Terms of Use

Effective date: November 13, 2026 | Site: JoeyMarino.com

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of JoeyMarino.com, its pages, and the interactive tools on it (together, the “Site”). The Site is operated by Joe “Joey” Marino III, a REALTOR® and Ohio licensed real estate salesperson (license SAL.2007004044) affiliated with Whipple Auction & Realty, 1147 Whipple Ave NW, Canton, OH 44708 (the “Brokerage”). In these Terms, “I,” “me,” and “my” mean Joey Marino acting as a salesperson for the Brokerage, and “you” means anyone who visits or uses the Site.

By using the Site, you agree to these Terms. The Privacy Policy explains how information is collected and used. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

1. Using the Site does not make you my client

Visiting the Site, using a tool, requesting a report, signing up for updates, or sending me a message does not by itself create an agency relationship or any duty to represent you, and I do not agree to represent you through the Site. I and the Brokerage agree to represent a buyer or seller only in a written agency agreement signed with the Brokerage. Until then, I still owe you the duties Ohio law requires a licensee to give every person in a transaction, including honesty.

Ohio law requires real estate licensees to give consumers the state’s Consumer Guide to Agency Relationships. Please read it to understand how agency works in Ohio, including how a single brokerage can work with both a buyer and a seller. Acknowledging that you received the Consumer Guide confirms only that you received it. It is not a contract and does not make me or the Brokerage your agent.

Any compensation for real estate services is set only in a signed written agreement. Nothing on the Site sets, promises, or waives a commission or fee.

2. Information, not professional advice

Everything on the Site, including articles, market reports, tool results, and answers to frequently asked questions, is general information about real estate in and around Stark County, Ohio. It is not legal, tax, financial, accounting, lending, appraisal, home inspection, or investment advice, and it is not tailored to your situation. I am a real estate salesperson, not an attorney, accountant, lender, appraiser, or home inspector. Before you act, consult the appropriate licensed professional.

3. The tools and what their results are

The Site offers several free tools. Each one produces estimates from public records and other data sources, run through formulas or statistical models. Estimates can be wrong. Data can be incomplete, outdated, or recorded in error at the source. Every result is a starting point for discussion, not a fact you can rely on to make a decision without your own verification.

3.1 Property Value Score and home value estimates (sellers)

The Property Value Score compares a home to recent sales and to a local benchmark using a statistical model built on Stark County sale and property records, plus any details you enter. A score or estimated value:

• is not an appraisal, a broker price opinion, or a comparative market analysis, and may not be used as one for lending, tax appeal, divorce, estate, insurance, or any other legal or financial purpose;
• does not reflect an inspection of the property or its condition, and depends on the accuracy of the details you provide and of public records;
• is not an offer to buy, a promise of what a home will sell for, or a recommended list price.

The same applies to any example figures shown on the Site, such as sample list prices, days-on-market charts, renovation score impacts, and buyer-type breakdowns. Examples illustrate how the analysis works and are not predictions for your home.

3.2 Market Tracker and payment estimates (buyers)

The Market Tracker shows recorded sales and market statistics for the Stark County communities you choose, and estimates what a monthly payment you enter might buy. Payment and price-range figures are estimates only, not a loan offer, quote, pre-approval, or commitment to lend. They rely on the assumptions shown with each figure. If these Terms and the assumptions shown on the tool differ, the assumptions shown on the tool control. Your actual rate, payment, and costs will be set by a lender and will vary. I am not a lender or mortgage loan originator, and I do not take loan applications.

The mortgage calculator and interest-rate pages on the Site are provided on the same basis.

3.3 Investor Deal Check

An Investor Deal Check is a one-page report on a property you name, for investment purchases such as flips, rentals, and wholesale deals. It is prepared by me as a licensed real estate salesperson and reviewed by me before it is sent. Specifically:

• Not an appraisal. Its value-after-repair figure is a real estate licensee’s opinion of price and an investment estimate, prepared by a salesperson licensed with Whipple Auction & Realty. It is not an appraisal, was not prepared by a licensed or certified appraiser, and does not follow appraisal standards. It may not be used to obtain or support a loan, or for tax, court, estate, or insurance purposes.
• Not a title search. The list of recorded items is a snapshot of Stark County Recorder and Auditor records on the date shown. It is not a title search, title commitment, or title insurance, and it may miss liens, judgments, or other matters that are unrecorded, recorded late, indexed under another name, or held in other offices. Get a title commitment before you close.
• Estimates for discussion. Suggested maximum offers, rent ranges, rehab and holding costs, cash flow, and days-on-market figures depend on assumptions that may not fit your deal. Change any input and the result changes. Your own due diligence, including an inspection and your own cost estimates, controls your decision.
• No obligation, no representation. Requesting a report does not obligate you to work with me and does not make me your agent. If you later ask me to represent you, that representation, and any compensation, is agreed in writing first.
• Eligibility. Reports are for investment purchases only. I do not prepare reports on properties listed by the Brokerage, and I may decline any other request for any lawful reason.
• Access password. Requests use an investor password I provide. It is for your own use. Do not share or publish it. I may change it or stop accepting requests at any time.
• Fair housing. Reports are not designed to use and do not present demographic information about any area or its residents.

