Effective Date: October 8, 2026
Last Updated: October 8, 2026
These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of ibuyfiredamagedhomescoloradospringscolorado.com (the “Website”) and services offered through the Website by I Buy Fire Damaged Homes Colorado Springs (“we,” “us,” or “our”).
By accessing the Website, submitting property information, requesting a cash offer, or otherwise interacting with our services, you agree to these Terms and acknowledge our Privacy Policy.
1. Purpose of the Website
The Website allows property owners and authorized representatives to submit information concerning real estate they may wish to sell, including:
- Fire-damaged property;
- Smoke-damaged property;
- Water-damaged property;
- Structurally damaged property;
- Distressed property;
- Vacant property;
- Tenant-occupied property;
- Inherited property;
- Probate or estate property;
- Property facing foreclosure;
- Property subject to liens;
- Property requiring cleanup;
- Property requiring substantial repairs; and
- Other residential or investment property.
Depending on the property and transaction, we may:
- Evaluate the property;
- Purchase or seek to purchase it directly;
- Make or facilitate a potential cash offer;
- Conduct or arrange due diligence;
- Coordinate cleanout where agreed;
- Enter into a purchase agreement;
- Acquire contractual or equitable rights;
- Assign contractual rights where legally and contractually permitted;
- Work with licensed Colorado real estate professionals where legally required; or
- Decline the opportunity.
Nothing displayed on the Website constitutes a binding offer to purchase real estate.
2. Our Role
The Website currently presents our business principally as a direct purchaser of fire-damaged property in Colorado Springs.
Depending on the transaction, we may act as:
- A prospective principal purchaser;
- A real estate investor;
- A property-acquisition business;
- A contract purchaser;
- A holder of contractual or equitable rights;
- An affiliate or co-investor with another purchaser; or
- Another lawful transaction participant.
Our actual role depends on the transaction documents and conduct.
Unless separately and lawfully established, we do not act as your:
- Real estate broker;
- Seller’s agent;
- Attorney;
- Accountant;
- Tax adviser;
- Financial adviser;
- Insurance adviser;
- Public adjuster;
- Contractor;
- Engineer;
- Appraiser;
- Fiduciary;
- Housing counselor;
- Mortgage broker;
- Mortgage lender;
- Mortgage servicer;
- Loan-modification provider;
- Foreclosure consultant;
- Debt-relief provider; or
- Other professional adviser.
3. Direct Purchase Model
Where we seek to purchase property for our own account:
- Our economic interests may differ from the seller’s interests;
- We may seek a purchase price accounting for repairs, cleanup, holding costs, closing costs, risk, and investment return;
- We negotiate for ourselves unless another written relationship expressly provides otherwise; and
- We do not automatically owe the seller duties associated with the seller’s broker, fiduciary, attorney, appraiser, insurance adviser, or financial adviser.
4. No Obligation to Sell
Submitting property information or requesting an offer does not obligate you to sell.
A Website submission is an inquiry, not a real estate purchase agreement.
You may reject an offer unless and until you execute a legally enforceable transaction agreement, subject to any applicable statutory cancellation or rescission rights.
5. No Obligation to Purchase
Submitting property information does not require us to:
- Inspect the property;
- Make an offer;
- Maintain a prior offer;
- Continue negotiations;
- Purchase the property; or
- Complete a transaction.
6. Eligibility and Authority
By using the Website or submitting property information, you represent that:
- You are at least 18 years old;
- You possess legal capacity to contract;
- Information you provide is materially accurate to the best of your knowledge;
- You own the property or are lawfully authorized to communicate concerning it; and
- Your use complies with applicable law.
Submission by one co-owner does not necessarily authorize that person to bind every owner.
7. Agents, Wholesalers, and Other Representatives
If an agent, contract holder, wholesaler, attorney-in-fact, trustee, personal representative, or other representative submits property information, that person is responsible for having lawful authority to do so.
Nothing on the Website authorizes:
- Unlicensed brokerage;
- Misrepresentation of ownership;
- Unauthorized marketing of another person’s property;
- Unauthorized solicitation;
- Unauthorized disclosure of property-owner information; or
- Violation of an existing purchase agreement.
8. Property Research
We may research:
- Ownership;
- Recorded deeds;
- Mortgages and deeds of trust;
- Liens;
- Judgments;
- Property taxes;
- Foreclosure status;
- Property condition;
- Fire and smoke damage;
- Structural condition;
- Roof and foundation;
- Electrical and plumbing systems;
- Heating and cooling;
- Repairs;
- Damage-repair permits;
- Building permits;
- Fire-related permits;
- Code-enforcement records;
- Dangerous-building information;
- Insurance claims;
- Tenant status;
- Probate;
- Common-interest-community information;
- Comparable sales; and
- Other matters relevant to evaluating a transaction.
