Buffini & Company offers four levels of Membership: One2One Coaching™, Group Coaching, Referral Maker PRO™ and the Referral Maker™ CRM and software. All levels of Membership include the use of Referral Maker. Referral Maker PRO is included in One2One Coaching and Group Coaching Memberships.
The term of this Agreement for any Membership shall be from month to month. A month-to-month Membership will commence on the day you enter into this Agreement and enter a valid credit card or other payment information or immediately after the expiration of any free trial provided, whichever is later. Charges for each month will be billed and assessed in advance monthly on the first of each month. The Membership will automatically renew from month-to-month until cancelled or terminated. You may also elect to prepay any Membership for a one year term and receive any applicable discount.
Unless otherwise provided, at the time this Agreement is entered into, for all levels of Membership, an activation fee will be charged to cover the cost of set-up and initial materials. You will also be charged a pro-rated fee based on the number of days remaining in the month in which you first enroll. For annual prepaid Memberships, a charge will be assessed at the time this Agreement is entered into equal to the total charges for the one year term commencing as of the first of the month occurring on or after the date this Agreement is entered into. The activation fee will be waived for annual prepaid Memberships. Other promotional discounts may apply.
Members of Buffini & Company’s One2One Coaching may attend a Buffini & Company Success Tour live event at no additional charge, subject to space and availability. Members of Buffini & Company’s Group Coaching, and Referral Maker Pro Memberships may attend a Buffini & Company Success Tour live event at a reduced charge, subject to space and availability. Members of Buffini & Company’s One2One Coaching, Group Coaching and Referral Maker PRO Memberships may attend a Buffini & Company GameChangers live event at no additional charge subject to space and availability.
To cancel your Membership, call Buffini & Company Customer Service.
Any cancellation will be effective as of the last day of the month in which Buffini & Company is notified of the cancellation. There will be no refund of partial fees for the final month of Membership.
For an annual prepaid Membership, a refund will be issued which will be calculated as follows: The total fee that the Member User would have paid for the expired term of the Agreement will be calculated using the standard charge for a monthly Membership. That total will be subtracted from the amount paid by the Member. The balance will be the amount of the refund.
We reserve the right to change these terms at any time for month-to-month Memberships and you should check the terms on the website regularly. Any change will become effective thirty days after the change is posted. Your use of the website or the software provided as part of the website and/or Buffini & Company’s Referral Maker CRM constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.
Client Software means any software provided to a User related to the Service.
User means the person or entity who has entered into this Agreement authorizing the use of the Referral Maker CRM and creating a Referral Maker CRM Membership. If an individual enters into this Agreement on behalf of a company or other legal entity, the individual represents and warrants that he/she has the authority to bind the entity to this Agreement.
License means the right granted by Buffini & Company to install, use and/or otherwise interact with the Service and/or the Client Software for User personal or internal business purposes not related to training or coaching.
Service means Buffini & Company’s Referral Maker CRM online service and software including any updates, upgrades, support and content (for example, audio or visual information or documents) contained or made available to User by Buffini & Company as part of or in the course of using the Service. Buffini & Company may change the Service or its features at any time and for any reason without notice.
All past due Membership fees are subject to a late payment service charge at the rate of 1.5% per month or the maximum rate allowed by law whichever is less.
Only the User or, in the case of a Team Account, the User and authorized Team Member(s), are authorized under this License to use the Service including the Client Software. If the User is a business or entity, only one person authorized by the User may use the Service. User Licenses may not be shared or used with any other person and, if purchased by a business, cannot be reassigned to a new user to replace a current authorized user who has terminated employment or otherwise changed job status or function and no longer uses the Service. A Team Member’s use of the Team Account is governed by the provisions of the Referral Maker Team Members Terms & Conditions.
The Service is being licensed to you and not sold. Except for the license granted under this Agreement, Buffini & Company retains all right, title and interest in and to the Service in whole or in part including the Client Software, any content provided as part of the Service and any copies of the foregoing.
