Terms of Use

Last Updated: January 30, 2026

Welcome to Base Pivot. By accessing or using our website, subscribing to our newsletter, or using our tools, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use our services.

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Base Pivot. We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time. Your continued use of our services after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the modified terms.

2. Description of Service

Base Pivot provides:

  • Educational content about Montreal real estate market trends
  • Neighborhood analysis and guides
  • Free calculators and decision-making tools
  • A free weekly newsletter (The Montreal Market Brief)

All services are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.

3. Acceptable Use

You agree to use our services only for lawful purposes. You may not:

  • Use our tools or content for illegal activities
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems
  • Scrape, copy, or reproduce our content without permission
  • Use our services to transmit spam or malicious code
  • Misrepresent your identity or affiliation

4. Intellectual Property

All content on Base Pivot, including text, graphics, logos, and software, is owned by Base Pivot or its licensors and is protected by copyright and intellectual property laws.

Permitted Uses:

  • Personal, non-commercial use of our content
  • Sharing links to our articles on social media
  • Brief quotations with proper attribution

Prohibited Uses:

  • Republishing our content without permission
  • Using our content for commercial purposes
  • Removing copyright notices or attributions

5. User Content

If you submit content to Base Pivot (e.g., through contact forms or comments), you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, and display that content.

You represent that any content you submit does not violate third-party rights or applicable laws.

6. Newsletter Subscription

By subscribing to our newsletter, you:

  • Consent to receive weekly emails from Base Pivot
  • Acknowledge you can unsubscribe at any time
  • Agree that we may track email opens and clicks for analytics

7. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of these websites. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

Our services are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not guarantee that:

  • Our content is accurate, complete, or current
  • Our services will be uninterrupted or error-free
  • Defects will be corrected
  • Our tools will produce specific results

9. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Base Pivot shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of our services.

This includes, but is not limited to, damages for:

  • Financial losses from real estate decisions
  • Loss of data or content
  • Business interruption
  • Personal injury

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Base Pivot, its owners, employees, and affiliates from any claims, damages, or expenses arising from your use of our services or violation of these terms.

11. Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict of law principles.

12. Dispute Resolution

Any disputes arising from these terms or your use of our services shall be resolved through binding arbitration in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, except where prohibited by law.

13. Termination

We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to our services at any time, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties, or for any other reason.

14. Severability

If any provision of these terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

15. Contact Information

If you have questions about these Terms of Use, contact us:

By using Base Pivot, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy.