Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 3, 2026
Last Updated: October 3, 2026

Ohio Fire House Buyer, also operating under the brand Ohio Fire House Buyer (“Ohio Fire House Buyer,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects your privacy.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, share, sell, retain, and otherwise process information when you visit ohiofirehousebuyer.com (the “Website”), submit information concerning real estate, request a cash offer, communicate with us, or otherwise interact with our services.

Ohio Fire House Buyer operates within the real estate investment, cash-buyer, property-acquisition, marketing, referral, and lead-generation marketplace. Depending on a particular property and transaction, we may evaluate a property ourselves or connect a property owner with an affiliated or independent cash buyer, real estate investor, wholesaler, acquisition partner, contract purchaser, property-acquisition company, or other prospective purchaser.

By accessing or using the Website or providing information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information:

  • Directly from you;
  • Automatically when you use the Website;
  • From public records;
  • From commercial property and real estate databases;
  • From advertising and analytics providers;
  • From telecommunications providers;
  • From service providers;
  • From prospective purchasers;
  • From affiliates and business partners; and
  • From other lawful sources.

2. Information You Provide

When you request an offer, submit a Website form, telephone us, send an email or text message, or otherwise communicate with us, we may collect information including:

  • First and last name;
  • Telephone number;
  • Mobile telephone number;
  • Email address;
  • Property address;
  • Mailing address;
  • Whether you own or are authorized to act concerning the property;
  • Property type;
  • Property condition;
  • Fire damage;
  • Smoke damage;
  • Water damage;
  • Structural damage;
  • Electrical damage;
  • Plumbing damage;
  • Roof or foundation damage;
  • Occupancy information;
  • Repair or renovation information;
  • Desired selling timeline;
  • When you purchased or acquired the property;
  • Reason for considering a sale;
  • Asking price or pricing expectations;
  • Mortgage information you voluntarily provide;
  • Lien information;
  • Property-tax information;
  • Probate information;
  • Foreclosure or mortgage-default information;
  • Inheritance information;
  • Insurance information;
  • Insurance-claim information;
  • Photographs;
  • Videos;
  • Fire reports;
  • Inspection reports;
  • Engineering or structural reports;
  • Repair estimates;
  • Contractor information;
  • Building-permit information;
  • Insurance documents;
  • Ownership or title documents;
  • Preferred communication method;
  • Preferred contact time;
  • Information regarding a potential transaction; and
  • Other information you voluntarily provide.

3. Property and Public-Record Information

When you submit information concerning a property, we may research the property through public records, commercially available databases, property-data providers, prospective purchasers, and other lawful sources.

Information may include:

  • Ownership records;
  • County auditor records;
  • County recorder records;
  • Property-tax records;
  • Recorded deeds;
  • Mortgages and deeds of trust;
  • Liens and encumbrances;
  • Property characteristics;
  • Property sales history;
  • Estimated property values;
  • Comparable property sales;
  • Building permits;
  • Building-code information;
  • Zoning information;
  • Court records where lawfully available;
  • Probate information;
  • Foreclosure information;
  • Geographic and mapping information;
  • Flood information;
  • Fire or disaster information;
  • Property-condition information;
  • Real estate market information; and
  • Other publicly or commercially available information.

We may combine information obtained from these sources with information that you provide.

4. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or interact with the Website, we and service providers operating on our behalf may automatically collect information such as:

  • Internet Protocol address;
  • Browser type;
  • Browser settings;
  • Operating system;
  • Device type;
  • Device identifiers;
  • Approximate geographic location derived from an IP address;
  • Referring website;
  • Referring advertisement;
  • Landing page;
  • Pages viewed;
  • Links clicked;
  • Date and time of Website activity;
  • Session information;
  • Form interactions;
  • Advertising identifiers;
  • Marketing campaign information;
  • Lead-source information;
  • Conversion information;
  • Attribution information; and
  • Other technical or Website-usage information.

5. Cookies, Pixels, Analytics, and Advertising Technologies

We may use technologies including:

  • Cookies;
  • Tracking pixels;
  • Web beacons;
  • Tags;
  • Scripts;
  • Local storage;
  • Analytics technologies;
  • Advertising identifiers;
  • Conversion tracking;
  • Call tracking; and
  • Similar technologies.

These technologies may help us:

  • Operate the Website;
  • Maintain Website security;
  • Prevent spam or fraudulent submissions;
  • Remember preferences;
  • Understand Website usage;
  • Measure Website traffic;
  • Determine which advertisements generated property inquiries;
  • Attribute leads to particular marketing campaigns;
  • Measure conversions;
  • Measure advertising effectiveness;
  • Create or measure advertising audiences;
  • Support retargeting or interest-based advertising;
  • Improve the Website;
  • Improve our services; and
  • Conduct marketing activities.

