SPLIT CRE

SPLIT CRE — Terms of Use

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SPLIT CRE is an online community and technology platform for commercial real estate professionals. These Terms govern splitcre.com and the community features we provide through it (the Platform).

The Platform is operated by [ACTUAL LEGAL OPERATOR NAME AND ENTITY TYPE], doing business as SPLIT CRE (we, us, or our). You means the individual using the Platform. Creating an account does not bind your brokerage to these Terms unless it separately agrees through an authorized representative.

By checking the agreement box during application or registration, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not submit the application or create an account. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information; acknowledging that policy does not give blanket consent to unrelated uses of your information.

1. The community and its development

SPLIT CRE starts with a member feed, forum discussions, profiles, call signs, and spaces for sharing CRE news, needs, and professional knowledge. It is a founder-operated service, and features may change as the community develops.

We may introduce subscriptions, advertising, listing features, professional tools, or other services. Some features may have additional terms, presented before you use or purchase them. Future possibilities are not promises of availability. Changes involving regulated services will require the appropriate arrangements; these Terms do not authorize activities that require a license or other legal approval.

At launch, SPLIT CRE provides communication tools. Through those tools, we do not represent parties, negotiate transactions, hold transaction funds, or undertake to verify listings, opportunities, or member statements. A member's separate professional obligations continue to apply. Participation alone creates no agency, brokerage, partnership, or fiduciary relationship with us or between members.

2. Membership and account security

At launch, membership is for people age 18 or older holding an active Louisiana real estate license eligible for practice, verified against Louisiana Real Estate Commission (LREC) records. We may later support other jurisdictions or professional categories through published eligibility requirements.

Provide accurate application information and keep it current. You authorize reasonable checks of your submitted license details against public licensing records, at application and during membership. Tell us promptly if your license becomes inactive, suspended, revoked, or subject to a restriction affecting your eligibility. Verification is an administrative eligibility check, not a guarantee of identity, competence, honesty, or performance, or an endorsement by LREC.

Admission follows published eligibility criteria and reasonable verification, security, and capacity checks. We may request clarification, temporarily pause enrollment, or decline an application when eligibility or account authenticity cannot reasonably be established. There is no competitor vote. We do not use membership decisions to organize exclusion of competitors or discriminate unlawfully. Applicants may ask us to correct an error or reconsider a decision.

Keep one personal account unless we authorize otherwise. Do not sell, transfer, or share it. Protect your sign-in links and credentials and promptly report suspected unauthorized access. You are responsible for your use of the account and access you authorize; these Terms do not automatically make you liable for every unauthorized act of a third party.

3. Call signs and identity

Call signs are display names intended to make the community enjoyable. They are not a promise of anonymity. Members may know or recognize you, and your posts, photographs, market, profile, or professional disclosures may identify you.

You may identify yourself and your brokerage. Include disclosures required by law or professional rules when advertising property or services; a call sign does not replace those disclosures. We may require a call-sign change to address impersonation, confusion, infringement, or abuse.

Do not impersonate others, falsely claim an affiliation, or disclose another person's nonpublic personal information without authorization or another lawful basis. Do not use identity information to harass or threaten anyone. Ordinary recognition of another professional, authorized disclosures, required professional disclosures, and good-faith legal reporting are not prohibited.

We handle application and account information as described in the Privacy Policy. Choosing a call sign does not make that information publicly available by default.

4. Community rules

Keep discussion useful, candid, and respectful. When posting text, images, links, replies, or other material (Content):

AI-assisted posts remain your responsibility. Check them for accuracy, confidentiality, and necessary rights before posting. Do not use AI to fabricate evidence, identities, or endorsements.

5. Independent business decisions and antitrust

Members must make their business decisions independently. These rules apply throughout the Platform, including any messaging features we later offer:

Authorized property-specific advertising and ordinary professional discussion remain subject to these rules and Section 6. These rules do not authorize sharing confidential information or coordinating prices merely because a post concerns a property. Stop participating and report a conversation that appears to violate this section. Do not use reactions, coded language, or off-platform invitations to organize prohibited conduct through the Platform.

