This is the User Agreement for the Investor Invitational site.  If you do not agree to be bound by these terms, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on our site.  Except as stated below, all amended terms shall automatically be effective immediately upon being posted to the site.

1.       Membership Eligibility.  Our services are available only to individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law.  Without limiting the foregoing, our services are not available to minors or to temporarily or indefinitely suspended members.  If you are a minor, you cannot use this service.  If you do not qualify for any other reason, please do not use our services.  Further, your account, and/or active bids, may not be transferred or sold to another party.  If you are registering as a business entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind the entity to this Agreement.

2.       Fees and Services.  Joining and bidding on items is absolutely free.  Fees for posting and selling items on our site are negotiated separately and individually for each seller and each property.  We may change our fees and the fees for our services from time to time without notice.  When you list a property, you have an opportunity to review and accept the fees that you will be charged for the use of our listing services.  We may in our sole discretion change some or all of our services at any time.  In the event we introduce a new service, the fees for that service are effective at the launch of the service.  Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted and payable in U.S. Dollars.  You are responsible for paying all fees associated with using our service and our website and any applicable taxes.

3.       This Site is a Venue. 

3.1               This Site is Not an Auctioneer.

Instead, our site acts as a venue to allow anyone to offer, sell, and buy property, at anytime, in a variety of pricing formats, including a fixed-price format and an auction-style bid format commonly referred to as “online auctions” or “auctions”.  We cannot ensure that a buyer or seller will actually complete a transaction.

3.2               Identity Verification.

We use many techniques to identify our users when they register on our site.  However, because user verification on the Internet is difficult, this service cannot and does not confirm each user’s purported identity.  Thus, we have established a user-initiated feedback system to help you evaluate with whom you are dealing.

3.3               Release.

Because we are a venue, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more users, you release Tropicasa Realty (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes.

3.4               Information Control.

We do not control the information provided by the buyers or sellers that is made available through our system.  Please use caution, common sense, and practice safe trading when using our site.  Tropicasa Realty always recommends the use of third-party inspectors, lawyers, accountants, or any other professional that a buyer feels is necessary in order to perform the proper due diligence on any property that a buyer is considering purchasing.

4.       Bidding and Buying.  As a buyer, you are obligated to complete the transaction with the seller:

4.1               If you purchase a property through one of our fixed-price formats; or

4.2               If you are the highest bidder at the end of an auction (meeting the applicable minimum bid or reserve requirements) and your bid is accepted by the seller, unless the transaction is prohibited by law or by this Agreement.

By bidding on an item, you agree to be bound by the conditions of sale included in the property’s description so long as those conditions of sale are not in violation of this Agreement or are unlawful.  Bids are not retractable except in exceptional circumstances, such as:  when the seller materially changes the property’s description after you bid; a clear typographical error is made; you cannot authenticate the seller’s identity; or when the seller does not confirm your purchase.

5.       Listing and Selling.

5.1               Listing Description.

You must be legally able to sell the property you list for sale on our site.  You must describe your property and all terms of sale on the listing page of our site.  Your listings may only include text descriptions, graphics, pictures and other content relevant to the sale of that property.  All listed properties must be listed in an appropriate category.

5.2               Binding Bids. 

If you receive at least one bid at or above your stated minimum price (or in the case of reserve auctions, at or above the reserve price), you are obligated as the seller to complete the transaction with the highest bidder upon the auction's completion, unless there is an exceptional circumstance, such as: (a) the buyer fails to meet the terms of your listing (such as payment method), or (b) you cannot authenticate the buyer's identity.

5.3               Fraud.

Without limiting any other remedies, this auction may suspend or terminate your account if we suspect that you (by conviction, settlement, insurance or escrow investigation, or otherwise) have engaged in fraudulent activity in connection with our site.

5.4               Manipulation.

Neither you, bidders nor sellers may manipulate the price of any property nor may you interfere with other user’s listings or transactions.

6.       Your Information.

6.1               Definition.

"Your Information" is defined as any information you provide to us or other users in the registration, bidding or listing process or through any email feature. You are solely responsible for Your Information, and we act as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of Your Information.

6.2               Restricted Activities.

Your information (or any properties listed) and your activities on the site shall not:  (a) be false, inaccurate or misleading; (b) be fraudulent or involve the sale of counterfeit or stolen items; (c) infringe on any third-party’s copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (d) violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, antidiscrimination or false advertising); (e) be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; (g) contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel bots, Easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information; (h) create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other suppliers; and (i) link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or services that:  (aa) are prohibited under this Agreement; or (bb) you do not have a right to link to or include.  Furthermore, you may not list any property on the site (or consummate any transaction that was initiated using our service) that, by paying to us the listing fee or the final value fee, could cause us to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation.

6.3               License.

Solely to enable this auction to use the information you supply us with, so that we are not violating any rights you might have in that information, you agree to grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers) right to exercise the copyright, publicity, and database rights (but no other rights) you have in Your Information, in any media now known or not currently known, with respect to Your Information.

7.       Access and Interference.  You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our web pages or the content contained herein without our prior expressed written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to bypass our robot exclusion headers, or to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this site or any activities conducted on our site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. Much of the information on our site is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to this site by our users or third parties. You agree that you will not copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, or publicly display any content (except for Your Information) from our website without the prior expressed written permission of this auction or the appropriate third party.

8.       Breach.

Without limiting other remedies, we may immediately remove your property listings, warn our community of your actions, issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership and refuse to provide our services to you if: (a) you breach this Agreement; (b) we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide to us; or (c) we believe that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, our users or us.

9.       Privacy.  We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes without your consent. We view protection of users' privacy as a very important community principle. We understand clearly that you and your information is one of our most important assets. We store and process your information on computers located in the United States that are protected by physical as well as technological security devices. 

10.   No Warranty.  WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES AND OUR SUPPLIERS PROVIDE OUR WEBSITE AND SERVICES “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY.  WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES AND OUR SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  Some countries do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties, so the foregoing disclaimer may not apply to you.  This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may also have other legal rights that vary from country to country.

11.   Liability Limit.  IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE).

OUR LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF OUR SUBSIDIARIES, EMPLOYEES, AND SUPPLIERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO US IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, AND (B) $100. Some States do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

12.   Indemnity.  You agree to indemnify and hold us and (as applicable) our parent, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement or the documents it incorporates by reference, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

13.   Legal Compliance.  You shall comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our service and your bidding on, listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and sale of items.

14.   No Agency.  You and this auction are independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relationship is intended or created by this Agreement.

15.   General.  We do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted or secure access to our services, and operation of our site may be interfered with by numerous factors outside of our control. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. You agree that this Agreement and all incorporated agreements may be automatically assigned by this site, in our sole discretion, to a third party in the event of a merger or acquisition. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between us with respect to the subject matter hereof.