affiliates or its users to any harm or liability of any type.

    Renter’s Voice takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any Content posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor is Renter’s Voice liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity you may encounter. As a provider of interactive services, Renter’s Voice is not liable for any statements, representations or Content provided by its users in any public forum, personal home page or other Interactive Area. Although Renter’s Voice has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the Content posted to or distributed through any Interactive Area, Renter’s Voice reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit without notice any Content posted or stored on the Site at any time and for any reason, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any Content you post or store on the Site at your sole cost and expense.

    If it is determined that you retain moral rights (including rights of attribution or integrity) in the Content, you hereby declare that (a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the Content, or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; (b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion and exploitation of the Content by Renter’s Voice or its licensees, successors and assigns; (c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of the Content; and (d) you forever release Renter’s Voice, and its licensees, successors and assigns, from any claims that you could otherwise assert against Renter’s Voice by virtue of any such moral rights.

    Any use of the Interactive Areas or other portions of the Site in violation of the foregoing violates these Site Terms and may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your rights to use the Interactive Areas and/or the Site. In order to cooperate with legitimate governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders, to protect Renter’s Voice's systems and customers, or to ensure the integrity and operation of Renter’s Voice's business and systems, Renter’s Voice may access and disclose any information it considers necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, user profile information (i.e. name, email address, etc.), IP addressing and traffic information, usage history, and posted Content. Renter’s Voice's right to disclose any such information shall take precedence over any terms of Renter’s Voice's Privacy Policy.

  5. LIABILITY DISCLAIMER

    THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR ERRORS. Renter’s Voice, AND CORPORATE AFFILIATES (COLLECTIVELY, "Renter’s Voice GROUP COMPANIES") DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF, AND DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OTHER INACCURACIES RELATING TO THE INFORMATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE APARTMENT PRODUCTS AND PROPERTIES DISPLAYED ON THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, GENERAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS, ETC.).

    Renter’s Voice GROUP COMPANIES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE, AND THE INCLUSION OR OFFERING OF ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ON THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ANY ENDORSEMENT OR RECOMMENDATION OF SUCH PRODUCTS OR SERVICES BY Renter’s Voice GROUP COMPANIES. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. Renter’s Voice GROUP COMPANIES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS THAT THIS WEBSITE, ITS SERVERS OR ANY EMAIL SENT FROM Renter’s Voice GROUP COMPANIES, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. Renter’s Voice HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

    IN NO EVENT SHALL Renter’s Voice GROUP COMPANIES (ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND AFFILIATES) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH, YOUR ACCESS TO, DISPLAY OF OR USE OF THIS WEBSITE OR WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO ACCESS, DISPLAY OR USE THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, YOUR RELIANCE UPON OPINIONS APPEARING ON THIS WEB SITE; ANY COMPUTER VIRUSES, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, LINKED SITES, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE; OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE ACCESS TO, DISPLAY OF OR USE OF THIS WEBSITE) WHETHER BASED ON A THEORY OF NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, AND EVEN IF Renter’s Voice HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

    The limitation of liability reflects the allocation of risk between the parties. The limitations specified in this section will survive and apply even if any limited remedy specified in these terms is found to have failed of its essential purpose. The limitations of liability provided in these terms inure to the benefit of Renter’s Voice Group Companies.

  6. INDEMNIFICATION

    You agree to defend and indemnify Renter’s Voice and its affiliates and any of their officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, causes of action, demands, recoveries, losses, damages, fines, penalties or other costs or expenses of any kind or nature including but not limited to reasonable legal and accounting fees, brought by third parties as a result of:

    1. your breach of this Agreement or the documents referenced herein;
    2. your violation of any law or the rights of a third party; or
    3. your use of this Website.
  7. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES

    This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than Renter’s Voice. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. Further, it is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you select or software you download (whether from this Website or other websites) is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses, defects and other items of a destructive nature. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators. In some cases you may be asked by a third party site to link your profile on Renter’s Voice to a profile on another third party site. Choosing to do so is purely optional, and the decision to allow this information to be linked can be disabled (with the third party site) at any time.

  8. SOFTWARE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE

    Unless otherwise specified, the materials on the websites are presented solely to provide information regarding and to promote Renter’s Voice’s services, websites, partners and other products available in the United States, its territories, possessions and protectorates. Renter’s Voice websites are controlled by Renter’s Voice from its offices in the state of Texas in the United States. Renter’s Voice makes no representation that materials on Renter’s Voice websites are appropriate or available for use outside the United States. Those who choose to access Renter’s Voice website from outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent that local laws are applicable. Software from Renter’s Voice websites is further subject to United States export controls. Any software that is made available to download from Renter’s Voice websites ("Software") is the copyrighted work of Renter’s Voice, or Renter’s Voice Affiliates, or other third party software as identified. Your use of such Software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies, or is included with, the Software ("License Agreement"). You may not install or use any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement unless you first agree to the License Agreement terms. For any Software made available for download on this Website not accompanied by a License Agreement, we hereby grant to you, the user, a limited, personal, nontransferable license to use the Software for viewing and otherwise using this Website in accordance with these terms and conditions and for no other purpose.

    Please note that all Software, including, without limitation, all HTML, XML, Java code and Active X controls contained on this Website, is owned by Renter’s Voice, and/or its affiliates, and is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software is expressly prohibited, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.

    WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. THE SOFTWARE IS WARRANTED, IF AT ALL, ONLY ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.

  9. COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES

    All contents of this Website are: ©2012 Arellis LLC. All rights reserved. Renter’s Voice is not responsible for content on websites operated by parties other than Renter’s Voice. Renter’s Voice, and all other product or service names or slogans displayed on the Site are registered and/or common law trademarks of Renter’s Voice, LLC and/or its suppliers or licensors, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Renter’s Voice or the applicable trademark holder. In addition, the look and feel of the Site, including all page headers, custom graphics, button icons and scripts, is the service mark, trademark and/or trade dress of Renter’s Voice and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Renter’s Voice. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned in the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by Renter’s Voice.