Privacy Policy

Abide Realty LLC (“Abide Realty,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information obtained through our website, online forms, telephone calls, text messages, emails, and other communications with our brokerage and its real estate professionals.

By using our website or voluntarily providing your information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

Name
Email address
Telephone or mobile phone number
Mailing address
Property address
Information related to buying, selling, leasing, or otherwise obtaining real estate services
Property preferences and search criteria
Information submitted through website contact forms, property inquiry forms, or other lead forms
Communications you have with Abide Realty or its real estate professionals
Other information you voluntarily provide

We may also automatically collect certain technical information when you use our website, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, referring website, and general website usage information through cookies or similar technologies.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect to:

Respond to questions, inquiries, and requests
Provide real estate brokerage and related services
Communicate with prospective buyers, sellers, clients, and customers
Provide requested property information
Schedule appointments, showings, consultations, and other real estate services
Send reminders, updates, and information related to your real estate inquiry or transaction
Maintain client and prospective-client records
Manage communications through our customer relationship management (“CRM”) systems
Improve our website, services, and customer experience
Comply with legal, regulatory, brokerage, and record keeping requirements
Protect against fraud, misuse, or unauthorized activity

3. CRM and Service Providers

Abide Realty may use third-party service providers to assist with operating our business and providing services to you. These providers may include website hosting companies, customer relationship management systems, email providers, telecommunications providers, transaction management systems, analytics providers, and other technology vendors.

For example, Abide Realty uses Follow Up Boss as a customer relationship management platform to help manage leads, client information, communications, calls, emails, and text messages.

Personal information may be provided to service providers when reasonably necessary for them to perform services on behalf of Abide Realty. These providers are not authorized by Abide Realty to use your information for their own independent marketing or promotional purposes.

4. Information Sharing and Sale of Personal Information

Abide Realty does not sell your personal information or mobile phone number.

Data will not be sold or shared with third parties for marketing or promotional purposes.

Mobile information, including mobile phone numbers and SMS consent information, will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes.

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to provide services you request, operate our business, comply with applicable law, respond to legal process, protect our rights or the rights of others, or work with service providers acting on our behalf.

5. SMS/Text Message Communications

If you provide your mobile phone number and consent to receive text messages from Abide Realty, we may use SMS/text messaging to communicate with you regarding real estate services, property inquiries, appointments, showing confirmations, reminders, follow-ups, transaction updates, scheduling changes, and other communications related to your relationship with Abide Realty.

Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of purchasing any property, product, or service.

Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.

You may cancel SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to a text message from Abide Realty. After you send STOP, you may receive a confirmation that you have been unsubscribed. After that confirmation, you will no longer receive SMS messages through that messaging program unless you subsequently opt in again.

For assistance, reply HELP to a text message or contact Abide Realty using the contact information provided on our website.

Wireless carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

6. SMS Consent and Mobile Information

Your consent to receive text messages applies only to communications from Abide Realty as described when consent is obtained.

SMS consent is not transferred, sold, rented, or provided to third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes.

You may withdraw your consent to receive text messages at any time by replying STOP.

7. Email Communications

If you provide your email address, Abide Realty may communicate with you by email regarding property inquiries, real estate services, listings, transactions, appointments, and other related information.

Where applicable, marketing emails will provide an unsubscribe option. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by following the instructions contained in the email.

8. Cookies and Website Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, understand website usage, remember preferences, and analyze website traffic.

Third-party services used on our website may also use cookies or similar technologies according to their own privacy practices.

You may be able to limit or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of portions of the website.

9. Data Security

Abide Realty takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no website, electronic communication, or data storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted electronically.

10. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services, including property search services, real estate platforms, lenders, title companies, inspectors, service providers, or other businesses.

Abide Realty is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites. We encourage users to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information.

11. Real Estate Professionals

Information submitted to Abide Realty may be made available to appropriate Abide Realty brokers, sales agents, employees, contractors, or authorized personnel when necessary to respond to your inquiry or provide requested real estate services.

Abide Realty does not authorize its real estate professionals to sell your personal information or use your mobile information or SMS consent for unrelated third-party marketing or promotional purposes.

12. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are intended for adults seeking real estate-related information and services and are not directed toward children under the age of 18.

We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under the age of 18.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Abide Realty may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our business practices, technology, legal requirements, or services.

Any updated Privacy Policy will be posted on this website with a revised effective date. We encourage users to periodically review this page.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or your communications preferences, please contact:

Abide Realty LLC
Tyler, Texas
Email: Justin@abiderealty.com
Phone: 903-920-3871