You are solely responsible for the use of the Service including the Software and any content included or provided as part of the Service. You are also solely responsible for your use of any data or other content that is input, stored, transmitted or otherwise used as part of the Service. You represent and warrant to Buffini & Company that any content or data used or uploaded by you in connection with or as part of the Service will not (a) infringe upon or otherwise violate any laws or regulations or any intellectual or other property rights or contract rights of any other person; (b) contain any software, viruses, Trojan horses, worms or other similar harmful or destructive programming routines, computer codes, files or programs; (c) contain any unlawful, harassing, abusive, harmful, threatening, profane, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable or offensive content; or (d) violate any applicable laws.
You may store data and content on the servers that Buffini & Company uses to provide the Service. You acknowledge and agree, however, that Buffini & Company has no responsibility or liability for any deletion, destruction, corruption or other loss of any data or content to use or upload as part of the Service.
The Service may provide the option for users to receive text message alerts of calendar appointments or other matters, or input events tracked by the Service. You acknowledge that text message charges may be imposed by your telephone service provider for the receipt of these text messages.
Buffini & Company may upgrade, enhance, change, suspend, discontinue or otherwise modify any of the functions, features, aspects or components of the Service, its presentation, the manner in which it is delivered or how it is used or operated in its sole discretion and without notice. Any modifications made available to you will be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If required by Buffini & Company, you must promptly replace the version of the Software or component you have installed on your computer or other device.
Referral Maker PRO includes monthly Marketing Flyers. For an additional charge, Marketing Flyers can be customized with a photograph and contact information of the Member as well as a customized cover letter. Monthly Marketing Flyers or Personalized Marketing Flyers provided as part of your Membership are intended to be used as a method of furthering your relationship with your personal database of potential referral sources. Uses that are inconsistent with this purpose are prohibited. Specific prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, the following:
One2One Coaching™, Group Coaching and Referral Maker PRO™ Members are provided with access to the Buffini TV Subscription Service at no additional charge. The terms of the Buffini TV Subscription Agreement located at: http://www.buffiniandcompany.com/btvterms will apply to the Member’s access to and use of Buffini TV.
Buffini & Company uses any information that it collects as described in Buffini & Company’s Privacy Policy which is available at buffiniandcompany.com/company/privacy-policy.aspx, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.
All products and content including the Service, the Software, or any content provided as part of the Service, including all modifications thereof, and all acts or omissions undertaken or not undertaken relating to any of the foregoing are provided on an “as available” and “as is” basis. Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law, Buffini & Company disclaims all representations, warranties and commitments of any kind with respect to the subject matter including, but not limited to, any and all implied warranties or other commitments of title, merchantability, quality of information or fitness for a particular purpose.
In no event shall Buffini & Company be liable for any indirect, punitive, special, incidental or consequential damages (including, without limitation, lost profits, revenue or savings, lost data or content, loss of or damage to business opportunity, business interruption or the like) arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or your use of the Service. In any case, Buffini & Company’s entire liability under this Agreement or in any way related to the subject matter hereof shall be limited in the aggregate and regardless of the number or timing of the claims asserted to the greater of $2,000.00 or the total fees received by Buffini & Company hereunder for the twelve (12) calendar months immediately preceding the month in which the claim is first filed or asserted against Buffini & Company. These terms shall apply whether or not Buffini & Company has been advised of the possibility or likelihood of the loss, injury, damage or liability suffered or excluded and regardless of the theory of relief asserted (e.g. whether in contract, tort, negligence, breach of warranty, strict liability in tort or by statute or otherwise). Any action against Buffini & Company for relief of any kind must be brought within one (1) year after the cause of the action arose. The terms of this section represent important agreed and bargained for understandings of the parties and Buffini & Company’s compensation hereunder reflects such terms.
You agree to indemnify Buffini & Company as well as its directors, officers, agents, employees, and independent contractors and hold them harmless from any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees arising from your use of Buffini & Company products or services or from your breach of this Agreement.
You may not assign this Agreement and any attempted assignment shall be void. Buffini & Company may delegate all or part of the performance of its obligations under this Agreement to independent contractors or other businesses.
If a court holds any provision of this Agreement to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable the rest of this Agreement shall remain in effect and this Agreement will be amended to give effect to the eliminated provision to the maximum extent possible.
