General Terms and Conditions (Ver 1.0)

 

1. Access to the Website and its Content

 

1.1 REA will endeavour to allow you uninterrupted access to this Website, but access to this Website may be disrupted, restricted, suspended or terminated at any time at its discretion or for reasons beyond its control.

 

1.2 REA reserves the right to improve, change, modify, substitute or remove any information on this Website, or terminate this Website, at any time without notice.

 

1.3 Any communication or material that you transmit to this Website or to the Academy by electronic mail or otherwise, including any comments, data, questions and suggestions, is and will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary unless a prior arrangement in writing is made between you and REA. REA may preserve any such content and may disclose it to third parties if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is necessary to comply with legal process; respond to claims that the content violates the rights of third parties; enforce these Terms and Conditions; or protect the rights, property or personal safety of this Website and its users.

 

1.4 REA does not review any third-party web pages or websites hyperlinked to this Website and is not responsible for the content of any such off-site pages or sites. If you visit such off-site pages or sites through this Website, you do so at your own risk.

 

2. Intellectual Property

 

2.1 Unless otherwise indicated the copyright, database right and rights of an allied nature in the material contained in the Website, together with the website design, text and graphics, and their selection and arrangement, belong to REA. All rights are reserved. None of this material may be reproduced or redistributed without its prior written permission. You may, however, download or print a single copy for your own non-commercial off-line viewing.

 

2.2 You agree that any logos, names, service marks, trade marks and other devices (collectively referred to as "Marks" pertaining to REA that may be displayed on this Website, including the circular crest and motto of REA, "Real Estate Academy", "REA", "Real Estate School", "RES", "Superlative Learning System", "Singapore Real Estate Sale & Investment Handbook" and "RESI Handbook" are its registered and/or unregistered Marks. Nothing contained on this Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to use any of the Marks belonging to it or to third parties that are displayed on this Website without prior written permission.

 

2.3 Certain product and company names mentioned on this Website or material displayed on this Website may be intellectual property belonging to third parties. The Academy does not warrant or represent that if you use such material you will not infringe the legal rights of these third parties.

 

3. Exclusions of Liability

 

3.1 REA uses reasonable endeavours to ensure that the information on the Website is accurate and to correct any errors or omissions as soon as practicable after being notified of them. However, to the extent permitted by applicable law, it disclaims all warranties and representations (whether express or implied) as to the accuracy of any information contained on this Website.

 

3.2 Due to the nature of electronic transmission of data over the Internet, REA does not warrant:

 

3.2.1 that access to this Website will be fault-free, secure, timely or uninterrupted, or that the Website will be free from software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or

 

3.2.2 the accurate receipt or security of any information transmitted by you by electronic mail or otherwise to the Website or the Academy.

 

 Accordingly, your use of this Website, and the electronic transmission of any document or information by you to the Website or the Academy is at your own risk.

 

3.3 The liability of REA and/or of any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering this Website (the 'Web Programmer" for any damages, claims or losses arising from an inability to access this Website, or from any use of this Website or reliance on the data transmitted using this Website, is excluded to the fullest extent permissible by law. In no event shall REA or the Web Programmer be liable for any anticipated savings, business, goodwill, loss of profit, opportunity, revenues or other direct, indirect, consequential, incidental or special loss or damage of any kind, whether arising from breach of contract, tort (including negligence, defamation and infringement of copyright or database right or other intellectual property rights) or otherwise arising out of use of this Website, whether or not notified of such damage or loss arising, except where such liability cannot be excluded by law.

 

3.4 On this website, REA may from time to time provide you with information on third-party suppliers and the goods and services they deal in and/or the events that they organise. Any goods, services or events not stated to be provided or organised by it are provided by such third parties over whom it has no control. Nothing on this Website should be construed as an endorsement by or recommendation from REA to buy any products or services featured or to participate in any events. You should satisfy yourself that you wish to purchase the goods or services or participate in the events in question before contracting with the suppliers. The suppliers will deal with you on their own terms and conditions and you should check that you agree to those terms and conditions before making any financial commitment. REA accepts no liability for any goods or services provided or events organised by such third-party suppliers.

 

3.5 REA does not monitor, verify or endorse information submitted by third parties for posting on this Website. You should be aware that such information may be inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.

 

3.6 REA endeavours to prepare the content of the Website in accordance with Singapore law. It does not warrant that the Website will satisfy the laws of any jurisdiction other than Singapore.

 

3.7 Without limiting the foregoing, everything on this Website is provided to you "as available" and "as is" and REA disclaims to the fullest extent permissible by law any representation, warranty or responsibility of any kind, either express or implied, in relation to any information, goods or services offered, accessed or obtained through this Website. It also makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, with respect to this Website, or any part of it, including any warranties of title, non-infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties, merchantability, satisfactory quality, or fitness for any purpose.

 

4. Acceptable Use

 

4.1 You may only use the Website in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and, in any event, for lawful and proper purposes which includes complying with all applicable laws, regulations and codes of practice within Singapore or other jurisdictions from which you are accessing this Website.