9. Property Assessments
An acquisition evaluation may include:
- Visual inspection;
- Photography;
- Contractor review;
- Structural review;
- Repair estimates;
- Environmental review;
- Permit research;
- Code-enforcement research;
- Title review;
- Insurance review;
- Tenant review; and
- Other due diligence.
An evaluation performed for our acquisition purposes is not automatically an inspection or professional report performed for the seller’s benefit and is not a warranty concerning property condition.
10. Preliminary Offers
Any preliminary:
- Cash offer;
- Estimated offer;
- Property valuation;
- Price range;
- Repair estimate; or
- Similar statement
is non-binding unless incorporated into an enforceable written transaction agreement.
A preliminary offer may change after due diligence.
11. Offer Methodology
Potential offers may consider:
- Existing property condition;
- Fire and smoke damage;
- Structural damage;
- After-repair value;
- Comparable sales;
- Restoration expenses;
- Cleanup costs;
- Permit expenses;
- Tenant or occupancy issues;
- Holding expenses;
- Taxes;
- Insurance;
- Closing expenses;
- Market conditions;
- Risk; and
- Expected investment return.
No particular valuation method, purchase price, or financial result is guaranteed.
12. Binding Transactions
A binding transaction arises only when applicable parties execute legally enforceable transaction documents.
Closing may depend on:
- Ownership verification;
- Authority to sell;
- Title;
- Mortgages and deeds of trust;
- Liens;
- Judgments;
- Taxes;
- Seller disclosures;
- Radon disclosures;
- Association disclosures;
- Property access;
- Due diligence;
- Probate;
- Foreclosure status;
- Insurance;
- Buyer funding;
- Pikes Peak Regional Building Department requirements;
- Colorado Springs Fire Department requirements;
- Closing requirements; and
- Other contractual or legal conditions.
13. Colorado Does Not Use One Universal Statutory Residential Condition Questionnaire for Every Private Sale
Colorado should not be described as having one statute requiring every private residential seller to complete the Colorado Real Estate Commission’s Seller’s Property Disclosure in every sale.
The Commission-approved Seller’s Property Disclosure (Residential) is widely used and may be required by the parties’ purchase contract or brokerage process.
Separate Colorado law also imposes specific disclosures concerning matters such as:
- Known latent defects;
- Radon;
- Common-interest communities;
- Special districts and metropolitan districts;
- Potable water;
- transportation projects in specified circumstances;
- methamphetamine contamination where applicable;
- and other transaction-specific matters.
Accordingly, the actual transaction documents and applicable statutes control.
14. Seller’s Property Disclosure Form
Where the purchase contract requires the seller to complete the Colorado Real Estate Commission Seller’s Property Disclosure (“SPD”), the seller should complete it based on the seller’s current actual knowledge.
The current residential SPD expressly warns that failure to disclose a known adverse material fact affecting the property or occupants may result in legal liability.
15. Fire Damage Is Expressly Addressed by the Colorado SPD
The Colorado Real Estate Commission’s residential Seller’s Property Disclosure expressly asks whether the seller knows of building-condition problems involving:
Damage due to hail, wind, fire, flood, or other casualty.
Fire damage is therefore directly addressed by Colorado’s standard Commission-approved residential disclosure form.
16. Related Fire-Damage Categories
A structure fire can also affect SPD categories concerning:
- Structural condition;
- Moisture or water;
- Exterior walls and windows;
- Subfloors;
- Roofs;
- Foundation;
- drainage;
- Electrical systems;
- Heating;
- Plumbing;
- Fireplace or chimney systems;
- hazardous materials;
- mold;
- permits;
- additions or alterations;
- insurance claims;
- zoning or building violations; and
- other material property conditions.
17. Actual Knowledge and No Automatic Duty to Investigate for the SPD
The Commission form is based on the seller’s current actual knowledge.
A seller completing the SPD is not automatically required by the form itself to:
- Conduct a new engineering study;
- Commission a new fire investigation;
- Hire an electrician;
- Conduct destructive testing; or
- Discover conditions the seller does not actually know.
However, known information should be truthfully disclosed.
18. Colorado Common-Law Duty Concerning Known Latent Defects
Separate from use of the Commission’s SPD form, Colorado recognizes a seller’s duty to disclose known latent physical defects that materially affect the property and are not known to the buyer.
A purchase contract’s disclosure provisions do not automatically eliminate that common-law duty.
Accordingly, a seller should not assume that an as-is clause permits concealment of a known hidden fire-created defect.
19. Known Adverse Material Facts
A known fire-created condition may be an adverse material fact where it materially affects matters such as:
- Structural integrity;
- Habitability;
- Safety;
- Property value;
- Occupancy;
- Electrical systems;
- Environmental condition;
- Insurance;
- Legal use; or
- Title-related matters.
20. Broker Disclosure Duties
Colorado real estate brokers generally must disclose adverse material facts actually known to the broker concerning matters such as:
- Title;
- Physical condition;
- Material defects;
- Structural integrity;
- Occupancy; and
- Environmental hazards required by law to be disclosed.
