Contingent consideration represents payments that buyers and sellers will pay or receive after the closing of a transaction based on future performance. While it's possible to have contingently ...

If a governmental entity didn't follow the right procedures as laid out in the bill, then any legal services contract it improperly entered would be void. Texas Capitol in Austin. Photo: Clayton ...

Every business depends upon certain "givens," which range from retaining key personnel, to emergency planning, to credit arrangements. But what happens when a relatively young CEO is killed in an ...

Q: I have been looking for rural property. Many of the larger properties have never been surveyed, and I am reluctant to buy based only on the seller’s (and listing agent’s) “guesstimate” of how much ...

If you’re buying a house, both contingent and pending mean a property is under contract, but each status signals a different stage in the closing process. Contingent homes are still waiting on certain ...

Buying a home is exciting, but you might be concerned about making an offer only to find out the home needs costly repairs and isn’t worth the price. It’s impossible to know a home’s true value until ...