Florida Homestead Check, LLC (“FHC”) is a Florida limited liability company. Our offices are based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Our company provides a variety of services to Floridians in the area of property tax consulting and minimization. We have created a proprietary database of all Florida properties together with normalized addresses and property valuation information going back to 2007. Our analytical products reference this database and information supplied by you, the customer to conduct the necessary analysis.
Property Tax Protection™ is an analytical product provided by FHC to all Florida homeowners who subscribe to the service. So long as a customer pays the necessary subscription fees and provides all information requested in the various contacts that will occur, FHC will provide the customer with all necessary notifications and information needed for the customer to be able to minimize their home’s property tax bill. Your response to notifications and providing the requested information necessary for analysis are conditions precedent to our obligation to conduct analysis and provide necessary guidance. In the event that you have subscribed to our service and have provided all necessary information and discover that our analysis did not identify an issue resulting in your property tax bill being higher than it would have otherwise been had the issue been addressed, we will refund a full year of subscription fees, limited by the amount you have actually paid if you have not paid a full year of subscription fees. If you are subscribed to Property Tax Protection™ you may also contact the Homestead Counselors™ for questions regarding the notifications that you have received and necessary actions that have been recommended to you to minimize your property tax bill. You may receive up to 3 hours of time from a Homestead Counselor™ for each year that you are subscribed to Property Tax Protection™. FHC may allow you to receive additional time from the Homestead Counselors™ at its discretion but is not obligated to provide you with more than the aforesaid three hours of counseling time. Your Property Tax Protection™ service will begin with all of the analysis provided by a Homestead Check™, which is more fully described below. Because the amount of services provided by us to you is “front loaded” with this analysis, you are obligated to pay a full year of subscription fees upon enrollment in Property Tax Protection™. If you wish to cancel your subscription to Property Tax Protection™ you must visit our website at www.propertytaxprotection.com, access your account, and elect to cancel your subscription. If you elect to cancel your subscription to Property Tax Protection™ you will STILL be obligated to pay any unpaid subscription fees for the remainder of your enrollment term, which is one year. Any remaining unpaid months of your subscription will be billed to your credit card on file with us in one lump sum charge in the amount of the monthly subscription fee at the time of your enrollment, multiplied by the remaining months of your enrollment year. By subscribing to Property Tax Protection™, you specifically authorize FHC to charge your credit card for the remaining term of your enrollment if you cancel as set forth above. Your subscription to Property Tax Protection™ will automatically renew for an additional term of one year at the end of your current enrollment period. If your subscription automatically renews and you wish to cancel your subscription within the first 60 days of the renewal enrollment period, we will NOT charge your credit card account for the remaining months of the renewal enrollment term. If you elect to cancel your enrollment after the first 60 days of any renewal period, then your credit card will be charged for the remaining unpaid months of the enrollment term as described hereinabove for new subscribers. If your subscription expires or is canceled, FHC will have no obligation to notify you or provide you with any information, services, or analysis after the date of expiration or cancellation. Property Tax Protection™ may identify actions that you must take to minimize your property taxes which require Homestead Doctor™ services as described hereinbelow, such as, but not limited to, value adjustment board representation, petitions to the county property appraiser or value adjustment board to adjust market valuations, petitions for late filings, or situations requiring licensed attorney services (“Supplemental Services”). Property Tax Protection™ does not Supplemental Services. If you are in need of such services FHC will advise you and contract with you separately for such services. Any services which constitute the practice of law must be provided by a licensed Florida attorney. FHC is owned in part by a Florida licensed attorney, Blake F. Deal III, Esq., and in some cases you may elect to contract with Blake F. Deal III, Esq. or his law firm, Briley & Deal, LLC, but you are not required to do so as a contingency of FHC providing any services set forth herein. You are encouraged to shop for the best fit for you for any legal services that you may require. FHC provides other products and services as set forth hereinafter.
A Homestead Check™ is a Florida property tax analysis created using our proprietary property database and software. The purpose of a Homestead Check™ is to point out if the client has made errors or omissions in their property tax filings which are resulting in the client paying more than is necessary in property tax, or if valuation errors have occurred which will affect future property tax savings. If such issues are pointed out, a Homestead Check™ will also contain information which will explain to the client how the issue may be repaired, if repair is possible. Instructional videos, Frequently Asked Questions and Answers, and access to a chatbot service called Homestead Chat™ are also provided with a Homestead Check™. The Homestead University™ refers to an assemblage of videos and information intended to help a client self-educate on Florida property tax issues. Access to the Homestead University™ is limited to those persons who have purchased a Homestead Check™ within the previous 12 months. Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of a Homestead Check™ the report is prepared using source data from the Florida Department of Revenue and all 67 Florida County Property Appraisers. Florida Homestead Check, LLC is not responsible for errors in a Homestead Check™ which are the result of erroneous source data or errors in the answers provided by the client in ordering a Homestead Check™. In the event that a Homestead Check™ contains an error which is the result of inaccurate analysis or another error on our part, and the error results in an unrecoverable or unrepairable loss of property tax savings of $1,000 or more, then our liability is limited to a maximum amount of $1,000, no matter the additional amount of the loss or damage. Videos, forms, and video and form links are copyrighted and are licensed only for the use of the person who has purchased a Homestead Check™- no further dissemination is authorized.