6. Property promotion and opportunities

Where promotional posts are enabled, you must have authority to market the property or service, obtain required owner and sponsoring-broker approvals, provide required license and brokerage disclosures, and follow applicable advertising rules. Keep material information accurate and promptly correct or remove outdated promotional posts. Do not imply that SPLIT CRE or a regulator has approved an opportunity.

Members must independently evaluate information and the people with whom they deal. SPLIT CRE does not currently collect transaction commissions, negotiate deals for members, or guarantee referrals, availability, pricing, or outcomes through the community features.

At launch, financing discussions are for general professional information. Do not use the Platform to offer securities, solicit investments in syndications or pooled ventures, collect investor funds, or arrange compensated fundraising. Any future service allowing such activity will require separate review and expressly applicable terms.

7. Your Content and permission to operate the Platform

You retain any ownership rights you have in your Content. You represent that you have the authority and permissions necessary to post it and grant the rights below.

You grant us a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, deliver, and technically adapt your Content as reasonably necessary to operate, maintain, secure, and moderate the Platform, including backups and delivery within the audience you selected. We may sublicense these rights to service providers only as needed for those purposes and transfer them with the Platform subject to these Terms and the Privacy Policy.

This permission includes displaying your Content in the member feed and relevant community features. It does not authorize selling your Content as a separate dataset, using it to train general-purpose AI models, or using member-only Content in external advertising without a separate lawful basis and any required permission. A future public-listing feature must explain its audience before you publish through it. We will not make existing member-only posts public merely because such a feature is introduced.

The license ends when Content is deleted from our active systems, except as needed for restricted legal or security records, backup expiration, and copies reasonably retained within existing discussions as described in the Privacy Policy. Those exceptions do not authorize new promotional use. Others may retain copies outside our control.

We retain rights in Platform software, branding, and materials we create or license. Subject to these Terms, you may use the Platform and view Content for the community's intended purposes. No ownership of another member's Content is transferred to you.

8. Member access and sharing

Community discussions are intended for the member audience shown in the service. Restricted access is not a confidentiality guarantee, a secure deal room, or a substitute for an NDA. Do not post information you lack permission to disclose to that audience.

You may share your own Content elsewhere if you have the necessary rights and do not improperly disclose another person's information. Obtain the author's permission before redistributing another member's member-only Content outside the Platform, unless an enabled sharing feature expressly permits that use or the law otherwise protects it. Do not bulk republish discussions or member directories.

These restrictions do not prevent compliance with law, protected reporting to authorities, lawful preservation of evidence, or reasonably necessary confidential consultation with your attorney, insurer, sponsoring broker, or other professional adviser. Disclose only what is reasonably needed and respect applicable confidentiality duties. We cannot prevent all screenshots, copying, or unauthorized disclosures.

9. Moderation and account actions

We may remove or restrict Content; make limited formatting or privacy redactions; close discussions; issue warnings; or suspend or end access when reasonably needed to enforce these Terms, investigate suspected abuse, address account compromise, verify eligibility, comply with law, or protect the service and its users. We may also discontinue a feature or the service, subject to any applicable paid-service obligations.

We may act before completing an investigation when circumstances warrant. An allegation or pending licensing complaint is not automatically a finding of misconduct. We aim to apply the rules consistently and provide a reason and an opportunity to request reconsideration when appropriate. Email the contact address to request review. Statutory complaint and counter-notice rights remain available.

The Platform is not continuously monitored, and we do not promise to review every post before it appears. We prioritize reports according to urgency and applicable legal requirements. Mandatory response deadlines are not extended by our size or support hours. Moderation does not certify Content as true. Badges and activity ranks do not certify professional qualifications or performance.

We reserve protections available under applicable law, including 47 U.S.C. § 230 and 17 U.S.C. § 512 where their requirements are met. These Terms do not create immunity or eliminate liability that applicable law does not permit us to exclude.

