Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 1, 2026
Last Updated: October 1, 2026

Maine Fire House Buyer (“Maine Fire House Buyer,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy.

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

Maine 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, contract purchaser, acquisition partner, property-acquisition business, assignee, licensed real estate professional, or other prospective purchaser.

By 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 real estate and property databases;
  • From advertising and analytics providers;
  • From telecommunications providers;
  • From service providers;
  • From prospective purchasers;
  • From licensed real estate professionals;
  • From affiliates and business partners; and
  • From other lawful sources.

2. Information You Provide

When you request an offer, complete 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;
  • Ownership information;
  • 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;
  • Heating-system 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;
  • Road or access information;
  • Homeowners-association or road-association information;
  • Probate information;
  • Foreclosure or mortgage-default information;
  • Inheritance information;
  • Insurance information;
  • Insurance-claim information;
  • Flood information;
  • Hazardous-material information;
  • Photographs;
  • Videos;
  • Fire-department 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, commercial databases, property-data providers, prospective purchasers, and other lawful sources.

Information may include:

  • Ownership records;
  • Municipal or county property records;
  • Property-tax records;
  • Registry-of-deeds records;
  • Recorded deeds;
  • Mortgages;
  • 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-hazard information;
  • Shoreland information;
  • Fire or disaster information;
  • Property-condition information;
  • Road and access information;
  • Association information;
  • Real estate market information; and
  • Other publicly or commercially available information.

We may combine information obtained from those sources with information you provide.

4. Information Collected Automatically

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

  • 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;
  • Measure Website traffic;
  • Understand Website usage;
  • Determine which advertisements generated property inquiries;
  • Attribute leads to 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 according to their own privacy practices.

6. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

  • Respond to property inquiries;
  • Respond to cash-offer requests;
  • Research submitted properties;
  • Verify ownership;
  • Evaluate property characteristics;
  • Evaluate fire, smoke, water, structural, electrical, heating-system, or other damage;
  • Review repair information;
  • Review insurance information;
  • Estimate property values;
  • Estimate repair and renovation expenses;
  • Estimate acquisition, holding, closing, and resale expenses;
  • Determine whether we or another prospective purchaser may be interested;
  • Match homeowners with prospective cash buyers;
  • Route property opportunities to purchasers, investors, or real estate professionals;
  • 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, brokers, attorneys, title companies, closing professionals, inspectors, contractors, lenders, insurers, and other transaction participants;
  • Maintain inquiry and transaction records;
  • Follow up regarding previously submitted properties;
  • Provide customer support;
  • Operate and improve the Website;
  • Conduct analytics;
  • Measure marketing performance;
  • Advertise our services;
  • Prevent fraud, spam, abuse, and security incidents;
  • Protect our systems and users;
  • Maintain legal, tax, accounting, and compliance records;
  • Enforce agreements and policies;
  • Comply with applicable law; and
  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

7. Lead Generation and Buyer Matching

Maine 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 or transaction partners.

Recipients may include:

  • Affiliated real estate businesses;
  • Independent cash buyers;
  • Real estate investors;
  • Local property buyers;
  • Contract purchasers;
  • Property-acquisition businesses;
  • Investment groups;
  • Redevelopment businesses;
  • Contractors interested in acquiring property;
  • Acquisition partners;
  • Holders or purchasers of contractual interests where lawful;
  • Licensed Maine real estate professionals; and
  • Other prospective purchasers.

Recipients may use information to:

  • Research the property;
  • Evaluate property condition;
  • Estimate repairs;
  • Determine whether they are interested;
  • Estimate investment or resale value;
  • Prepare or communicate an offer;
  • Contact you regarding the property;
  • Conduct due diligence;
  • Negotiate transaction terms; or
  • Facilitate a possible transaction.

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

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

8. Real Estate Brokerage and Lead Routing

Maine regulates real estate brokerage services performed on behalf of another person for compensation or an expectation of compensation.

Depending on how a buyer-matching, referral, negotiation, property-marketing, finder, option, assignment, or compensation arrangement is structured, Maine real estate licensing requirements may apply.

Where legally required:

  • Regulated brokerage activity will be conducted through appropriately licensed persons or entities;
  • Required brokerage disclosures will be provided;
  • Referral and compensation practices will comply with applicable law; and
  • Personal information will be processed consistently with applicable professional duties.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy represents that an independent prospective purchaser is our agent or that we are the seller’s real estate broker.

9. How We Disclose Personal Information

Service Providers

We may disclose information to providers of:

  • 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:

  • Cash buyers;
  • Real estate investors;
  • Contract purchasers;
  • Property-acquisition businesses;
  • Acquisition partners;
  • Licensed real estate professionals;
  • Permitted contractual-interest purchasers or assignees; and
  • Other prospective purchasers.

Transaction Participants

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

  • Buyers;
  • Sellers;
  • Brokers;
  • Attorneys;
  • Title companies;
  • Closing professionals;
  • 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;
  • Reorganization;
  • 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 government 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.

10. Lead Transfers, Sale, Sharing, and Targeted Advertising

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

Depending on the privacy law applicable to a particular consumer and the structure of the arrangement, a transfer may be characterized as:

  • A sale;
  • Sharing;
  • A referral;
  • A marketing disclosure;
  • A consumer-directed disclosure;
  • A business transfer; or
  • Another form of disclosure.