3.4 Stark County Home Inspectors directory

The home inspector directory lists companies that serve Stark County, with ratings, review counts, prices, services, and license information gathered from Google, each company’s own website, and the State of Ohio’s home inspector roster. The directory:

• is for information only and is not an endorsement, referral, or recommendation of any company;
• is not paid placement. No company pays to be listed or ranked, I receive nothing from any listed company, and the default order comes from a published formula applied the same way to every company;
• may contain outdated or incorrect information, including prices, services, ratings, and license matches. Ratings and review counts are Google’s, as of the date shown, and are the opinions of the reviewers, not mine. Where a company could not be matched to the State of Ohio’s roster, the listing says so. An unmatched listing means only that my automated match did not find the company. It does not mean the company is unlicensed. Confirm a company’s license with the State of Ohio, and its insurance, prices, and availability with the company, before you hire it.

You are free to choose any inspector, listed or not. I am not responsible for the work, conduct, reports, or fees of any inspector. Companies may request a correction or removal through the links on the directory.

3.5 Listings, sales history, and MLS data

Listing information on the Site, including my current and past listings, photos, floor plans, documents, and sale results, may come from MLS Now. MLS data is provided for consumers’ personal, non-commercial use and may not be used for any purpose other than to identify prospective properties consumers may be interested in purchasing or leasing. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Properties may no longer be available, and prices, status, and details may change without notice. Square footage, room sizes, lot sizes, school districts, and taxes are approximate; verify them independently. Past sale results describe past transactions and do not predict the result for any other property.

The Property Search page links to a home search run by the Brokerage or a third party. That search is governed by its own terms.

3.6 Articles, market reports, and other pages

Articles, market statistics reports, and guides (including pages about buying, selling, financing, short sales, HUD homes, auctions, and professional photography) describe general conditions as of the date they were written. Market conditions, laws, loan programs, and rules change. Statements about how a process typically works, including how auctions usually perform, are general descriptions, not promises about any particular sale.

4. Fees

The tools on the Site are free to use at this time. Any tool or report may be changed or withdrawn at any time. If a charge is ever introduced, you will be told the price and asked to agree first, and any payment will be handled through the Brokerage. Real estate services are compensated only under a signed written agreement.

5. Communications

If you give me your email address or phone number through a form or tool, you agree that I and the Brokerage may contact you at that address or number about your request. Your contact details are stored in the Brokerage’s customer system as well as mine.

• Email. Recurring market reports and score updates are sent only if you sign up for them. I may also send a small number of follow-up emails about a request you made. Every marketing email includes an unsubscribe link.
• Phone and text. If you provide a phone number and ask to be contacted by phone or text, I may call or text you about your request. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to any text, or tell me by any reasonable means, to stop texts.
• Consent is not a condition. You do not have to agree to be contacted to use the tools or to buy or sell property.
• Electronic records. You agree that I may send you notices, reports, and disclosures electronically, and that electronic acknowledgments you give on the Site have the same effect as a signature on paper.

How I collect, store, and use your information is described in the Privacy Policy.

6. Fair housing

I am committed to the letter and spirit of federal, state, and local fair housing laws. I do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, familial status, military status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other class protected by federal, state, or local law. The tools on the Site are not designed to use, and do not display, information about the race, religion, national origin, or other protected characteristics of any person or neighborhood. Equal Housing Opportunity.

7. Who may use the Site

The Site is for adults. You must be at least 18 to use the tools or submit a form. The Site is not directed to children under 13.

8. Acceptable use

You may use the Site for your own purposes: your own home, your own purchase or sale, or your own investment decisions. You agree not to:

• scrape, crawl, harvest, or copy data from the Site or its tools by automated means, or send automated, high-volume, or repeated requests to any tool or form, except that crawlers may access public pages as permitted by the Site’s robots.txt file;
• use the tools to build, train, test, or calibrate a competing valuation model, data set, directory, or product, or attempt to reverse engineer how a tool’s model works;
• resell, republish, or commercially use tool results, MLS data, directory data, or reports, except to share your own report with your own advisers, lender, or partners in the deal;
• enter information you do not have the right to provide, impersonate another person, or submit false information;
• bypass or share passwords or other access controls, or interfere with the Site’s security or operation;
• use the Site in violation of any law, including fair housing and anti-spam laws.

