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Lead Disclosure Policy

How CREN should explain and record form submissions, lead routing, paid relationships, and consumer expectations.

Effective date: 2026-08-29

Review status: Owner execution version. Contact CREN for notices; not attorney approval.

When CREN routes a request

When a user asks for help with renting, buying, selling, investing, listing a business, advertising, or contacting a provider, CREN may respond directly. If disclosed in the form or policy, CREN may route the request to a relevant advertiser, sponsor, profile owner, service provider, agent, apartment community, lender, property manager, or partner.

Compensation disclosure

  • Disclose whether a recipient is paid, sponsored, affiliate, free, manually selected, or not compensated.
  • Disclose whether CREN may receive a flat advertising fee, subscription fee, profile fee, affiliate commission, referral fee, or other compensation.
  • Do not launch referral-fee, lender, insurance, brokerage, or investment-related compensation without legal review.

No guarantees

  • CREN does not guarantee response, availability, price, rent, rate, fee, lease approval, loan approval, closing, investment result, professional quality, or legal compliance.
  • Users should compare multiple providers and independently verify licenses, credentials, reviews, public records, and contract terms.

Consent log

  • Store consent text version, policy version, timestamp, source route, persona, requested recipient category, compensation-disclosure category, and routing outcome.
  • Make consent text specific enough for email, phone, SMS, lead routing, and partner contact to be distinguished.