All legal issues arising from or relating to your use of Buffini & Company products or services or this Agreement shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. By accessing or using such products or services you consent to personal jurisdiction and exclusive venue in the State and/or Federal Courts of the County of San Diego, State of California with respect to any disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the use of this site.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time by Buffini & Company for cause which shall include the breach of this Agreement by the client, abusive or unprofessional conduct, or conduct which would tend to hold Buffini & Company up to embarrassment or contempt. It may be terminated without cause by providing you with thirty days written notice of termination. Any refund of prepaid fees will be calculated as described in Paragraph 5.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Buffini & Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other agreement, proposals and communications, written or oral between Buffini & Company and you with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Client shall participate in a Certification Course which will be offered online at a cost reflected on the Buffini & Company web site which shall be paid by Client. Upon successful completion of the Certification Course, the Client may represent himself to be a “Buffini Certified Mentor™.” The Client may then train Qualified Students in one Authorized Program of the Client’s choosing. There will be a charge for each additional Authorized Program which the client wishes to train.
This Agreement constitutes a non-assignable license, personal to the Client during the term of this Agreement, as follows: (a) For the Client who has successfully completed the Certification Course to hold himself out as a Buffini Certified Mentor™; (b) For the Buffini Certified Mentor to offer and train Authorized Programs only to Qualified Students during the term of this Agreement using the materials, methods and instructions provided by Buffini & Company after paying any fee that may be charged for each Authorized Program. Any duplication or other dissemination or use of said materials or information is prohibited.
A Related Business is a separate real estate services business which is owned, in whole or in part, by the owner of the title, lending or real estate brokerage business with which Client is associated.
For Buffini Certified Mentors, a “Qualified Student” means: (a) a person employed by or associated with Client as an independent contractor in the same title, lending or real estate brokerage business with which client is associated or in a Related Business; (b) a person who has entered into a valid Student Order Form and License Agreement with Buffini & Company for an Authorized Program and agreed to the terms of the license restrictions contained therein; and (c) a person who has paid the fees and performed the other obligations required under that Agreement.
Client shall participate in a Certification Course which will be offered online at a cost reflected on the Buffini & Company web site which shall be paid by Client. Upon successful completion of the Certification Course, Client may represent himself to be a “Buffini Certified Facilitator™”. The Client may then train Qualified Students in one Authorized Program of the Client’s choosing. There will be a charge for each additional Authorized Program which the client wishes to train.
This Agreement constitutes a non-assignable license, personal to the Client during the term of this Agreement, as follows: (a) For the Client who has successfully completed the Certification Course to hold himself out as a Buffini Certified Facilitator; (b) For the Buffini Certified Facilitator to train the Authorized Program only to Qualified Students during the term of this Agreement using the materials, methods and instructions provided by Buffini & Company after paying any fee that may be charged for each Authorized Program. Any duplication or other dissemination or use of said materials or information is prohibited.
For Buffini Certified Facilitators, a “Qualified Student” means: (a) a person who has entered into a valid Student Order Form and License Agreement with Buffini & Company for an Authorized Program and agreed to the terms of the license restrictions contained therein; and (b) a person who has paid the fees and performed the other obligations required under that Agreement.
For purposes of this Agreement, the “Client” is a person who has entered into this Agreement with Buffini & Company and paid the Certification Course fees as provided herein.
As a condition to this license, Client shall train a minimum of one Qualified Student in one Authorized Program during each 12-month period. This 12-month period shall commence on the first day of the month following the commencement of the Certification Training described herein and shall continue in 12-month increments thereafter.
Clients who have become Buffini Certified Mentors or Buffini Certified Facilitators may attend a Buffini & Company Success Tour™ and/or a Buffini & Company GameChangers™ live event at no additional charge, subject to space and availability.
Clients who have a pre-existing license with Buffini & Company for training Buffini & Company’s Peak Producers® Program shall be granted this Mentor or Certified Facilitator License as appropriate, without the requirement of taking the Certification Course or paying additional Certification Course fees. Pre-existing clients may continue to train Qualified Students in the Peak Producers Program subject to the other terms and restrictions set forth in this License Agreement. There shall be an additional charge for each additional Authorized Program which the Client wishes to train. This License Agreement shall supersede and replace the Client’s pre-existing License Agreement with Buffini & Company.