I may limit, suspend, or block access to the Site or any tool for anyone who violates these Terms or misuses the Site.

9. Ownership of content

The Site’s text, design, photos, video, graphics, reports, tool output formats, software, and the selection and arrangement of its data are owned by me, the Brokerage, or their licensors, and are protected by copyright and other laws. Photos and videos of listed homes may not be copied or reused. Public records and facts themselves are not claimed as owned, but the compilation, presentation, and analysis of them are.

“Whipple Auction & Realty” and its logo are the Brokerage’s marks. REALTOR® is a registered collective membership mark identifying real estate professionals who are members of the National Association of REALTORS®. Other names and marks belong to their owners and are used for identification only.

Copyright complaints. If you believe something on the Site infringes your copyright, send the details (the work, the page, and your contact information) to the address in Section 18 and I will review it promptly.

10. What you send me

When you send me messages, corrections, reviews, testimonials, or other material through the Site, you confirm that it is accurate to the best of your knowledge and that you have the right to send it. You allow me and the Brokerage to use what you send to respond to you, to correct or improve the Site, and to update directory listings. I will not publish your testimonial or review unless you agree, and if you agree, you allow me and the Brokerage to publish it on the Site and in marketing, with the name you approve.

11. Third-party sites and services

The Site links to and relies on third-party sites and services, including Google, MLS Now, public records offices, the Brokerage’s property search, inspector websites, and lenders’ or government agencies’ resources. I do not control them and am not responsible for their content, accuracy, availability, privacy practices, or terms. Your use of them is at your own risk and governed by their own terms.

12. No warranties

The Site, its tools, and all information and reports are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent the law allows, I and the Brokerage disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. I do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful code, or that any estimate, score, value, or figure is correct.

Nothing in this section limits any duty I or the Brokerage owe you under Chapter 4735 of the Ohio Revised Code or under a written agreement we sign.

13. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, neither I, the Brokerage, nor their owners, agents, or employees will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any lost profits, lost savings, lost opportunities, or loss of data, arising from or related to your use of, or reliance on, the Site, its tools, or any report, even if advised that such damages were possible. This includes any decision to buy, sell, price, offer on, renovate, finance, or hold a property.

To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim arising from or related to the Site or its free tools and reports is limited to one hundred dollars ($100).

This section does not limit liability for fraud, intentional misconduct, or anything else that cannot be limited by law. It does not limit any duty I or the Brokerage owe you under Chapter 4735 of the Ohio Revised Code or any right you have under Ohio consumer protection law that cannot be waived. Duties under a separate signed agreement for real estate services are governed by that agreement.

14. Reimbursement for misuse

If you violate these Terms or misuse the Site, its tools, or a report, and someone else brings a claim against me or the Brokerage because of it, you agree to reimburse the reasonable losses and costs that result, including reasonable attorney fees.

15. Accessibility

I want the Site to be usable by everyone. If you have trouble using any page or tool, call or email me and I will get you the information another way.

16. Changes to these Terms

I may update these Terms from time to time. The effective date at the top will show the latest revision. If a change is significant, I will post a notice on the Site. Changes apply from that date forward; your continued use of the Site after a change means you accept the updated Terms. Changes do not affect a dispute that arose before the change.

17. Governing law, disputes, and general terms

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising from or related to these Terms or the Site will be brought only in the state courts located in Stark County, Ohio, or the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and you consent to their jurisdiction. Either of us may instead bring a qualifying claim in small claims court where you live.

If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect, and the unenforceable part will be enforced to the greatest extent allowed. My failure to enforce any part of these Terms is not a waiver. These Terms are the entire agreement between you and me about the Site. They do not replace any separate written agreement for real estate services, which controls if it conflicts with these Terms.

The Brokerage is an intended beneficiary of Sections 12, 13, and 14 and may enforce them. No one else has rights under these Terms. Sections 2, 3, 9, and 12 through 17 continue to apply after you stop using the Site. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms. I may transfer mine to the Brokerage or to a successor operator of the Site.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms:

Joey Marino, Whipple Auction & Realty
1147 Whipple Ave NW, Canton, OH 44708
[email protected] | 330-412-2221