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

Where an applicable law gives a consumer 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.

11. Maine Consumer Privacy Law

As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, Maine does not have a generally applicable comprehensive private-sector consumer privacy statute providing ordinary businesses with a statewide access, correction, deletion, portability, targeted-advertising-opt-out, and personal-data-sale-opt-out framework comparable to the comprehensive laws enacted in some other states.

Maine considered several comprehensive privacy proposals, including proposals during the 132nd Legislature, but those proposals did not become law.

Accordingly, Maine residents do not necessarily have a general statewide statutory right applicable to every private business to:

  • Access all personal information held about them;
  • Correct all personal information;
  • Delete all personal information;
  • Obtain data portability;
  • Opt out of every transfer or sale;
  • Opt out of targeted advertising; or
  • Appeal every privacy-request decision.

Maine does maintain subject-specific laws concerning:

  • Personal-information security breaches;
  • Broadband Internet privacy;
  • Consumer financial information in specified contexts;
  • Electronic communications;
  • Identity theft;
  • Health information;
  • Children’s information; and
  • Other regulated categories.

Where an applicable Maine or federal law provides a right or obligation, we will comply with that law.

12. Voluntary Privacy Requests

Even where Maine law does not provide a generally applicable consumer privacy right, you may contact us to request:

  • Information concerning personal information associated with you;
  • Correction of inaccurate contact information;
  • Deletion 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 prospective real estate transactions;
  • Contractual records;
  • Tax and accounting requirements;
  • Fraud prevention;
  • Litigation or disputes;
  • Security requirements;
  • Legitimate business needs; and
  • 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 Maine may have additional privacy rights under the laws of their respective states.

Where another state’s privacy law applies to our business and processing activities, qualifying 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 qualifying profiling;
  • Sensitive-data protections;
  • Authorized-agent rights;
  • Universal opt-out preference rights; or
  • Appeals.

Rights vary by jurisdiction and may be subject to statutory thresholds, exemptions, verification procedures, and other limitations.

14. Browser Privacy Signals

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

Maine does not presently impose a generally applicable universal opt-out requirement on every ordinary private Website.

Where another applicable privacy 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 under one universally accepted standard, and the Website may not respond to every traditional Do Not Track signal.

15. 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 unique identification;
  • Religious beliefs;
  • Sexual-orientation information; or
  • Other highly sensitive information unrelated to property evaluation.

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

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

16. Telephone Communications

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

  • Your property;
  • Property research;
  • Your requested cash offer;
  • Scheduling;
  • Buyer matching;
  • Follow-up;
  • Prospective 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 request that calls stop.

17. Recording of Telephone Calls

Maine’s wire and oral communications law generally excludes from the definition of unlawful interception recording by:

  • The sender of the communication;
  • The receiver of the communication; or
  • A person previously authorized by the sender or receiver.

Accordingly, ordinary telephone calls in Maine are generally treated as subject to a one-party recording standard.

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

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

Because another participant may be physically located in a jurisdiction with stricter recording-consent requirements, additional notice or consent may be required.

Where another applicable law requires all-party consent or another recording procedure, we will follow that stricter requirement.

18. Private In-Person Recording

Maine separately restricts certain recording or monitoring activity occurring in a private place.

Accordingly, rules applicable to ordinary telephone calls should not automatically be treated as permission to secretly record every in-person conversation.

Where an in-person conversation occurs in circumstances protected by Maine privacy law, we will obtain legally sufficient consent before recording where required.

19. Text Messages

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

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

Where legally required, 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 applicable law.

Message and data rates may apply.

Message frequency may vary.

Reply STOP to request that applicable messages stop.

Where supported, reply HELP for assistance.

20. Email Communications

We may use your email address to:

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

Applicable promotional emails will provide an unsubscribe mechanism.

21. Data Retention

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

Relevant factors may include:

  • Whether a property inquiry remains active;
  • Whether a property remains of interest to prospective purchasers;
  • Whether a transaction occurred;
  • Potential 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 retention is prohibited by law or no longer reasonably necessary.

22. 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 storage system, security measure, or Internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.

23. Maine Security-Breach Notification

Maine law imposes investigation and notification requirements concerning qualifying breaches of computerized personal information.

Where a qualifying breach occurs, we will:

  • Conduct a reasonable and prompt investigation;
  • Determine whether required notification thresholds have been met;
  • Take measures to determine the scope of the breach;
  • Restore reasonable integrity, security, and confidentiality where appropriate;
  • Notify affected Maine residents as required;
  • Notify appropriate state regulators where required; and
  • Notify consumer reporting agencies where applicable.

Absent a legally permitted law-enforcement delay, qualifying notices generally must be made as expeditiously as possible, without unreasonable delay, and no later than the applicable Maine statutory deadline.

24. 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 ordinary property-offer forms.

If we learn that such information has been collected contrary to applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

25. 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 policies.

26. Information About Other People

If you provide information concerning another:

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

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

27. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

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

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

28. Contact Us

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

Maine Fire House Buyer
Maine
United States

Phone: 857-626-1562
Website: mainefirehousebuyer.com