10. Report a problem — members and nonmembers

Email [email protected], or use an available report control. You do not need an account to email a complaint. Include a link or enough detail to locate the material, the reason for your report, and a way to contact you. Do not send unnecessary sensitive information or copies of illegal imagery. For an immediate threat, contact emergency services; this inbox is not an emergency service.

We may request clarification, restrict material, preserve relevant records, or take other appropriate action. We handle report information as described in the Privacy Policy, including sharing when needed to investigate or follow a legal process. We cannot promise absolute confidentiality to reporters.

10.1 Copyright notices and counter-notices

Send copyright notices to our designated copyright agent:

[DESIGNATED AGENT NAME OR TITLE]
[AGENT MAILING ADDRESS]
[AGENT TELEPHONE NUMBER]
[AGENT EMAIL ADDRESS]

A copyright notice should identify the protected work and the material to remove, provide its location and your contact details, include your physical or electronic signature, state your good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized by the rights holder, its agent, or law, and affirm the notice's accuracy and, under penalty of perjury, your authority to act for the rights holder.

We process qualifying notices under the DMCA and inform affected users when appropriate. We terminate repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances and accommodate applicable standard technical measures. Knowingly material misrepresentations in a notice or counter-notice can create legal liability.

If your Content was removed because of a copyright notice and you believe this was a mistake or misidentification, you may send the agent a signed counter-notice identifying the removed material and its former location, your name, address, and telephone number, and a statement under penalty of perjury of that good-faith belief. Include consent to jurisdiction of the federal district court for your address, or, if outside the United States, any judicial district in which the service provider may be found, and acceptance of service of process from the notifying party or its agent.

We forward a qualifying counter-notice, including its contact information, to the notifying party. Under the DMCA process, material is ordinarily restored no earlier than 10 and no later than 14 business days after receipt of the qualifying counter-notice, unless we receive notice of a court action seeking to restrain the alleged infringement. Material may remain restricted on a separate lawful basis under these Terms, which we will identify where appropriate.

10.2 Removal of nonconsensual intimate imagery

If an intimate image of you, including a covered digitally fabricated image, appears without your consent, you or an authorized representative may request removal at [email protected]. Using the subject “Urgent image removal” helps routing but is not required.

Send your physical or electronic signature, enough information to locate the image, contact information, and a brief statement explaining your good-faith belief that its publication was without consent, including relevant supporting context. You do not need an account, a copyright claim, or a court order. Identify the location rather than attaching the image where possible.

For a valid request covered by the TAKE IT DOWN Act, we will remove the depiction as soon as possible and no later than 48 hours after receipt, and within that period make reasonable efforts to identify and remove known identical copies. We may also remove prohibited imagery under our rules where that law does not apply.

11. Fees and future paid features

The community is currently free. We may introduce paid memberships, tools, advertising, listing products, or other services. Before charging you, we will present the applicable price and material purchase terms and obtain your agreement. These Terms alone do not authorize a charge or recurring subscription.

Any recurring plan will disclose its billing frequency, renewal terms, cancellation method, and applicable refund policy at purchase. Existing paid commitments are governed by the terms accepted for that purchase and applicable law. We will identify paid placements or sponsorships as required; payment does not establish endorsement or verification.

12. Information and service limitations

Platform information is for general discussion and does not replace independent due diligence or qualified legal, tax, investment, lending, appraisal, engineering, environmental, or other professional advice. Members may have professional obligations for their own communications; this disclaimer does not remove those obligations.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, AVAILABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR WARRANTIES AGAINST REDHIBITORY DEFECTS. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE MEMBER CONDUCT, TRANSACTION OUTCOMES, UNINTERRUPTED ACCESS, OR PRESERVATION OF CONTENT. KEEP YOUR OWN NECESSARY BUSINESS RECORDS.

Third-party sites and services linked by members have their own terms and practices. A link does not establish our endorsement.