The term of this Agreement, and the license described below, shall begin on the first day of the Certification Course training described herein and shall continue thereafter month to month from the first day of the following month until terminated.
For purposes of this Agreement, “Authorized Program” means a training program created and owned by Buffini & Company that Buffini Certified Mentors and Buffini Certified Facilitators are authorized to present to and train Qualified Students pursuant to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein. The training programs which are Authorized Programs may change from time to time. An up to date list of the training programs which are Authorized Programs can be viewed on the Company website at https://www.buffiniandcompany.com.
Client shall not hold himself out to be an agent, partner or representative of Buffini & Company.
Buffini & Company maintains personal information of a client pursuant to its Privacy Policy as amended from time to time which can be viewed at: http://buffiniandcompany.com/privacy.
Client is granted a personal, revocable license during the term of this Agreement or until its earlier termination by Buffini & Company to use the promotional material made available by Buffini & Company for download relating to an Authorized Program solely to promote classes, events or training to potential Qualified Students relating to an Authorized Program.
Except as provided in this Agreement and except pursuant to the license contained herein, no rights in any Authorized Program or any materials related to an Authorized Program or the Certification Course shall pass to the Client under this Agreement. All materials relating to an Authorized Program, materials relating to the certification course as well as the content included in any workbooks, DVDs, computer websites or other materials provided and all copyrights and trademarks related thereto shall remain the property of Buffini & Company.
Client shall not: (a) Train or attempt to train any person in all or part of an Authorized Program unless authorized by this agreement and the license contained herein; (b) use Buffini & Company’s products in a way which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the License; (c) directly or indirectly charge Qualified Students for participating in an Authorized Program amounts or impose restrictions in addition to those required by Buffini & Company; (d) Train others to conduct an Authorized Program or Certification training or training related to an Authorized Program within or outside Client’s organization; (e) copy, reproduce, capture or modify in any fashion any written materials, DVD’s or other items provided except as authorized by Buffini & Company or the license granted in this Agreement (unless pursuant to the systems taught as part of an Authorized Program); (f) Create or permit the creation of any writings or things containing information derived from the items provided hereunder (unless pursuant to the systems taught as part of an Authorized Program); (g) sell or attempt to re-sell all or any portion of the workbook or other materials provided under this Agreement; (h) grant any sublicense or any other subsidiary use of an Authorized Program or Buffini & Company products except pursuant to this Agreement; (h) violate any law, rule, ordinance or statute in providing training for an Authorized Program.
This Agreement, and the License previously described, shall terminate upon any of the following: (a) This Agreement and License shall terminate automatically if the Client fails to satisfy the condition of training at least one Qualified Student in one Authorized Program during each 12-month period as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Section C. Upon the breach by the Client of any of the terms, conditions or restrictions of this Agreement, including but not limited to any financial obligations undertaken herein; (b) If Client or anyone acting under or in concert with him engages in any illegal, abusive or unprofessional conduct or conduct which would tend to hold Buffini & Company up to embarrassment or contempt; (c) if Buffini & Company, in its reasonable discretion, determines that the Client’s presentation of training for an Authorized Program is unsatisfactory.
Upon termination of this Agreement, Client’s access to the website portal for Buffini Certified Mentors or Buffini Certified Facilitators shall be terminated. Client shall return all training DVD’s, workbooks, writings, or other materials provided to him under this Agreement, shall cease to hold himself out as a Buffini Certified Mentor™ or Buffini Certified Facilitator™ and shall cease providing training relating to an Authorized Program. Client shall certify in writing that he has complied fully with the obligations of this Agreement. Client shall further certify in writing that no unauthorized copies, summaries or things containing information derived from the DVD’s, workbooks or other material provided hereunder exist.
Client and Buffini & Company agree that Buffini & Company will be irreparably harmed in the event that Client breaches any of the provisions of this Agreement. Accordingly, all of the provisions of this Agreement shall be specifically enforceable and Buffini & Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief against Client, as well as his agents, employees, affiliated persons or anyone acting under or in concert with him in addition to other available remedies for the breach of any provisions of said paragraphs.
