Privacy Policy

6th Ave Homes
Privacy Policy

1. What is personal information? 

Personal information is: 

(1) information in a consumer report; or 
(2) an individual’s first name or initial and last name in combination with any of the following:
(a) birth date; 
(b) social security number or other government issued identification number;
(c) mother’s maiden name; 
(d) unique biometric data (fingerprint, voice print, retina image); 
(e) unique electronic identification number our routing code; 
(f) telecommunication access devices including debit or credit card information;
or (g) financial institution account or information. 

A consumer report is a report related to a person’s credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living prepared by or obtained from an agency that collects such information such as a credit reporting agency. 

2. How is personal information collected? 

This company obtains personal information in the following ways: 

     (1) in consumer reports from reporting agencies to which this company subscribes in connection with lease applications, loan applications, or for other reasons that the consumer may authorize this company to obtain; 
     (2) in lease applications a prospective tenant completes; 
     (3) in loan applications a borrower or buyer completes; 
     (4) in other real estate related forms the customer or client completes in or related to a transaction; and 
     (5) in tax reporting forms that the customer or client is required to complete and which are given to this company. 

We collect your phone number to possibly send you SMS notifications. Your data will not be shared with third parties. We do not send SMS texts on a regular basis. You may type “Help” for help, “STOP” to stop further text messages. Message & data rates may apply. For any inquiries, please contact us at info@6thavehomes.com or (817) 631-9803.

When completing the forms required above, the customer or client may send the information to this company by mail, fax, personal delivery, or by e-mail. Customers or clients may occasionally provide personal information to this company or its agents by other means such as telephone calls, fax messages, or e-mail messages in order expedite a transaction in which the customer or client is involved. 

3. How and when is the personal information used? 

Personal Information from Prospective Tenants: The personal information that prospective tenants provide to this company is primarily used to obtain consumer reports (credit checks).  It may also be used to perform background checks and rental history searches. The information in the consumer reports may be discussed with landlords for whom this company manages property. This company also reports information to credit reporting agencies and uses personal information to complete those reports.

Personal Information from Owners of Properties Managed by the Company: When this  company acts as a property manager for a property owner, the company uses the property  owner’s personal information only: (a) to deliver the required management services; (b) to  file any required reports with governmental agencies (for example, the IRS); or (c) for other  purposes the property owner may authorize.  

Personal Information from Clients: When this company represents a person (buyer, seller,  landlord, or tenant) in a transaction the agent servicing the client may, on the client’s behalf  and at the client’s instruction, convey personal information he or she provides to the agent to  service providers (for example, mortgage lenders and title companies) as those service  providers may require for the products or services the client needs or requests. If this  company represents a prospective tenant in a lease transaction, the personal information  may, on the tenant’s behalf and with the tenant’s knowledge, be discussed with and  provided to landlords or their agents. This company and its agents exercise reasonable  discretion when discussing any personal information with others.

Personal Information from Clients (other): We collect your phone number & use your data to improve our services & MAY share it with third-party partners for analytics. For any inquiries, please contact us at info@6thavehomes.com or (817) 631-9803. You may text “HELP” for help, or “STOP” to stop all text communications.

Data Sharing: We do not share your mobile information with third parties for marketing purposes. Data sharing is strictly limited to fulfilling our business operations and services. We collect and use your data to improve our services and may share it with third-party partners for analytics purposes.
For any inquiries, please contact us at info@6thavehomes.com.

4. How is the personal information protected?  

Written files in this company are protected under lock and key. Electronic records are protected under an access name and password assigned to persons  in this company.  

This company and its agents exercise reasonable discretion when discussing any personal  information with others and releases personal information to others only as described by this  policy.  

This company does not permit its employees or agents to make copies of consumer reports  or records of insurance claims. The consumer reports retained in the company’s files are  not to be accessed in the future as a convenience to customers or clients.  

The individual agents that work with this company are independent contractors and the  agent with whom a customer or client works with, may maintain a separate transaction file.  The company instructs its agents to not permit other persons to access the personal  information in files the agents maintain. The company instructs its agents to protect the  personal information in the agents’ files in the same manner as described in this policy.  

We do not transfer consumer data to third parties without consent. We have strict policies in place to prevent unauthorized sharing of user data.

5. Who has access to the personal information?  

The following persons have access to personal information in this company’s files: 
(1) the agent or broker who is servicing or coordinating the transaction;
(2) the office manager to whom the agent reports; and
(3) the owner of the company.  

Property owners for whom the company manages properties do not have access to  personal information in the company’s files. However, the company and its agents may discuss the information in a tenant’s consumer report or lease application with a property owner. Copies of such information are provided to the landlord only:
(1) with the tenant’s  consent; or
(2) if the company ceases to be the property manager and the landlord requests  that the files be sent to the landlord, the landlord’s attorney, or the new property manager.  

Personal information from a buyer, seller, landlord, or tenant may be discussed with others  (such as mortgage lenders or prospective landlords) only as is reasonably necessary to  negotiate or close the transaction or to provide the services the customer or client seeks  from this company.  

This company may, at the customer’s or client’s request, provide personal information to  service providers in a transaction such as a title company or mortgage company if it is  necessary to expedite or complete a transaction.  

If the company is required by law to allow others to access the personal information in the  company’s files, the company will comply with the law (for example, compliance with court  orders, subpoenas, or governmental investigations). The company will also allow law  enforcement agencies access to personal information in order to cooperate with such  investigations.  

6. How is the personal information disposed of?  

This company uses reasonable measures to dispose of personal information. Personal  information is usually disposed of by shredding or burning documents, erasing electronic  files by means that make the files unreadable or undecipherable, or by eradicating personal  information from documents or electronic files in ways that make the personal information  unreadable.

7. Erroneous Records:  

If this company erroneously reports information to a consumer reporting agency, the  company will act to correct the information in the company’s records and request the  reporting agency to correct the information in its records promptly after the company has  learned and determined that the report was in error.  

If this company maintains an erroneous record that a consumer has issued a dishonored check, the company will promptly delete the record after the company and consumer agree  that the information is in error or after the consumer provides the company with a law  enforcement agency report stating that the dishonored check was not authorized.  

Notice: This company asks any person who provides personal information to this  company or one of its agents to identify the information at that time as “personal information.”

8. Opting Out of Messaging & Campaigns: You have the right to opt out of our messages at any time. To opt out, reply 'STOP' or ‘CANCEL’ to any of our messages or contact our support team for assistance at info@6thavehomes.com or (817) 631-9803. You may also type “HELP” for help.

Notes:
* Consumer Data will NOT be shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
* Data Sharing is limited to business purposes ONLY.
* Mobile phone information will not be used for marketing.
* We are committed to not transferring personal data to external (non third-party partners) organizations without your consent. We limit data sharing to business purposes only. Mobile information will NOT be shared for third party marketing. We have implemented strict policies to prevent unauthorized sharing of your data.
* We do not share your mobile information with third parties for marketing purposes without your explicit consent. Data sharing is strictly limited to our business operations.
* We implement strict access controls to protect your data from unauthorized access.
* All texts from 6th Ave Homes will be informational only. We do not solicit nor promote through SMS texts.


For any inquiries, please contact us at info@6thavehomes.com or send us a text at (817) 631-9803. Type “HELP” for help, or “STOP” to stop receiving SMS texts.