Effective Date: October 8, 2026
Last Updated: October 8, 2026
I Buy Houses With Fire Damage Washington DC, also using the “Firehouse Buyer” branding (“I Buy Houses With Fire Damage Washington DC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), respects your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and otherwise process personal information when you visit ibuyhouseswithfiredamagewashingtondc.com (the “Website”), submit information concerning real estate, request a cash offer, communicate with us, or otherwise interact with our services.
We operate within the District of Columbia real estate investment, cash-buyer, property-acquisition, marketing, and related transaction marketplace.
Depending on the property and transaction structure, we may:
- Evaluate property for potential acquisition;
- Make or facilitate a potential cash offer;
- Purchase property directly;
- Work with affiliated or independent investment partners;
- Conduct or arrange inspections and due diligence;
- Coordinate property access, cleanout, or related services where agreed;
- Work with title companies, settlement providers, attorneys, contractors, engineers, inspectors, appraisers, insurers, and other transaction professionals;
- Acquire contractual or equitable rights;
- Assign contractual rights where legally and contractually permitted;
- Work with appropriately licensed District of Columbia real estate professionals where legally required; or
- Decline a potential transaction.
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 through 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 transaction participants;
- From licensed real estate professionals;
- From affiliates and business partners; and
- From other lawful sources.
2. Information You Provide
When you request an offer, submit a Website form, call 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;
- Authority to communicate concerning the property;
- Property type;
- Property condition;
- Fire damage;
- Smoke or soot damage;
- Firefighting-water damage;
- Structural damage;
- Roof or foundation damage;
- Electrical damage;
- Plumbing damage;
- Heating and cooling information;
- Occupancy information;
- Tenant information where relevant;
- Repair or restoration information;
- Asking price or pricing expectations;
- Desired selling timeline;
- Reason for considering a sale;
- Mortgage or deed-of-trust information voluntarily provided;
- Liens and judgments;
- Property-tax information;
- Probate or estate information;
- Foreclosure or mortgage-default information;
- Insurance information;
- Insurance-claim information;
- Insurance proceeds voluntarily disclosed;
- Photographs;
- Videos;
- Fire-department records;
- Inspection reports;
- Engineering or structural reports;
- Environmental reports;
- Contractor information;
- Repair estimates;
- Permit information;
- Code-enforcement information;
- Ownership or title documents;
- Preferred communication method;
- Preferred contact time; and
- Other information you voluntarily provide.
3. Property and Public-Record Information
When you submit a property, we may research information available through lawful public or commercial sources.
Information may include:
- District ownership records;
- Assessment and tax information;
- Recorder of Deeds records;
- Recorded deeds;
- Mortgages and deeds of trust;
- Liens;
- Judgments;
- Foreclosure-related records;
- Property characteristics;
- Property sales history;
- Estimated values;
- Comparable sales;
- Building permits;
- Repair permits;
- Demolition or raze permits;
- Certificates of Occupancy;
- Code-enforcement information;
- Vacant or blighted building classifications;
- Zoning information;
- Historic-resource information;
- Court records where lawfully available;
- Probate information;
- Rental information where lawfully available;
- Condominium or homeowners-association information;
- Geographic and mapping information;
- Flood information;
- Fire or disaster information;
- Environmental information;
- Property-condition information; and
- Real estate market information.
We may combine this information with information you provide.
4. Information Collected Automatically
When you use the Website, we or service providers acting on our behalf may automatically collect:
- Internet Protocol address;
- Browser type;
- Operating system;
- Device type;
- Device identifiers;
- Approximate geographic location derived from IP address;
- Referring website;
- Referring advertisement;
- Landing page;
- Pages viewed;
- Links clicked;
- Date and time of activity;
- Session information;
- Form interactions;
- Advertising identifiers;
- Marketing-campaign information;
- Lead-source information;
- Conversion information;
- Attribution information; and
- Other technical or Website-use information.
5. Cookies, Pixels, Analytics, and Advertising Technologies
We may use:
- Cookies;
- Pixels;
- Web beacons;
- Tags;
- Scripts;
- Local storage;
- Analytics technologies;
- Advertising identifiers;
- Conversion tracking;
- Call tracking; and
- Similar technologies.
These technologies may help us:
- Operate and secure the Website;
- Prevent fraud and spam;
- Understand Website usage;
- Measure traffic;
- Attribute inquiries to marketing campaigns;
- Measure conversions;
- Evaluate advertising effectiveness;
- Create or measure advertising audiences;
- Support interest-based advertising;
- Improve the Website; and
- Improve our services.
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.
6. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information to:
- Respond to inquiries;
- Respond to requests for cash offers;
- Research submitted properties;
- Verify ownership;
- Verify authority to sell;
- Evaluate property condition;
- Evaluate fire, smoke, water, structural, electrical, or other damage;
- Evaluate property safety and access;
- Review repairs or restoration;
- Review insurance information;
- Evaluate tenant or occupancy matters;
- Estimate property value;
- Estimate restoration, cleanup, permit, holding, closing, and resale expenses;
- Determine whether we wish to acquire a property;
- Prepare or communicate potential offers;
- Contact property owners and authorized representatives;
- Schedule calls, inspections, walkthroughs, or appointments;
- Conduct due diligence;
- Facilitate potential transactions;
- Coordinate cleanout or property services where agreed;
- Coordinate with title companies, settlement providers, attorneys, contractors, inspectors, engineers, appraisers, insurers, and other transaction participants;
- Maintain inquiry and transaction records;
- Follow up regarding submitted properties;
- Operate and improve the Website;
- Conduct analytics;
- Measure marketing performance;
- Advertise our services;
- Prevent fraud, abuse, spam, and security incidents;
- Maintain legal, tax, accounting, and compliance records;
- Enforce agreements;
- Comply with law; and
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
7. Direct Property Acquisition
The Website presently describes our services primarily as a direct cash-property-acquisition process.
Submitting information allows us to determine whether we may wish to acquire a property.
A Website submission does not itself create:
- A binding cash offer;
- A purchase agreement;
- A brokerage relationship;
- An agency relationship;
- A fiduciary relationship; or
- An obligation to buy or sell.
8. Affiliates, Investment Partners, and Assignees
Depending on a transaction, information may be disclosed to:
- Affiliated acquisition businesses;
- Investment partners;
- Co-investors;
- Prospective assignees;
- Licensed real estate professionals;
- Title companies;
- Settlement or escrow providers;
- Attorneys;
- Inspectors;
- Contractors;
- Engineers;
- Appraisers;
- Insurance professionals; and
- Other transaction participants.
Any assignment, referral, brokerage, or other regulated activity will be handled subject to applicable District law.
9. Tenant and Rental Information
Where property is tenant-occupied or was recently occupied by tenants, we may process information reasonably necessary to evaluate:
- Existing tenancies;
- Lease terms;
- Rent;
- Security deposits;
- Housing-code issues;
- Fire-related displacement;
- Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act rights;
- Notices concerning a potential sale;
- Tenant purchase rights;
- Tenant organization rights;
- Relocation or possession issues; and
- Other matters relevant to District landlord-tenant law.
We will not treat a property’s physical vacancy following a fire as proof that all tenant rights have ended.
10. Service Providers
We may disclose information to service providers supporting:
- Website hosting;
- Website forms;
- Customer relationship management;
- Lead management;
- Telephone services;
- Call tracking;
- Lawful call recording;
- 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.
11. Business Transactions
Information may be transferred or disclosed in connection with an actual or proposed:
- Merger;
- Acquisition;
- Financing;
- Reorganization;
- Affiliate restructuring;
- Sale of assets;
- Bankruptcy; or
- Similar transaction.
12. Legal and Safety Disclosures
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with law;
- Respond to legal process;
- Respond to lawful governmental requests;
- Investigate fraud or unlawful conduct;
- Protect rights or property;
- Protect another person’s safety;
- Protect our systems;
- Enforce agreements; or
- Establish or defend legal claims.
13. District of Columbia Consumer Privacy Framework
As of October 8, 2026, the District of Columbia has not enacted a generally applicable comprehensive private-sector consumer privacy statute comparable to the comprehensive privacy laws currently effective in many states.
The District of Columbia Government Data Privacy and Protection Act of 2026, Bill 26-670, concerns District government agencies and remained pending during 2026 rather than establishing a CCPA-style private-business privacy regime.
Other District and federal laws nevertheless regulate:
- Information security;
- Data breaches;
- Consumer protection;
- Financial information;
- Health information;
- Communications;
- Children’s information;
- Biometrics in certain contexts; and
- Other specialized information.
14. Voluntary Privacy Requests
Even where District law does not create a comprehensive access/deletion regime applicable to all information held by every private business, 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 requirements;
- Existing or potential transactions;
- Contract records;
- Tax and accounting obligations;
- Fraud prevention;
- Litigation;
- Security needs;
- Legitimate business recordkeeping; and
- Rights of other persons.
Offering a voluntary request process does not create statutory rights that otherwise do not exist.
15. Residents of Other Jurisdictions
Consumers residing outside the District may have additional rights under another applicable privacy statute.
Depending on the jurisdiction, those rights may include:
- Access;
- Correction;
- Deletion;
- Portability;
- Sale or sharing opt-outs;
- Targeted-advertising opt-outs;
- Profiling rights;
- Sensitive-data protections;
- Authorized-agent rights;
- Preference-signal rights; and
- Appeals.
16. Browser Privacy Signals
Some browsers transmit privacy preference signals such as Global Privacy Control.