A broker generally is not required to conduct an independent property inspection merely to discover unknown defects.
21. Fire Damage Is Not Merely a “Stigma”
Colorado limits disclosure of certain psychologically stigmatizing facts.
Actual physical fire damage, structural damage, smoke contamination, electrical damage, code violations, and similar tangible property conditions should not be confused with a purely psychological stigma.
Known physical defects can carry separate disclosure obligations.
22. No Universal Fire-Documentation Package
Colorado does not impose one universal requirement that every seller automatically deliver every:
- Fire-department report;
- Insurance claim file;
- Adjuster report;
- Contractor invoice;
- Structural-engineering report;
- Photograph;
- Repair estimate;
- Permit;
- Restoration certificate; or
- Inspection report
to every purchaser.
Particular documents may nevertheless be:
- Necessary to make a disclosure complete;
- Requested during due diligence;
- Required by contract;
- Required by an insurer or lender;
- Required by Pikes Peak Regional Building Department;
- Required by the Colorado Springs Fire Department; or
- Required under another law.
23. Changes in Known Property Condition
If the seller uses the Colorado Real Estate Commission SPD, the form instructs the seller to promptly disclose changes discovered after completion.
For a fire-damaged property, relevant later developments may include:
- Additional structural deterioration;
- New moisture intrusion;
- Mold;
- Newly discovered electrical damage;
- Additional smoke contamination;
- New building-code findings;
- Permit findings;
- or other material changes.
24. Radon Disclosure
Colorado has mandatory residential radon disclosure requirements.
Each qualifying residential contract must include the statutory radon warning.
The seller also must provide known information concerning radon testing, concentrations, records, reports, and mitigation as required by law.
Fire damage does not eliminate those radon obligations.
25. Common-Interest-Community Disclosure
Where the property is located within a Colorado common-interest community, separate disclosure requirements apply.
The purchase contract must contain applicable statutory language concerning:
- Association membership;
- Governing documents;
- Assessments;
- Liens for unpaid assessments;
- Architectural review; and
- Other association obligations.
Upon request, the seller also may have obligations concerning association governing and financial documents.
26. As-Is Transactions
The Website advertises an as-is cash purchase.
“As-is” may mean the purchaser does not require the seller to make repairs before closing.
It does not automatically eliminate:
- A known latent-defect duty;
- Contractually required Seller’s Property Disclosure obligations;
- Radon disclosures;
- Common-interest-community disclosures;
- Fraud or concealment liability;
- Broker adverse-material-fact duties;
- Federal disclosures;
- Foreclosure protections;
- Title obligations;
- Government orders; or
- Other non-waivable legal duties.
27. No Universal Requirement to Repair Before Sale
Colorado does not impose one statewide rule requiring every fire-damaged residence to be completely restored before it can be sold.
A damaged property may potentially be transferred as-is.
Separate:
- Building-code requirements;
- Dangerous-building orders;
- Permit requirements;
- Electrical or plumbing requirements;
- Fire-code requirements;
- Utility restrictions;
- Occupancy restrictions;
- Environmental requirements;
- Insurance obligations; and
- Contract provisions
may nevertheless affect the property.
28. Colorado Springs Damage-Repair Permitting
Residential building permitting in Colorado Springs and much of the Pikes Peak region is administered by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department (“PPRBD”).
PPRBD maintains a specific Damage Repair (Fire, Water, Impact, Etc.) procedure.
For qualifying damaged structures, the process begins with an initial assessment permit.
29. Initial Fire-Damage Assessment Permit
Under PPRBD’s current damage-repair procedure:
- An initial permit may be issued for assessment;
- The permit may be used for debris cleanout;
- A design professional may analyze the damage;
- The assessment phase does not itself authorize repair work; and
- Mechanical, electrical, or plumbing trade attachments are not added during that initial assessment phase.
30. Repairs Requiring a Permit
If assessment shows that permitted repair work is required:
- Plans must be submitted to PPRBD;
- Plans must be reviewed;
- The assessment permit can be upgraded to a remodel permit;
- Additional fees may apply based on project valuation; and
- Applicable trade contractors may attach after the upgrade.
If no permit-required repair is needed, PPRBD provides a completion procedure through inspection or qualifying professional documentation.
31. Homeowner Permits
PPRBD’s current homeowner-permit rules generally allow a homeowner to obtain permits for work performed on the owner’s primary residence that the owner owns and resides in.
The homeowner permitting process generally does not allow an owner to use the same self-permit route for:
- Rental property; or
- A home in which the owner does not reside.
An investor acquiring a fire-damaged property for renovation and resale should therefore not assume that the prior homeowner’s self-permit option applies.
32. Contractor Licensing
PPRBD requires contractors to be appropriately licensed before consulting for, contracting for, or performing work that requires a permit within its jurisdiction.
