Terms of Use

Effective August 11, 2026. Last updated August 11, 2026.

These terms are an agreement between you and Longleaf Labs, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (“we”, “us”), covering the Shorty website at buyshorty.com, the web app at app.buyshorty.com, and the Shorty iOS app (together, “Shorty”). By using Shorty you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use Shorty.

1. Who may use Shorty

Shorty is private. Accounts are created by invitation, there is no public sign-up, and you may use Shorty only with an account we or your household issued to you. You must be at least 18 years old, and you must be able to form a binding contract.

2. Your account

Your account is identified by your phone number, and signing in means receiving a code by SMS at that number. Anyone who controls the number can therefore sign in as you: keep the device and the number secure, and tell us promptly at if you lose either or believe someone else has access. You are responsible for what is done through your account. Do not share it, and do not let anyone use it who was not invited to your household.

3. What Shorty is — and what it is not

Shorty is a research and organizing tool. Its revenue projections, occupancy figures, returns, scores, and flags are estimates derived from third-party data and from assumptions you set yourself. They are frequently wrong in the ordinary way that any forecast is wrong, and the underlying listing data comes from providers we do not control and cannot guarantee.

Nothing in Shorty is investment, financial, tax, legal, or real estate advice, and using it creates no advisory or fiduciary relationship of any kind. In particular, a regulatory or legality flag on a listing is a prompt to go and read the actual local ordinance — it is not a determination that a property may or may not be rented short-term. Independently verify anything you intend to act on, with professionals licensed to advise you. Decisions you make are yours.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

5. Your content

Comments, ratings, votes, preferences, and photos you add remain yours. You grant us a non-exclusive license to store, display, and process them for the purpose of operating Shorty — including showing them to the other members of your household, which is their purpose. You are responsible for what you post, and you confirm you have the right to post it.

6. Our content

Shorty, its name, its logo, its software, and its scoring and underwriting logic are ours, and nothing here transfers ownership of them. Listing photographs, descriptions, and market data belong to their respective providers and are shown under our arrangements with them.

7. Availability and changes

Shorty is provided as-is and may change, break, or stop. We may modify or discontinue features, suspend the service for maintenance, or end it entirely. We may suspend or terminate an account that violates these terms. You may stop using Shorty at any time; see deleting your account in the Privacy Policy.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Shorty is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranty of any kind — express, implied, or statutory — including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, or accuracy. We do not warrant that Shorty will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that any estimate, score, or flag it produces is accurate or complete. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so parts of this may not apply to you.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost data, or the cost of substitute services, arising out of or relating to your use of Shorty — including any purchase, sale, or investment decision made in reliance on it — whether in contract, tort, or any other theory, and whether or not we were advised of the possibility. Our total liability for all claims relating to Shorty will not exceed one hundred United States dollars ($100). Some jurisdictions do not allow these limits, so parts of this may not apply to you.

10. Indemnity

You will indemnify and hold us harmless from any claim, loss, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your use of Shorty, your content, or your violation of these terms or of any law or third-party right.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The state and federal courts located in North Carolina have exclusive jurisdiction, and you consent to venue there. Nothing here deprives you of the protection of mandatory consumer-law provisions of the country where you live.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. The effective date at the top changes when we do, and material changes will be communicated to account holders before they take effect. Continuing to use Shorty after that means you accept the updated terms.

13. Terms that apply to the iOS app

The following apply when you use the Shorty iOS app obtained through Apple's App Store. They are the minimum terms Apple requires, and where they conflict with anything above, they control for the iOS app.

13.1 Acknowledgement

This agreement is between you and us only, not with Apple. We, not Apple, are solely responsible for the Shorty app and its content. This agreement does not conflict with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, and you acknowledge Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the app.

13.2 Scope of license

The license granted to you for the app is a non-transferable license to use it on any Apple-branded product that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, except that it may be accessed by other accounts associated with you via Family Sharing or volume purchasing.

13.3 Maintenance and support

We are solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services for the app, as specified in these terms or as required by applicable law. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services for the app.

13.4 Warranty

We are solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed above. If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the app to you — Shorty is free of charge, so that amount is zero. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the app, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty are our sole responsibility.

13.5 Product claims

We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the app or your possession and use of it, including: product liability claims; any claim that the app fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation, including in connection with the app's use of any framework for handling health or fitness data (Shorty uses none).

13.6 Intellectual property rights

In the event of any third-party claim that the app or your possession and use of it infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of that claim.

13.7 Legal compliance

You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

13.8 Developer name and address

Questions, complaints, or claims about the app go to Longleaf Labs, LLC, , North Carolina, United States.

13.9 Third-party terms

You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the app — for example, the terms of your wireless data service.

13.10 Third-party beneficiary

You acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple's subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of this agreement, and that upon your acceptance of it Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce it against you as a third-party beneficiary of it.

14. Contact

Longleaf Labs, LLC

North Carolina, United States