 

4.2 In particular, you agree that you will not:

 

4.2.1 upload, post, e-mail or otherwise transmit to the Website or to REA:

 

4.2.1.1 any content that is abusive, defamatory, harassing, harmful, invasive of privacy, objectionable (due to attitudes towards disability; gender; race, descent, ethnicity or nationality; religion or belief; sexual orientation; or other personal characteristics), obscene, threatening, tortious or unlawful, or otherwise use this Website in a manner which causes or may cause an infringement of the rights of any third party;

 

4.2.1.2 any content that you do not have a right to transmit under any law (including content that infringes the intellectual property rights of any third party), or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as confidential or proprietary information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under non-disclosure agreements); and

 

4.2.1.3 any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional materials or any other form of solicitation, including but not limited to chain letters, junk mail and spam;

 

4.2.2 impersonate any person or entity, falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, or take any action to disguise the origin of any content transmitted to the Website or to the Academy;

 

4.2.3 use any software, routine or device to interfere or attempt to interfere electronically or manually with the operation or functionality of this Website, including but not limited to uploading or making available through whatever means files containing corrupt data, software viruses or any computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment;

 

4.2.4 deface, alter or interfere with the front-end "look and feel" of this Website or the underlying software code;

 

4.2.5 take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Website or its related infrastructure;

 

4.2.6 obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorised access, through whatever means, to any of computers, networks or servers owned or used by the Academy; and/or

 

4.2.7 collect or store personal information about other users of the Website.

 

4.3 You may only use the Website in the capacity of an end-user. You must not, without the prior written permission of the Academy:

 

4.3.1 sell, resell or otherwise exploit; copy or reproduce for the purpose of such sale, resale or exploitation; or carry out an act preparatory to any of the foregoing acts in respect of; any portion of the Website, or documents or information obtained from the Website; or

 

4.3.2 access or use the Website;

 

for providing database, information, service-bureau or other commercial services to third parties.

 

4.4 Without prejudice to any of our other rights, whether at law or otherwise, the Academy reserves the right to deny you access to this Website where it believes in its absolute discretion that you are in breach of any of these Terms and Conditions.

 

4.5 You agree to indemnify and hold REA, its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees and agents, harmless from any claim or demand, including legal fees on an indemnity basis, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of this Website; content you submit, post to or transmit to the Website or to REA; or your violation of these Terms and Conditions or of the rights of any third party.

 

5. REA Programs

 

5.1 REA list of non-exhaustive programs include courses, seminars, workshops, forums, conferences etc

 

5.2 The Superlative Learning SystemTM (SLS) is a proprietary learning system used by REA. Only selected REA programs are SLS-facilitated.

 

5.3 Special Schemes

 

5.3.1 REA's Refund-If-You-Fail Scheme's Terms and Conditions

 

" The Refund-If-You-Fail Scheme is only valid for the Real Estate Salesperson Course (Classroom-based module)
" We will refund you your course fees (excluding admin & other fees) if you have not passed RES after 3 attempts# within 6 months after you have completed your SLS-facilitated course. If you did not sit for the RES exam after finishing the course, you will be disqualified from the Refund-If-You-Fail Scheme.
" You must attempt both papers at least once within 2 months after the official commencement of the course.
" All sessions are compulsory. All assignments must be handed up after each session.
" Before the refund is dispensed, the attendee agree to make a sworn declaration that he has not attended a course under any non SLS-facilitated course provider prior to REA's course/taken the RES exam*
" REA reserves the right to use the names of attendees who have participated in "Refund-If-You-Fail" Scheme for promotional and all other marketing activities.

 

# An attempt means actual attendance of the examination as evidenced by the examination slip.
* Statistically, 90% of our attendees who pass at first try are either totally new entrants to the real estate industry or who has never sat for the respective examination previously. SLS is less effective where the particpant needs to undergo extensive unlearning of wrongly-taught information by other course providers and re-learning of correct material.

 

The Refund-If-You-Fail Scheme does not apply to you if you fall into the following categories:
" You have not attended all the sessions**.
" You have not handed up your assignment/s after each session**.
" You have attempted the RES exam once before attending REA's SLS-facilitated course**
" You have taken an equivalent course from another agency/course provider before attending REA's SLS-facilitated course**.
" You have chosen to waive your entitlement and re-attend REA's RES course**.

 

** This excludes all members of Real Estate Investment Hub or salespersons from corporate member agencies.

 

5.4 Seats are confirmed only after full payment is made and subject to seat availability

 

5.5 There is no refund for cancellation or withdrawal made upon commencement of the course.

 

5.6 In the event that a refund is requested before the commencement of the course, only the course fee is refundable. If the participant qualifies for the Refund-If-You-Fail Scheme, he or she is entitled to a refund upon signing the acceptance of refund letter. Any admin fee and/or any premiums paid are non-refundable.

 

5.7 The participant is entitled to one replacement. Substitution must be made within one month of signing up for the course. Once substituted, you are not entitled to any Special Scheme and other preferential scheme that Real Estate Academy offers from time-to-time. The replacement is not entitled to any extra service and benefits on top of course attendance.

 

5.8 REA reserves all rights to amend the composition of the relevant lecturing team or venues and time for the lectures should the circumstances require.