Property ownership does not automatically authorize the new owner to perform regulated contracting work for which licensing is required.
33. Dangerous Buildings
The Pikes Peak Regional Building Code permits the Building Official to issue notices and orders concerning dangerous buildings or structures.
A dangerous-building order can require:
- Repairs;
- Permits;
- Commencement of required work;
- Completion within specified deadlines;
- Vacation;
- Demolition; or
- Other corrective action,
depending on the circumstances.
A sale does not automatically eliminate an order affecting the property.
34. Colorado Springs Fire Code
Colorado Springs has adopted the 2021 International Fire Code with local amendments.
Depending on the property and repair scope, the Colorado Springs Fire Department may regulate matters including:
- Fire alarms;
- Fire suppression;
- Sprinklers;
- Fire department access;
- Hazardous materials;
- Fire-protection systems;
- Operational permits; and
- Other fire-code matters.
35. Cleanup and Restoration
The Website states that cleanup may be handled after closing.
Any:
- Debris removal;
- Demolition;
- Construction;
- Asbestos work;
- Lead-related work;
- Hazardous-material handling;
- Environmental remediation; or
- Other regulated service
must comply with applicable:
- Contractor licensing;
- Environmental requirements;
- Worker-safety requirements;
- Disposal rules;
- Permits; and
- Other law.
Nothing in these Terms represents that we personally perform regulated contractor work unless lawfully authorized.
36. Inspections and Due Diligence
A direct cash transaction does not prevent a purchaser from conducting due diligence permitted by the purchase agreement.
Due diligence may include:
- Visual inspection;
- Structural evaluation;
- Contractor estimates;
- Fire-damage assessment;
- Electrical evaluation;
- Environmental review;
- Mold investigation;
- Permit research;
- Code-enforcement research;
- Title review;
- Association review;
- Insurance review; and
- Other investigation.
37. Website’s “No Costly Inspections” Statement
The Website markets a process that avoids the burden of costly seller-side inspections and repairs.
That marketing statement should not be interpreted as:
- A promise that the purchaser will perform no inspection;
- A waiver of legally required inspection or permit procedures;
- A representation that professional evaluation is unnecessary;
- A waiver of property-disclosure obligations; or
- A guarantee that a government agency will not inspect the property.
38. Fast Offer and Closing Claims
The Website advertises:
- A no-pressure as-is cash offer in approximately 24 hours; and
- Potential closing in approximately 10 days.
These statements describe intended or possible transaction timing and are not guarantees.
Actual timing may depend on:
- Ownership;
- Title;
- Mortgages;
- Liens;
- Disclosures;
- Foreclosure;
- Probate;
- Insurance;
- Property access;
- Building permits;
- Dangerous-building orders;
- Buyer funding;
- Closing requirements; and
- Other circumstances.
39. Fair, Competitive, and Market-Value Claims
The Website describes its cash offers as fair, competitive, and reflective of market value.
Those statements should not be interpreted as guarantees that:
- An offer equals appraised fair market value;
- An offer equals repaired retail value;
- No other purchaser would offer more;
- The seller could not obtain a higher price through another sales method; or
- A particular valuation formula will be used.
The actual purchase agreement controls.
40. No Agent Fees and Fee-Free Transaction Claims
The Website advertises avoidance of agent fees and a fee-free or low-friction sale.
Where the seller completes a genuine direct sale without a listing broker, a conventional listing commission may not apply.
If a licensed Colorado broker participates, compensation and closing obligations are governed by the applicable:
- Brokerage agreements;
- Relationship disclosures;
- Purchase agreement;
- Settlement statement; and
- Colorado law.
41. Colorado Real Estate Licensing
Colorado broadly defines a real estate broker to include a person or business that, for compensation or with the intention of receiving compensation, performs specified real estate activities.
Regulated activities include, among other things:
- Selling;
- Buying;
- Offering to buy or sell;
- Negotiating a purchase or sale;
- Listing property;
- Dealing in options; and
- Performing specified acts on behalf of an owner for compensation.
A single regulated act can potentially fall within the broker definition.
42. Principal Purchaser Versus Broker
A genuine principal purchaser acquiring property for its own investment account is differently situated from a person performing brokerage services for another.
Nothing in these Terms means that:
- Every investor is a broker;
- Every assignment is brokerage;
- Calling oneself a cash buyer eliminates licensing requirements; or
- Holding a purchase contract authorizes one to perform brokerage services for someone else.
The actual relationship, compensation, ownership interest, and conduct control.
43. Owner and Principal Exemptions
Colorado’s licensing statute contains exemptions for specified acts involving a person’s own property and other defined circumstances.
Those exemptions should not be stretched to cover brokerage conduct performed for another for compensation.
