Where must a Better Homes And Gardens Real Estate franchisee place the required disclaimer?
Better_Homes_And_Gardens_Real_Estate Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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RECEIPT
This disclosure document summarizes certain provisions of the Franchise Agreement and other information in plain language. Read this disclosure document and all agreements carefully.
If Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC ("we" or "us") offers you a franchise, we must provide this disclosure document to you 14 calendar-days before you sign a binding agreement with, or make a payment to, us or an affiliate in connection with the proposed franchise sale. Iowa and New York require that we give you this disclosure document at the earlier of the first personal meeting or 14 calendar days (10 business days in New York) before the execution of the franchise or other agreement or the payment of any consideration that relates to the franchise relationship. Michigan requires that we give you this disclosure document at least 10 business days before the execution of any binding franchise or other agreement or the payment of any consideration, whichever occurs first.
If we do not deliver this disclosure document on time or if it contains a false or misleading statement, or a material omission, a violation of federal and state law may have occurred and should be reported to the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. 20580 and those state administrators listed in Exhibit B.
The franchisor is Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC and is located at 175 Park Avenue, Madison, New Jersey 07940. Our telephone number is (973) 407-7401.
Date of Issuance: March 28, 2025
The franchise sellers involved in offering and selling the franchise to you are listed below with a principal business address of 175 Park Ave., Madison, NJ 07940, and telephone number of (973) 407-7401; or will be provided to you separately before you sign the Franchise Agreement:
Name Christopher Nichols Ginger Wilcox We list our registered agents authorized to receive service of process in Exhibit B. I have received a disclosure document with a date of issuance of March 28, 2025 that included the following Exhibits:
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 76)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Franchise Disclosure Document, the document summarizes certain provisions of the Franchise Agreement and other information in plain language. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate requires that the franchisee read the disclosure document and all agreements carefully.
Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate must provide the disclosure document to the franchisee 14 calendar days before the franchisee signs a binding agreement with, or makes a payment to, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate or an affiliate in connection with the proposed franchise sale. Iowa and New York require that Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate give the franchisee this disclosure document at the earlier of the first personal meeting or 14 calendar days (10 business days in New York) before the execution of the franchise or other agreement or the payment of any consideration that relates to the franchise relationship. Michigan requires that Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate give the franchisee this disclosure document at least 10 business days before the execution of any binding franchise or other agreement or the payment of any consideration, whichever occurs first.
The disclosure document indicates that if Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate does not deliver the disclosure document on time or if it contains a false or misleading statement, or a material omission, a violation of federal and state law may have occurred and should be reported to the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C. 20580 and those state administrators listed in Exhibit B. The Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate franchisor is located at 175 Park Avenue, Madison, New Jersey 07940, and their telephone number is (973) 407-7401. The date of issuance for the disclosure document is March 28, 2025.
The franchise sellers involved in offering and selling the franchise are listed with a principal business address of 175 Park Ave., Madison, NJ 07940, and telephone number of (973) 407-7401; or will be provided separately before the franchisee signs the Franchise Agreement. The registered agents authorized to receive service of process are listed in Exhibit B. The franchisee must acknowledge receipt of a disclosure document with a date of issuance of March 28, 2025, that included specified Exhibits.