Third-party advertising, analytics, telecommunications, and technology providers may process information under their own privacy practices.

6. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

  • Respond to property inquiries;
  • Respond to requests for cash offers;
  • Research submitted properties;
  • Verify ownership;
  • Evaluate property characteristics;
  • Evaluate fire, smoke, water, structural, electrical, or other damage;
  • Review repair information;
  • Review insurance information;
  • Estimate property values;
  • Estimate repair and renovation expenses;
  • Estimate acquisition, holding, transaction, and resale expenses;
  • Determine whether we or another purchaser may be interested in acquiring the property;
  • Match homeowners with prospective cash buyers;
  • Route property opportunities to appropriate purchasers or investors;
  • Prepare or communicate potential offers;
  • Contact property owners and authorized representatives;
  • Schedule calls, appointments, walkthroughs, or property evaluations;
  • Conduct due diligence;
  • Facilitate potential real estate transactions;
  • Coordinate with buyers, title companies, escrow or closing agents, attorneys, contractors, inspectors, lenders, insurers, and other transaction participants;
  • Maintain records of inquiries and transactions;
  • Follow up concerning previously submitted properties;
  • Provide customer service;
  • Operate, maintain, and improve the Website;
  • Conduct analytics;
  • Measure advertising and marketing performance;
  • Advertise our services;
  • Prevent fraud, spam, abuse, and security incidents;
  • Protect our systems and users;
  • Maintain accounting, tax, legal, compliance, and business records;
  • Enforce agreements and policies;
  • Comply with applicable law; and
  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

7. Lead Generation and Buyer Matching

Ohio Fire House Buyer operates within the real estate investment and property-buyer marketplace.

When you submit information concerning a property, we may evaluate the opportunity ourselves or provide information concerning you and the property to one or more prospective purchasers.

Recipients may include:

  • Affiliated real estate businesses;
  • Independent cash buyers;
  • Real estate investors;
  • Local property buyers;
  • Residential real property wholesalers;
  • Contract purchasers;
  • Property-acquisition companies;
  • Investment groups;
  • Redevelopment businesses;
  • Contractors interested in acquiring property;
  • Acquisition partners; and
  • Other real estate businesses interested in acquiring the property.

These recipients may use information to:

  • Research the property;
  • Evaluate property condition;
  • Determine whether they are interested in purchasing it;
  • Estimate repair or renovation costs;
  • Estimate investment or resale value;
  • Prepare or communicate an offer;
  • Contact you regarding the property;
  • Conduct due diligence;
  • Negotiate transaction terms; or
  • Facilitate a potential real estate transaction.

Independent recipients may operate separately from us and may maintain their own privacy policies and practices.

Submitting information does not guarantee that Ohio Fire House Buyer or another prospective purchaser will make an offer or purchase your property.

8. How We Disclose Personal Information

Service Providers

We may disclose information to companies providing:

  • Website hosting;
  • Website forms;
  • Customer relationship management;
  • Lead management;
  • Telephone services;
  • Call tracking;
  • Call recording where lawful;
  • Text messaging;
  • Email delivery;
  • Marketing automation;
  • Advertising;
  • Analytics;
  • Conversion tracking;
  • Property research;
  • Data enrichment;
  • Cloud storage;
  • Cybersecurity;
  • Document processing;
  • Accounting;
  • Legal services; and
  • Transaction support.

Prospective Purchasers and Business Partners

We may disclose seller and property information to affiliated or independent:

  • Cash buyers;
  • Real estate investors;
  • Residential property wholesalers;
  • Contract purchasers;
  • Property-acquisition businesses;
  • Acquisition partners; and
  • Other prospective purchasers.

Transaction Participants

If a potential transaction progresses, information may be provided to:

  • Buyers;
  • Title companies;
  • Escrow or closing agents;
  • Attorneys;
  • Inspectors;
  • Contractors;
  • Engineers;
  • Appraisers;
  • Lenders;
  • Insurance professionals; and
  • Other transaction participants.

Affiliates

We may disclose information among companies under common ownership or control or among affiliated real estate businesses for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Business Transactions

Information may be disclosed or transferred in connection with an actual or proposed:

  • Merger;
  • Acquisition;
  • Financing;
  • Business restructuring;
  • Affiliate restructuring;
  • Sale of assets;
  • Bankruptcy; or
  • Similar transaction.

Legal and Safety Purposes

We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with applicable law;
  • Respond to legal process;
  • Respond to lawful governmental requests;
  • Investigate suspected fraud or unlawful conduct;
  • Protect our rights or property;
  • Protect another person’s rights or safety;
  • Protect our systems; or
  • Enforce agreements and policies.