44. Wholesaling and Contract Assignment
As of October 8, 2026, I did not identify a separate Colorado residential wholesaler-registration statute or dedicated seller-cancellation regime comparable to specialized wholesaling laws enacted in certain other states.
That does not mean every wholesale transaction is automatically exempt from Colorado’s broker-licensing law.
The actual conduct and transaction structure control.
45. Contract Holder Versus Broker
Relevant factors in a Colorado assignment or wholesaling transaction can include:
- Whether the person genuinely entered the purchase agreement as principal;
- Whether an enforceable contractual interest exists;
- Whether the contract permits assignment;
- Whether contractual rights or the underlying property are being marketed;
- Whether ownership is accurately represented;
- Whether negotiations occur for another person;
- Whether another person’s property is listed or offered;
- Whether compensation is received for brokerage-type services; and
- Whether an applicable exemption exists.
46. Contractual or Equitable Interest Is Not Legal Title
Holding a:
- Purchase agreement;
- Option;
- Assignment right; or
- Equitable interest
is different from holding legal title.
A contract holder should not falsely represent that:
- It is the deed owner;
- It owns legal title;
- Title has already transferred;
- It is conveying record title when only contractual rights are being assigned; or
- It possesses rights beyond those granted by the agreement.
47. Assignment Depends on the Contract
Whether a Colorado purchase agreement may be assigned depends on:
- Contract language;
- Anti-assignment provisions;
- Required consent;
- Colorado contract law;
- Real estate licensing requirements;
- Foreclosure-protection law; and
- Other applicable requirements.
Nothing on the Website guarantees that a purchase agreement may be assigned.
48. Website FAQ Concerning Direct Buyer or Wholesaler
The current Website asks:
“Are You a Direct Buyer or a Wholesaler?”
The published answer does not actually state whether the company purchases every property for its own account, assigns some contracts, or uses both structures.
The Website should be revised so that sellers receive an accurate description of the actual role.
Where the company signs a purchase agreement intending to assign its contractual rights, that fact should not be obscured by marketing language suggesting that title has already been acquired.
49. Foreclosure and Financial Distress
The Website may attract homeowners who are:
- Behind on mortgage payments;
- Facing default;
- In foreclosure;
- Experiencing financial hardship; or
- Seeking a rapid sale.
We are not your:
- Mortgage lender;
- Mortgage servicer;
- Attorney;
- Financial adviser;
- Housing counselor;
- Mortgage broker;
- Loan-modification provider;
- Foreclosure consultant;
- Debt-relief provider; or
- Fiduciary
unless a separate legally compliant relationship expressly establishes otherwise.
50. Colorado Foreclosure Protection Act
Colorado maintains a detailed Foreclosure Protection Act governing specified transactions involving:
- Foreclosure consultants; and
- Equity purchasers.
The statute contains special contract, notice, cancellation, conduct, and consumer-protection requirements.
A direct purchase of a residence already in foreclosure may therefore require transaction documents different from an ordinary cash purchase contract.
51. Residence in Foreclosure
The Foreclosure Protection Act applies based on statutory definitions.
A qualifying investor who acquires title to a residence in foreclosure can be an equity purchaser, subject to statutory exclusions.
Transaction staff should not assume that a conventional investor contract is sufficient merely because the homeowner voluntarily contacted the Website.
52. Colorado Foreclosure-Protection Contract
Where the Colorado Foreclosure Protection Act requires its specialized purchase contract, the transaction should use the current legally compliant form and required notices.
Colorado’s Division of Real Estate specifically identifies a Commission-approved Contract to Buy and Sell Real Estate (Residential) — Colorado Foreclosure Protection Act form for covered transactions.
53. Three-Business-Day Equity-Purchaser Cancellation Right
In a covered equity-purchaser transaction, the homeowner generally may cancel until the earlier of:
- 12 midnight of the third business day after the homeowner signs a compliant contract; or
- 12 noon on the day before the foreclosure sale.
Nothing in these Website Terms limits that statutory right.
54. Notice of Cancellation
A covered equity-purchase contract must include the statutory cancellation notice and duplicate cancellation forms.
The cancellation deadline must be accurately calculated and stated.
These Website Terms are not a substitute for those forms.
55. Seller Warning — Equity Skimming
Covered Colorado foreclosure transactions can require a Seller Warning — Equity Skimming notice.
Colorado’s Division of Real Estate advises that the warning must be read to and signed by the seller and attached to the Foreclosure Protection Act contract where required.
If the purchaser is to assume the seller’s legal or financial obligations, special document-preparation requirements may apply.
56. Foreclosure Consultants
Colorado separately regulates foreclosure consultants.
A person may become a foreclosure consultant where, for compensation, the person offers to provide qualifying services represented as helping the homeowner:
- Stop or postpone foreclosure;
- Obtain forbearance;
- Cure default;
- Extend a cure period;
- Obtain waiver of acceleration;
- Obtain a loan or advance;
- Reduce foreclosure-related credit impairment; or
- Otherwise delay, hinder, or prevent foreclosure.
