Used, Useful Tool. Installment agreements (sometimes called contracts for deed) have been used for many years in both residential and commercial transactions as an alternative to mortgage financing.
An instalment sale agreement between you and a credit provider allows you to buy a vehicle or asset using the principal debt, which you repay by means of regular instalments over an agreed period, with fees and interest.
An installment contract is a single contract that is completed by a series of performances –such as payments, performances of a service, or delivery of goods–rather than being performed all at one time.
MCL - Act 224 of 1966. AN ACT to regulate retail installment sales transactions, agreements, charges and disclosures; and to provide for the enforcement thereof and penalties for violations. Retail installment sales act; short title. Truth in lending act; effect of compliance.