9. Lead Transfers, Sale, and Targeted Advertising

Our business may involve providing property-owner or seller information to affiliated or independent prospective purchasers.

Depending on applicable law and how a particular relationship is structured, a lead transfer may be characterized as:

  • A sale;
  • Sharing;
  • A referral;
  • A marketing disclosure;
  • A business transfer; or
  • A transfer for monetary or other valuable consideration.

We may also use advertising technologies that disclose identifiers, device information, Website activity, or marketing-attribution information to advertising and analytics providers.

Where an applicable law provides a right to opt out of:

  • Sale;
  • Sharing;
  • Targeted advertising;
  • Certain profiling; or
  • Another regulated processing activity,

we will process qualifying requests as required by that law.

10. Categories of Information That May Be Transferred

Depending on the relationship or technology involved, categories may include:

  • Identifiers;
  • Name;
  • Telephone number;
  • Email address;
  • Property address;
  • Property information;
  • Real estate information;
  • Commercial or transaction information;
  • Internet or electronic network activity;
  • Advertising identifiers;
  • Approximate geographic information;
  • Marketing-attribution information; and
  • Inferences concerning a potential real estate transaction.

Recipients may include:

  • Cash buyers;
  • Real estate investors;
  • Wholesalers;
  • Contract purchasers;
  • Acquisition partners;
  • Affiliates;
  • Advertising networks;
  • Analytics providers;
  • Marketing technology providers; and
  • Other business partners.

11. Ohio Consumer Privacy Law

As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, Ohio does not have a generally applicable comprehensive private-sector consumer privacy statute equivalent to comprehensive consumer privacy laws enacted in certain other states.

Prior proposals to enact an Ohio Personal Privacy Act did not create currently operative comprehensive consumer privacy rights applicable to this Website merely by having been introduced.

Accordingly, Ohio residents do not necessarily have a general statutory right under Ohio law to:

  • Access all personal information maintained about them by every private business;
  • Correct all personal information;
  • Delete all personal information;
  • Obtain data portability;
  • Opt out of every transfer or sale of information;
  • Opt out of targeted advertising; or
  • Appeal privacy-request decisions.

Specific Ohio and federal laws may nevertheless apply depending on:

  • The information involved;
  • The activity;
  • The business;
  • The consumer’s residence; and
  • Other circumstances.

Where an applicable law provides a privacy right, we will process qualifying requests as required.

12. Voluntary Privacy Requests

Even where applicable law does not provide a particular general privacy right, you may contact us to request:

  • Information concerning personal information associated with you;
  • Correction of inaccurate contact information;
  • Deletion of information where reasonably practicable;
  • Removal from promotional communications;
  • Restrictions on future marketing contact; or
  • Information concerning our privacy practices.

We may honor voluntary requests where reasonably practicable and consistent with:

  • Legal obligations;
  • Existing or potential transactions;
  • Contractual records;
  • Tax and accounting requirements;
  • Fraud prevention;
  • Litigation or dispute requirements;
  • Security requirements;
  • Legitimate business needs; and
  • The rights of other people.

Providing a voluntary privacy-request process does not create a statutory right where one does not otherwise exist.

13. Residents of Other States

Consumers residing outside Ohio may have additional privacy rights under the laws of their respective states.

Where another state’s privacy law applies to our business and your personal data, rights may include:

  • Confirmation of processing;
  • Access;
  • Correction;
  • Deletion;
  • Data portability;
  • Opt-out of sale;
  • Opt-out of sharing;
  • Opt-out of targeted advertising;
  • Opt-out of certain profiling;
  • Sensitive-data protections;
  • Authorized-agent rights; or
  • Appeal rights.

Rights vary by jurisdiction and may depend on statutory thresholds, exemptions, authentication procedures, and other requirements.

14. Browser Privacy Signals

Some browsers and devices transmit privacy preference signals such as Global Privacy Control.

Requirements concerning universal opt-out mechanisms differ among jurisdictions.

Where an applicable law requires us to recognize a qualifying browser- or device-based privacy signal, we will process supported signals as required by that law.

Traditional “Do Not Track” signals do not operate according to a single universally accepted standard, and the Website may not respond to every traditional Do Not Track signal.

15. Telephone Communications

If you provide a telephone number, we may use it to respond to your inquiry and communicate concerning:

  • Your property;
  • Your requested offer;
  • Property research;
  • Scheduling;
  • Buyer matching;
  • Follow-up;
  • Potential transactions; and
  • Related services.

Where applicable federal or state law requires additional consent before regulated automated dialing, artificial voice, prerecorded voice, or marketing communications are made, we will obtain legally required consent.