A direct property buyer should not simultaneously portray itself as the homeowner’s paid foreclosure consultant unless the separate relationship complies with the statute.
57. Foreclosure-Consultant Cancellation Right
A homeowner entering a covered Colorado foreclosure-consulting contract has a statutory right to cancel the consulting contract at any time.
That right cannot be conditioned on immediate repayment of qualifying funds advanced by the consultant.
58. No Advance Compensation for Covered Foreclosure Consulting
A covered foreclosure consultant generally may not collect compensation until after fully performing each service the consultant contracted or represented it would perform.
59. Foreclosure Consultant Generally Cannot Acquire the Residence
A covered foreclosure consultant generally may not directly or indirectly, including through an associate, acquire an interest in property owned by the homeowner with whom the consultant contracted.
Accordingly, an acquisition business should keep its principal-buyer role distinct from a compensated foreclosure-consulting role.
60. No Foreclosure-Rescue Guarantees
Unless separately authorized and legally qualified, we do not represent that:
- We act for your lender;
- We act for your mortgage servicer;
- We act for Colorado or the federal government;
- We guarantee foreclosure will stop;
- We guarantee refinancing;
- We guarantee a loan modification;
- We will negotiate your mortgage as your adviser;
- You should stop communicating with your lender;
- You should stop making legally required payments; or
- Selling to us is your only option.
61. Requesting an Offer Does Not Stop Foreclosure
Submitting information, receiving an offer, or negotiating a purchase does not automatically:
- Stop a foreclosure sale;
- Extend a foreclosure deadline;
- Cure default;
- Reinstate a loan;
- Modify a mortgage;
- Create a forbearance; or
- Require a lender or public trustee to delay foreclosure.
A homeowner facing foreclosure should independently verify all deadlines.
62. Short Sales
Colorado’s Foreclosure Protection Act contains special treatment for qualifying short sales using applicable Colorado Real Estate Commission short-sale documentation and satisfying statutory requirements.
A short sale should not be treated as legally identical to an ordinary distressed-property acquisition.
63. Federal Mortgage-Assistance Rules
If separate conduct constitutes mortgage-assistance-relief services under federal law, additional federal requirements can regulate:
- Advance fees;
- Advertising;
- Consumer notices;
- Communications with lenders or servicers; and
- Consumer acceptance.
64. Probate, Estate, Trust, and Inherited Property
Submitting inherited, probate, estate, or trust property does not establish legal authority to sell.
A transaction may require:
- Personal-representative authority;
- Executor or administrator authority;
- Trustee authority;
- Probate-court documentation;
- Participation of heirs or beneficiaries;
- Appropriate deeds; or
- Other evidence of authority.
65. Insurance Claims and Fire-Damage Proceeds
A fire-damaged property may involve an open or completed insurance claim.
We do not act as your:
- Insurance company;
- Insurance producer;
- Public adjuster;
- Insurance attorney; or
- Insurance adviser
unless a separate legally compliant relationship expressly establishes otherwise.
Property owners are responsible for understanding:
- Insurance coverage;
- Proof-of-loss requirements;
- Claim deadlines;
- Insurance proceeds;
- Repair obligations;
- Mortgage-holder rights;
- Recoverable depreciation;
- Additional living expense issues;
- Assignment restrictions;
- Salvage rights; and
- Policy conditions.
66. Pending Insurance Claims
If property is sold while an insurance claim remains pending, transaction documents should address the parties’ rights concerning:
- Existing proceeds;
- Supplemental proceeds;
- Recoverable depreciation;
- Future payments;
- Additional claims;
- Repairs;
- Salvage; and
- Related benefits.
67. Insurance Rights Do Not Automatically Transfer
A sale of fire-damaged property does not automatically transfer:
- The seller’s insurance policy;
- A pending insurance claim;
- Insurance proceeds;
- Recoverable depreciation; or
- Other insurance-contract rights.
Those matters depend on policy language, applicable insurance law, timing of the loss, mortgage-holder rights, insurer requirements, and transaction documents.
68. Public Adjusting
Nothing on the Website constitutes public-adjusting services.
A seller seeking assistance negotiating an insurance claim should work with an appropriately licensed professional or attorney where required.
69. Fire Incident Reports
The Colorado Springs Fire Department maintains procedures for requesting medical, incident, and fire reports.
Availability of a fire report does not mean every such record must automatically be delivered to a purchaser.
A buyer may request available records as part of due diligence.
70. Tenant-Occupied Property
Sale of tenant-occupied property does not itself automatically terminate a lawful tenancy.
A purchaser should evaluate:
- Existing leases;
- Month-to-month tenancies;
- Security deposits;
- Habitability issues;
- Fire displacement;
- Required notices;
- Possession rights; and
- Applicable Colorado landlord-tenant law.