Client agrees to take appropriate action to prevent or discourage any conduct or actions on the part of student participants or others which may be an infringement or other violation of, or which may result in an unauthorized use of an Authorized Program or the writings or other products which are a part of an Authorized Program. If a Client, during the term of this Agreement or any extension, becomes employed by or associated with a different real estate business, he will notify Buffini & Company promptly.
Client shall indemnify, defend and hold Buffini & Company harmless from and against any and all damages, claims, liabilities, losses or expenses that arise out of Client’s use or training of an Authorized Program or the writings or products that are a part of that Program.
Client shall have no right to assign, delegate, transfer or otherwise encumber this Agreement without Buffini & Company’s prior written consent.
The failure of any party to enforce its rights under this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver or continuing waiver of any of its rights or remedies.
If any provision of this Agreement or any part of the Agreement is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, each and every other provision or part thereof shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements whether oral or written. This Agreement may not be modified except by a writing signed by each party. Each party acknowledges that there have been no promises, assurances or representations leading up to the execution of this Agreement which are not expressly set forth herein.
All disputes arising from or relating to the enforcement or interpretation of this Agreement shall be resolved in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Diego. Client consents to jurisdiction and venue in said courts for that purpose.
This Agreement constitutes a personal, non-assignable license for the Student to use products, services or information provided for or in connection with the Authorized Program in conformity with the systems or methods presented for his/her personal or existing business purposes not related to training or coaching. Any other duplication, dissemination or use of said products or information is prohibited. For purposes of this Agreement, “Authorized Program” means the training program created and owned by Buffini & Company that the Student has elected to enroll in by agreeing to the terms of this Student License Agreement and by paying the Student License Fee charged for such program. An up to date list of available Buffini & Company Authorized Programs can be viewed on the Company website at https://www.buffiniandcompany.com.
The Student shall not hold himself/herself out to be an agent, partner or representative of Buffini & Company.
Student shall not: (a) Train or attempt to train any person in all or part of the Authorized Program unless authorized by this agreement and the license contained herein; (b) use Buffini & Company’s products in a way which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the License; (c) Train others to conduct Authorized Program or Certification Course training within or outside Student’s organization; (d) copy, reproduce, capture or modify in any fashion any written, printed or digital materials, DVD’s or other items provided except as authorized by Buffini & Company (unless pursuant to the systems taught as part of the Authorized Program); (e) Create or permit the creation of any writings or things containing information derived from the items provided hereunder; (f) grant any sublicense or any other subsidiary use of the Authorized Program or Buffini & Company products except pursuant to this Agreement; (g) sell or attempt to re-sell all or any portion of the workbook or other materials provided under this Agreement; (h) violate any law, rule, ordinance or statute in utilizing the Authorized Program.
This Agreement, and the License described previously may be terminated at any time by Buffini & Company for cause which shall include the breach of this Agreement by the client, abusive or unprofessional conduct or conduct which would tend to hold Buffini & Company up to embarrassment or contempt.
No refunds, exchanges or credits will be given after thirty (30) days from the date of purchase. 6. Personal Information: Buffini & Company maintains personal information of a client pursuant to its Privacy Policy as amended from time to time which can be viewed at: www.buffiniandcompany.com/privacy
Student and Buffini & Company agree that Buffini & Company will be irreparably harmed in the event that Student breaches any of the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 hereof. Accordingly, all of the provisions of said paragraphs shall be specifically enforceable and Buffini & Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief against Student, as well as his/her agents, employees, affiliated persons or anyone acting under or in concert with him/her in addition to other available remedies for the breach of any provisions of said paragraphs.
Student shall have no right to assign, delegate, transfer or otherwise encumber this Agreement without Buffini & Company’s prior written consent.
The failure of any party to enforce its rights under this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver or continuing waiver of any of its rights or remedies.
If any provision of this Agreement or any part of the Agreement is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, each and every other provision or part thereof shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements whether oral or written. This Agreement may not be modified except by a writing signed by each party. Each party acknowledges that there have been no promises, assurances or representations leading up to the execution of this Agreement which are not expressly set forth herein.
All disputes arising from or relating to the enforcement or interpretation of this Agreement shall be resolved in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Diego. Company consents to jurisdiction and venue in said courts for that purpose.