5.9 In the event that assessment of academic qualification in lien of GCE 'O' level passes is required, REA will levy an admin fee of $100 which is refundable upon the applicant taking up our RES course.

 

5.10 REA reserves right to reject application and to refund pro-rate fees minus admin fees and material costs

 

5.11 Program fees are not inclusive of examination fees.

 

6. REA Real Estate Investment Hub

 

6.1 REA reserves the right to refuse free-of-charge entry to any member of REA Real Estate Investment Hub for REA Events, including Sharing and Networking Sessions, Meet-The-Gurus Dialogue Sessions, Public Forums etc if the member is unable to produce his or her REA's Membership Card or Legal Access Affiliate Card as proof of membership at the entrance to the event.

 

6.2 REA reserves the right to terminate the membership of undesirable members and refund any membership fee on a pro-rated basis to the member, after deducting expenses e.g. administrative fees, card replacement fees etc and affiliate commissions collected by the member, upon the member surrendering his or her REA Membership Card or Legal Access Affiliate Card.

 

6.3 REA reserve the rights to terminate the membership of members in the event any information given during registration is false (e.g. members must be 18 years and above).

 

6.4 The REA Membership Card or Legal Access Affiliate Card is the property of REA and shall be surrendered to REA on termination/expiry of REA membership. If the card is not returned to REA, a forfeiture fee of $50 will be levied. This is considered a debt owing to REA in the event of expiry and/or deducted off any pro-rated refunded amount in the event of termination.

 

6.5 In the event that the membership is terminated, the member's participation in the REA Affiliate Program will be discontinued as well.

 

 

8. Miscellaneous

 

8.1 These Terms and Conditions contain all the terms of your agreement with REA relating to your use of the Website, and supersede any prior agreements, if any, between you and REA.

 

8.2 REA may modify these Terms and Conditions at any time. Such modification shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Terms and Conditions on this Website. Accordingly, your continued or subsequent access or use of this Website shall be deemed to be your acceptance of the modified Terms and Conditions.

 

8.3 You agree that notices and legal process may be sent to you or served on you either personally, through the post, or by e-mail.

 

8.4 In the event that you commence any legal action of any kind, including any letter of demand, against REA or its directors, employees or subsidiaries, REA reserves the right to suspend or terminate all future services and benefits of its programs from the date of commencement of such legal action. You also undertake to pay for REA's entire legal fees, legal cost and ancillary cost, should the matter be brought before any court of law and the court gives judgement in REA's favour.

 

8.5 The failure of REA to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, you agree that the court should endeavour to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and that the other provisions of these Terms and Conditions remain in full force and effect.

 

8.6 The section headings in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect.

 

8.7 Your use of this Website, any downloaded material from it and the operation of these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Singapore and you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore Courts. REA reserves the right, if it sees fit, to bring proceedings in the courts of the country of your residence.

 

8.8 Neither your use of the Website nor these Terms and Conditions creates any relationship of principal and agent or solicitor and client between any of REA's officers, employees or agents on the one hand and you on the other, and none of the content of the Website should be construed as legal advice.

 

8.9 None of these Terms and Conditions shall be enforceable under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (Cap 53B) by a person who is not a party to it.

 

9.0 Disclaimer, Privacy Policy and Copyrights

 

(a) Disclaimer

 

Real Estate Academy maintains this web site as a service to its students, staff and members of the public. You are invited to visit our web site to surf subject to restrictions outlined below.

 

No Warranties and Limitation of Liability
All information and materials published on this web site are provided without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

 

Real Estate Academy uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and updated information in this web site; however, we do not make any warranties or representations as to its accuracy or completeness.

 

Real Estate Academy reserves the right to add, change, improve or update the information and materials on this web site without notice.

 

Real Estate Academy assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of its Web site.

 

Real Estate Academy assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content of its Web site.

 

Your use of this Web site is at your own risk. Under no circumstances shall Real Estate Academy, or any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this Web site's contents be liable to you or any other person for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your access to, or use of, this Web site.

 

Links to Third-Party Sites
This Web site contains links to third-party Web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of Real Estate Academy, and Real Estate Academy is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Real Estate Academy is providing these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site by Real Estate Academy.

 

(b) Privacy policy

 

Real Estate Academy maintains a strict confidentiality policy on all personal data submitted by users and Real Estate Academy will not release such information to anyone without the prior consent of the users.

 

The personal data of each individual user will only be transmitted and disclosed to Corporate Clients of Real Estate Academy who have made specific requests for such data only if and when the user has given consent.

 

Individual users are entitled to access his/her own personal data (subject to prior confirmation of identity) kept with Real Estate Academy and may edit or amend such
personal data at any time.

 

Subject to legal requirements, the personal data of each individual will be retained by Real Estate Academy after deactivation of the Service until the individual formally requests Real Estate Academy to erase his/her own personal data from Real Estate Academy's database.

 

(c) Copyrights

 

Use of Logo
Use, reproduction, copying, or redistribution of the Real Estate Academy logo is strictly prohibited without written permission from Real Estate Academy. Any further comment or question pertaining this matter can be directed to enquiry@rea.sg