13. Liability and nonwaivable rights

For this section and Section 14, Protected Parties means the legal operator and its founder, owners, LLC members (if any), managers, officers, employees, moderators, and agents acting in those capacities; it does not mean ordinary community members merely because they hold an account.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PROTECTED PARTIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE PLATFORM OR THESE TERMS, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, COMMISSIONS, OPPORTUNITIES, DATA, OR REPUTATION TO THE EXTENT THEY CONSTITUTE SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE PROTECTED PARTIES' TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR CLAIMS ARISING FROM THE PLATFORM OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF $100 OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR PLATFORM SERVICES IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

The exclusions, limitations, disclaimers, and indemnity in these Terms do not apply to liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, limited, or shifted. This includes liability for intentional or gross fault and physical injury to the extent provided by Louisiana Civil Code article 2004. Nothing waives a mandatory statutory right or remedy.

14. Third-party claims caused by your conduct

To the extent permitted by law, you will defend and indemnify the Protected Parties against third-party claims, resulting damages, and reasonable defense costs to the extent caused by Content you lacked the right to provide, your material violation of these Terms, or your unlawful conduct. This does not cover amounts caused by a Protected Party's own negligence, intentional or gross fault, or other conduct for which indemnification is prohibited by law.

We will give reasonably prompt notice of a claim; a delay reduces your obligations to the extent it materially prejudices your defense. You may assume the defense with reasonably acceptable counsel, subject to reasonable safeguards for conflicts of interest. We may participate through separate counsel at our own expense. Neither party may settle in a way that admits the other's fault, imposes a nonmonetary obligation on the other, or fails to release the other without that party's written consent. Both parties will reasonably cooperate. If you do not undertake a required defense after notice and a reasonable opportunity, we may defend and seek reasonable covered costs, subject to the limits above.

15. Leaving, changes, and future services

You may close your account by emailing us or using an available account-closure feature. Closure does not automatically remove every discussion contribution; the Privacy Policy explains deletion and retention. We may end or restrict access under Section 9. Accrued rights and provisions needed to resolve existing claims, protect intellectual property, and address lawfully retained Content survive closure, including the relevant parts of Sections 7, 8, and 12–17.

We may update these Terms as the Platform develops. We will post the revised version and provide reasonable advance notice of material changes, normally at least 15 days unless a legal or urgent security reason requires earlier action. We will seek renewed affirmative agreement for materially changed contractual obligations. Changes do not retroactively alter the rules for an existing dispute. If you do not accept a required update, you may stop using the affected service and close your account, subject to applicable paid-service rights.

Additional service terms apply only to the relevant service and will identify any provisions they replace. New fees, advertising practices, data uses, or public visibility are not authorized merely by a general right to update these Terms.

16. Governing law and disputes

Louisiana law and applicable federal law govern these Terms, subject to mandatory protections that applicable law does not allow the parties to waive. Unless mandatory law requires otherwise, lawsuits arising from these Terms or the Platform must be brought in a state court with jurisdiction in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, or, where federal subject-matter jurisdiction exists, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. The parties consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

You may contact us to try to resolve a concern informally, but doing so is not a condition of exercising a legal right and does not extend a legal deadline. These Terms do not impose mandatory arbitration, a class-action waiver, a jury-trial waiver, or a shortened period for bringing claims.

17. General terms and contact

These Terms and any expressly accepted supplemental service terms form the agreement concerning Platform use. The Privacy Policy describes our data practices. Short community summaries and room instructions implement these Terms and cannot silently expand fees, data permissions, or liability waivers. If an enforceable provision can be separated from an unenforceable one, the remainder continues. Failure to enforce a provision once is not a waiver of later enforcement.

You may not assign your account or contractual rights without our consent. We may assign this agreement with a transfer of the Platform or a reorganization to an operator that assumes the applicable obligations, subject to the Privacy Policy and any required notice or consent. An assignment does not by itself release liability already incurred.

We may send service and legal notices electronically to your account or email as permitted by law. This does not constitute consent to optional marketing messages or substitute for any special consent required by law.

Operator: [ACTUAL LEGAL OPERATOR NAME AND ENTITY TYPE]
Email: [email protected]
Mailing address: [BUSINESS MAILING ADDRESS]