You may ask us to stop calling by communicating that request.

16. Recording of Calls and Communications

Ohio generally permits a person who is a party to a wire, oral, or electronic communication, or who has prior consent from at least one party, to record or intercept the communication, provided the interception is not made for a criminal, tortious, or other injurious purpose prohibited by law.

We or service providers acting on our behalf may record communications for purposes including:

  • Quality assurance;
  • Training;
  • Documentation;
  • Compliance;
  • Fraud prevention;
  • Security; and
  • Other legitimate business purposes.

Because calls may involve persons located in jurisdictions with stricter recording-consent laws, additional notice or consent may be required.

Where another applicable law requires consent from all parties or another recording procedure, we will comply with that stricter requirement.

17. Text Messages

If you provide a mobile telephone number and applicable consent, we may communicate by text concerning:

  • Your inquiry;
  • Your property;
  • Scheduling;
  • Your requested offer;
  • Prospective purchasers;
  • Buyer matching;
  • Follow-up;
  • Potential transactions; and
  • Related services.

Where required by applicable law, separate or additional consent will be obtained before regulated automated or marketing text communications are sent.

Consent to marketing communications is not a condition of receiving an offer or selling property where prohibited by law.

Message and data rates may apply.

Message frequency may vary.

You may request that applicable text messages stop by replying STOP.

Where supported, you may reply HELP for assistance.

18. Email Communications

We may use your email address to:

  • Respond to inquiries;
  • Communicate concerning your property;
  • Provide information regarding potential offers;
  • Schedule calls or appointments;
  • Follow up regarding prospective purchasers or transactions; and
  • Send marketing communications where permitted by law.

Applicable promotional emails will provide an unsubscribe mechanism.

We may continue sending administrative, transactional, security, or legal communications where appropriate.

19. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Factors affecting retention may include:

  • Whether a property inquiry remains active;
  • Whether the property remains of interest to prospective purchasers;
  • Whether a transaction occurred;
  • Potential future follow-up;
  • Contractual obligations;
  • Legal requirements;
  • Tax and accounting obligations;
  • Fraud prevention;
  • Litigation or disputes; and
  • Legitimate business recordkeeping needs.

Property inquiries that do not immediately result in a transaction may be retained for future follow-up or buyer matching unless deletion is required by applicable law or continued retention is no longer reasonably necessary.

20. Information Security

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized:

  • Access;
  • Acquisition;
  • Use;
  • Disclosure;
  • Alteration;
  • Loss; and
  • Destruction.

Safeguards may include appropriate:

  • Authentication;
  • Access controls;
  • Encryption;
  • Secure transmission;
  • Vendor oversight;
  • Employee access restrictions;
  • Security monitoring;
  • Malware protection; and
  • Incident-response practices.

No electronic system, security measure, or Internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.

21. Ohio Security-Breach Notification

Ohio law requires qualifying businesses to provide notice following specified breaches involving computerized personal information where the unauthorized access and acquisition causes or is reasonably believed to cause a material risk of identity theft or other fraud.

Where Ohio’s breach-notification law applies, we will investigate qualifying incidents and provide notifications within the period required by applicable law.

22. Sensitive Information

Our standard property-offer forms are not designed to collect unnecessary highly sensitive information such as:

  • Social Security numbers;
  • Bank-account passwords;
  • Payment-card security codes;
  • Medical diagnoses;
  • Genetic information;
  • Biometric identifiers used for identification;
  • Religious beliefs;
  • Sexual-orientation information; or
  • Other highly sensitive information unrelated to evaluating a real estate transaction.

Please do not submit unnecessary sensitive information through standard Website forms.

Information required for an actual real estate closing may be collected separately by appropriate transaction professionals.

23. Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for adults involved in real estate matters.

It is not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 through our standard property-offer forms.

If we learn that information has been collected from a child in violation of applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

24. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Website may contain links to or integrations with third-party websites or services.

We do not control and are not responsible for third-party:

  • Privacy practices;
  • Security;
  • Content;
  • Products;
  • Services;
  • Availability; or
  • Business practices.

Your interaction with a third party is governed by that party’s applicable terms and privacy policies.

25. Information About Other People

If you provide information concerning another:

  • Property owner;
  • Co-owner;
  • Heir;
  • Family member;
  • Representative;
  • Tenant; or
  • Other individual,

you represent that you have authority or another lawful basis to provide that information.

26. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

When changes are made, we will revise the “Last Updated” date above.

Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent concerning a material change, we will provide such notice or obtain appropriate consent.

27. Contact Us

Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy may be directed to:

Ohio Fire House Buyer
1111 Superior Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114
United States

Phone: 740-913-4205
Website: ohiofirehousebuyer.com