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Inman News also produces the bi-annual Real Estate Connect event – industry networking and educational events that bring together the real estate, mortgage and technology industries.

The company’s content is syndicated on more than 150,000 web sites and in more than 200 newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Yahoo!, The Wall Street Journal Online, and many more.

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Inman provides its membership service to you, subject to the following Terms and Conditions, which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. Your use of the Inman News Membership constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, policies and notices.  Inman offers both a free membership service as well as a paid membership service.  By completing any registration forms or otherwise providing your contact information to Inman, you agree to be contacted via Email or other means by Inman, and by third parties for services you have requested.  Access to the Paid service is subject to the following rules:

• The membership fee for the service must be paid in advance and will grant the user access to the Inman News Database for a period of one year, commencing on payment date.
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• Only articles bearing the notation "Copyright (year) Inman News Features" are eligible for one-time reprinting in print publications. Other articles without this notation contained within the Inman Database are for Web viewing only. Eligible articles are available only for print use and may not be reprinted on the Internet (i.e., displayed on Websites, used in email, Newsletters, Blogs, etc.).
  
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• Inman News retains control, redistribution rights and/or ownership of the copyrights to all content provided as part of the news membership service. Except as otherwise specifically permitted herein, all materials (text, audio, video, photos, graphics, software) contained and transmitted as part of the news membership service cannot be broadcast, duplicated, edited, manipulated, published, rented, sold, publicly displayed, used in litigation or used for commercial or promotional purposes or redistributed.
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These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us without restriction.

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You agree that: (i) the Inman News Website shall be deemed solely based in California; and (ii) this Website shall be deemed a passive website that does not give rise to personal jurisdiction over Inman News, either specific or general, in jurisdictions other than California. These Terms of Use shall be governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of California, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any claim or dispute between you and us that arises in whole or in part from this Website shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in Alameda County, California. These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy at [privacy policy URL] and any other legal notices published by us on the Website, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us concerning this Website. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of this these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and our failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. We reserve the right to amend these Terms of Use at any time and without notice, and it is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use for any changes. Your use of this Website following any amendment of these Terms of Use will signify your assent to and acceptance of its revised terms. YOU AND INMAN NEWS AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS WEBSITE MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.  A printed version of these Terms of Use and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to Inman News.

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14. Newspaper Reprints

• ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS FOR NEWSPAPERS AND FOR OTHER PRINT PUBLICATIONS: To obtain reprint rights to Inman News Features stories written by the following columnists: Bob Bruss, Paul Bianchina or Robert Griswold or Newspapers interested in one-time reprint rights of Inman News syndicated columnists, please contact the Inman Sales Department at 800-775-4662 ext. 128.