A property appearing vacant after a fire should not automatically be treated as free of tenant rights.
71. Federal Lead-Based Paint Disclosure
Federal lead-based-paint disclosure requirements may apply to qualifying residential housing constructed before 1978.
Nothing on the Website replaces applicable federal obligations.
72. Common-Interest Communities
If a property is located in a Colorado common-interest community, the transaction may involve separate requirements concerning:
- Association documents;
- Assessments;
- Liens;
- Architectural restrictions;
- Insurance;
- Reserves;
- Rules;
- Pending proceedings; and
- Other association matters.
73. Metropolitan and Special District Disclosures
Colorado has separate disclosure requirements concerning qualifying properties located within certain metropolitan or special districts.
The actual parcel should be reviewed for district-specific disclosure obligations before closing.
74. Telephone Communications
By providing a telephone number and requesting an offer, you authorize reasonable responsive communications concerning:
- Your property;
- Property research;
- Scheduling;
- Inspections;
- Offers;
- Follow-up; and
- Potential transactions.
Additional consent will be obtained where legally required before regulated automated, prerecorded, artificial-voice, or marketing communications are made.
75. Colorado Recording Law
Colorado generally permits recording of a conversation where the recorder is a participant or at least one principal party has consented, subject to restrictions concerning unlawful purposes and other applicable law.
Because calls may involve participants located outside Colorado, interstate communications may be subject to a stricter all-parties-consent law.
Where another applicable jurisdiction imposes a stricter standard, that stricter standard controls.
76. Text Messages
If you provide a mobile number and applicable consent, we may communicate by text concerning:
- Your inquiry;
- Your property;
- Scheduling;
- Inspections;
- Offers;
- Follow-up; and
- Potential transactions.
Where required, additional consent will be obtained before regulated automated or marketing messages are sent.
Consent to marketing communications is not a condition of receiving an offer or selling property where prohibited.
Message and data rates may apply.
Message frequency may vary.
Reply STOP to request that applicable messages stop.
77. Email Communications
By providing an email address, you authorize communications concerning:
- Your property;
- Potential offers;
- Inspections;
- Due diligence;
- Scheduling;
- Follow-up;
- Services; and
- Potential transactions.
Applicable promotional emails will contain an unsubscribe mechanism.
78. Electronic Communications
Where permitted by law, you consent to receiving Website and transaction communications electronically.
This consent does not eliminate documents that applicable law requires to be delivered in a particular form.
79. Privacy
Our handling of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy.
80. Independent Decision-Making
Selling fire-damaged real estate can have substantial:
- Legal;
- Tax;
- Financial;
- Insurance;
- Construction;
- Environmental; and
- Personal consequences.
You may wish to consult:
- A Colorado attorney;
- A licensed Colorado real estate professional;
- A tax professional;
- An accountant;
- An insurance professional;
- A properly licensed contractor;
- An engineer;
- An environmental professional;
- An appraiser;
- A HUD-approved housing counselor; or
- Another qualified adviser.
81. No Professional Advice
Website content does not constitute individualized:
- Legal advice;
- Tax advice;
- Accounting advice;
- Financial advice;
- Insurance advice;
- Construction advice;
- Engineering advice;
- Environmental advice;
- Appraisal advice;
- Mortgage advice; or
- Foreclosure advice.
82. No Automatic Agency or Fiduciary Relationship
Use of the Website does not itself create:
- Seller agency;
- Buyer agency;
- A brokerage relationship;
- A fiduciary relationship;
- Partnership;
- Joint venture; or
- Employment.
If a licensed Colorado real estate professional participates, applicable agency, transaction-broker, brokerage, and relationship documents control.
83. Acceptable Use
You may not:
- Use the Website unlawfully;
- Submit fraudulent property leads;
- Knowingly provide materially false information;
- Impersonate another person;
- Submit property information without authority;
- Attempt unauthorized system access;
- Introduce malicious code;
- Circumvent Website security;
- Abuse Website forms;
- Interfere with Website operation; or
- Violate another person’s rights.
84. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the Website and its original:
- Text;
- Branding;
- Graphics;
- Images;
- Designs;
- Layout; and
- Software
are owned by or licensed to I Buy Fire Damaged Homes Colorado Springs.
You may not commercially reproduce protected Website content without authorization.
85. Third-Party Websites and Services
We do not control or accept responsibility for independent third-party:
- Websites;
- Privacy practices;
- Content;
- Security;
- Products;
- Services;
- Representations; or
- Conduct.
86. Website Availability
We may modify, restrict, suspend, or discontinue Website features.
Continuous, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free availability is not guaranteed.
87. No Guarantee of Transaction
We do not guarantee:
- An offer;
- Appraised or fair-market-value pricing;
- A particular purchase price;
- A particular closing date;
- Successful assignment;
- Insurance recovery;
- Vacant possession;
- Completion of repairs;
- Resolution of code violations;
- Completion of a transaction; or
- A particular financial result.