The Florida Homestead Counselors™ is a wholly owned service of Florida Homestead Check, LLC which employs persons who have received training in the applicable areas of Florida property tax laws. These persons are not attorneys and are not providing legal advice. The Florida Homestead Counselors™ will explain the results of Homestead Checks™ and associated issues and repairs steps to clients. They will also provide overview educational information regarding Florida’s property tax laws and filing procedures.
The Homestead Doctors™ is a wholly owned service of Florida Homestead Check, LLC which employs persons who have received training in the procedures for repairing common issues identified in Homestead Checks™ with the applicable county property appraiser office and the applicable county Value Adjustment Board if necessary. If you choose to use the Homestead Doctors™ to assist you with any of the services offered you understand and agree that there is no guaranty of success or outcome. If you suffer loss or damage because of a mistake made by the Homestead Doctors™ then our liability is limited to the refund of any amount paid by you for the associated Homestead Doctor™ services. If you use the Homestead Doctors™ to file an action with the Value Adjustment Board for your county then you are designating the individual person acting as your Homestead Doctor™ as a non-licensed compensated representative and the appraiser who has prepared the associated appraisal as a non-licensed compensated representative licensed professional to represent you in the filing of the necessary forms and documentation and appearance on your behalf if necessary at the Value Adjustment Board hearing. This designation is made via a Power of Attorney meeting the requirements of Part II of Florida Statute 709. The Homestead Doctors™ are not attorneys and do not give legal advice. If you are unsuccessful in your attempt with the Homestead Doctors™ to achieve a particular result with the Value Adjustment Board then you have a right of appeal to the circuit court having jurisdiction in the matter. Florida Homestead Check, LLC does not represent clients in such circuit court appeals- it is required that you obtain the services of a licensed attorney for all such matters.
The Market Value Adjustment Addendum©, the Power of Attorney for Representation Before the Value Adjustment Board©, the Evidence Request Form©, and all other forms and documents developed by or on behalf of Florida Homestead Check, LLC, including but not limited to the Homestead Check™, are copyrighted or trademarked and are the intellectual property of Florida Homestead Check, LLC. All rights are reserved and these documents are not authorized for the dissemination, distribution, or use by any other persons or entities other than the particular client for whom the Homestead Check™ was conducted and then only for the use of that client with respect to a case for which the Homestead Doctors™ have been hired.
The FHC Appraisal Network™ (the “Network”) is a proprietary network of residential appraisers licensed under Ch. 475 Florida Statutes. The Network is only available for the use of Florida Homestead Check, LLC clients who have purchased a Homestead Check™ and need to access the Network to obtain an appraisal to fix an issue identified in the Homestead Check™. The dissemination or publication of any lists or other documentation associated with the Network is not authorized. If you have purchased a Homestead Check™ and you obtain an appraisal through the Network, then whether or not you have hired the Homestead Doctors™ to handle the repair case, you authorize the appraiser who has prepared the associated appraisal to upload the appraisal to FHC and any FHC database or storage facility. You also authorize FHC to use any information contained in the appraisal for any purpose deemed desirable by FHC.
When you submit an order for a Homestead Check™ you authorize the information that you have provided to be utilized by FHC for any purposes that it deems necessary or desirable, subject to the following restrictions. Most information that you provide is publicly available. For that information which is not publicly available, we restrict our sharing as follows: We may share your age, but we will not share your date of birth. We will restrict sharing of your income information in such a manner so as to only allow advertisers of products or services who purchase information from us to advertise to a particular income range of persons, but not in a manner which would allow any third party to know your personal income linked with your name.
Florida law shall govern any action brought by you or us concerning any matter related to services provided or offered by FHC. Jurisdiction and venue of any such action shall lie in the appropriate court of Duval County, Florida. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO WAIVE ANY RIGHT OF REMOVAL TO FEDERAL COURT AND TO WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY SUCH MATTER. Florida Homestead Check, LLC reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason, but shall not discriminate in the offering of its services to anyone on the basis of race, creed, national origin, sexual identification or preference, or gender. You specifically agree that if you are in violation of these terms of service that FHC shall be entitled to seek any relief available under law or equity to enforce your compliance, including but not limited to injunctive relief and damages. You specifically agree to emergency injunctive relief to prevent the unauthorized dissemination or distribution of any trademarked or copyrighted, or patent protected intellectual property of FHC by you. In the event of any dispute between you and FHC, the prevailing party shall be entitled to a full recovery of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
When you subscribe to Property Tax Protection™, enter an order for a Homestead Check™, purchase a counseling session with the Homestead Counselors™, engage the Homestead Doctors™, or otherwise utilize any of our products or services, then you are at that time agreeing to all terms and conditions in this Terms of Service.
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