The District does not presently impose one general requirement on every private Website to recognize those signals for all ordinary personal information.
Where another applicable privacy law requires us to recognize a qualifying signal, we will process it as required.
17. Sensitive Information
Our ordinary property-inquiry forms are not designed to collect unnecessary highly sensitive information such as:
- Social Security numbers;
- Banking passwords;
- Payment-card security codes;
- Medical records;
- Genetic information;
- Biometric identifiers used for unique identification;
- Religious beliefs; or
- Similar information unrelated to a property transaction.
Please do not submit unnecessary sensitive information through ordinary Website forms.
Information legitimately required for settlement may be collected separately by appropriate transaction professionals.
18. Telephone Communications
If you provide a telephone number, we may use it to communicate concerning:
- Your property;
- Property research;
- Scheduling;
- Inspections;
- Offers;
- Follow-up;
- Potential transactions; and
- Related services.
Where federal or District law requires additional consent before regulated automated, prerecorded, artificial-voice, or marketing communications are made, legally required consent will be obtained.
You may request that calls stop.
19. Recording of Calls and Communications
The District of Columbia generally permits a private participant in a wire or oral communication to record the communication where:
- The recorder is a party to the communication; or
- One participant has given prior consent,
unless the interception is for the purpose of committing a criminal, tortious, or other injurious act.
We or providers acting on our behalf may record communications for legitimate purposes including:
- Quality assurance;
- Training;
- Documentation;
- Compliance;
- Fraud prevention; and
- Security.
Because another participant may be located in a jurisdiction requiring all-party consent, additional notice or consent may be required.
Where another applicable jurisdiction imposes a stricter requirement, we will follow that requirement.
20. Text Messages
If you provide a mobile telephone number and applicable consent, we may communicate by text concerning:
- Your inquiry;
- Your property;
- Scheduling;
- Inspections;
- Offers;
- Follow-up; and
- Potential transactions.
Where required, additional consent will be obtained before regulated automated or marketing messages 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.
Reply STOP to request that applicable messages stop.
21. Email Communications
We may use your email address to:
- Respond to inquiries;
- Communicate concerning your property;
- Provide potential-offer information;
- Schedule calls or visits;
- Send transaction information;
- Follow up; and
- Send promotional communications where permitted.
Applicable promotional emails will contain an unsubscribe mechanism.
22. Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Relevant considerations may include:
- Whether an inquiry remains active;
- Whether property remains of acquisition interest;
- Potential follow-up;
- Whether a transaction occurred;
- Contract requirements;
- Real-estate recordkeeping;
- Legal requirements;
- Tax and accounting obligations;
- Fraud prevention;
- Litigation;
- Insurance matters; and
- Legitimate business recordkeeping needs.
23. Information Security
District law requires persons or entities handling personal information concerning District residents to implement and maintain reasonable security safeguards appropriate to:
- The nature of the personal information; and
- The nature and size of the entity or operation.
We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized:
- Access;
- Acquisition;
- Use;
- Disclosure;
- Alteration;
- Loss; and
- Destruction.
Where qualifying personal information is disclosed to a nonaffiliated service provider under a written agreement, legally required service-provider security terms will be maintained.
No security system can be guaranteed completely secure.
24. District of Columbia Security-Breach Notification
Where District security-breach law applies, we will investigate a suspected breach and provide required notifications.
Notice to affected District residents generally must be made:
- Promptly;
- In the most expedient time possible; and
- Without unreasonable delay,
subject to permitted law-enforcement and system-restoration considerations.
If a qualifying breach affects 50 or more District residents, written notice generally must also be provided promptly to the Office of the Attorney General and no later than the time consumer notices are provided.
If notice must be provided to more than 1,000 people, qualifying nationwide consumer reporting agencies generally must also be notified without unreasonable delay.
25. Identity-Theft Protection for Certain Breaches
Where a qualifying breach includes or is reasonably believed to include a District resident’s Social Security number or taxpayer-identification number, District law can require the affected entity to offer qualifying identity-theft protection services without charge for at least 18 months.
26. Children
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.
27. Third-Party Websites and Services
The Website may link to or integrate with third-party websites or services.
We do not control third-party:
- Privacy practices;
- Security;
- Content;
- Products;
- Services;
- Availability; or
- Conduct.
28. Information About Other People
If you provide information concerning another:
- Property owner;
- Co-owner;
- Heir;
- Family member;
- Personal representative;
- Executor;
- Administrator;
- Trustee;
- Tenant;
- Agent; or
- Other person,
you represent that you have authority or another lawful basis to provide that information.
29. 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 it.
30. Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or privacy requests may be directed to:
I Buy Houses With Fire Damage Washington DC / Firehouse Buyer
Washington, District of Columbia
United States
Website: ibuyhouseswithfiredamagewashingtondc.com