88. Marketing Claims
Website statements describing our offers or process as:
- Fair;
- Competitive;
- Fast;
- Immediate;
- Transparent;
- Stress-free;
- Fee-free;
- No-pressure; or
- Similar terminology
describe intended or possible service characteristics and do not guarantee a particular economic result.
The executed transaction documents control.
89. Testimonials
Testimonials describe individual reported experiences.
They do not guarantee that another seller will receive:
- The same offer;
- The same transaction timing;
- The same transaction structure; or
- The same outcome.
90. Disclaimer of Warranties
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE WEBSITE AND WEBSITE CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.”
WE DISCLAIM WARRANTIES THAT MAY LAWFULLY BE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF:
- MERCHANTABILITY;
- FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE;
- TITLE; AND
- NON-INFRINGEMENT.
Nothing in these Terms eliminates rights that applicable law does not permit to be waived.
91. Limitation of Liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, I BUY FIRE DAMAGED HOMES COLORADO SPRINGS AND ITS AFFILIATES, OWNERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND BUSINESS PARTNERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING SOLELY FROM WEBSITE USE.
OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR CLAIMS ARISING SOLELY FROM WEBSITE USE WILL NOT EXCEED $500, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
This Website-only limitation does not govern rights or liabilities under separately executed:
- Purchase agreements;
- Assignment agreements;
- Brokerage agreements;
- Foreclosure Protection Act contracts;
- Foreclosure-consulting contracts;
- Insurance-related agreements;
- Contractor agreements; or
- Other transaction-specific documents
unless those documents expressly provide otherwise and applicable law permits it.
92. Independent Third Parties
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for independent third-party:
- Representations;
- Pricing;
- Contracts;
- Professional services;
- Performance;
- Privacy practices; or
- Conduct.
Nothing in this provision eliminates liability that applicable law does not permit to be excluded.
93. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify I Buy Fire Damaged Homes Colorado Springs from claims arising from your:
- Unlawful Website use;
- Material breach of these Terms;
- Fraudulent information knowingly submitted;
- Information knowingly submitted without authority; or
- Violation of another person’s rights.
94. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, except where another law must apply.
95. Venue and Disputes
Subject to mandatory jurisdiction, venue, consumer-protection, foreclosure, and transaction-specific requirements, proceedings arising solely from Website use may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in Colorado.
These Website Terms do not impose mandatory arbitration.
Nothing in these Terms requires arbitration where Colorado’s Foreclosure Protection Act or another applicable law makes such a requirement void or unenforceable.
96. Non-Waivable Colorado Rights
Nothing in these Terms waives rights that cannot legally be waived under applicable:
- Colorado common-law property-disclosure duties;
- Colorado statutory residential disclosures;
- Colorado Real Estate Broker License Law;
- Colorado Foreclosure Protection Act;
- Colorado Consumer Protection Act;
- Colorado Privacy Act;
- Colorado data-security and breach-notification law;
- Colorado recording and eavesdropping law;
- Pikes Peak Regional Building Code;
- Colorado Springs Fire Code;
- Federal mortgage-assistance rules;
- Federal lead-disclosure law; or
- Other applicable law.
97. Transaction Agreements Control
These Website Terms do not replace:
- Purchase agreements;
- Assignment agreements;
- Brokerage agreements;
- Seller’s Property Disclosures;
- Radon disclosures;
- Common-interest-community disclosures;
- Colorado Foreclosure Protection Act contracts;
- Cancellation notices;
- Seller warnings;
- Foreclosure-consulting contracts;
- Title documents;
- Closing documents;
- Insurance-related agreements;
- Contractor agreements; or
- Other transaction-specific documents.
A separately executed transaction agreement governs that transaction to the extent enforceable.
98. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms periodically.
Updated Terms become effective when posted or on another identified effective date, subject to applicable law.
99. Severability
If a provision is invalid or unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum lawful extent or severed, and the remaining provisions will remain effective.
100. No Waiver
Failure to enforce a provision does not waive the right to enforce it later.
101. Assignment
You may not assign these Website Terms without our written consent.
We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, affiliate reorganization, or sale of assets, subject to applicable law.
This provision does not determine whether a real estate purchase agreement may be assigned.
Assignment of a purchase agreement is governed by:
- The agreement itself;
- Colorado contract law;
- Colorado real estate licensing law;
- Colorado foreclosure-protection law; and
- Other applicable requirements.
102. Entire Agreement Regarding Website Use
These Terms and the Privacy Policy govern Website use.
They do not supersede separately executed real estate transaction documents.
103. Contact Us
Questions concerning these Terms may be directed to:
I Buy Fire Damaged Homes Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, Colorado
United States
Email: info@ibuyfiredamagedhomescoloradospringscolorado.com
Website: ibuyfiredamagedhomescoloradospringscolorado.com