Required Elements of a Real Estate Contract To establish legality, a real estate contract must include a legal purpose, legally competent parties, agreement by offer and acceptance, consideration, and consent.
Generally, all construction contracts in Florida must contain are required to disclose the contractor or subcontractor's registration number issued by the Florida DPBR; if required. Furthermore, all construction contracts should also include a construction defect notice and opportunity to cure provisions.
A Florida real estate lawyer can also draft a real estate contract for you, especially helpful if you are buying or selling in a “for sale by owner” situation without a Realtor involved.
Writing your own contracts is perfectly possible, and legal. But it's also an incredibly bad idea. There's two reasons for this: Property law is complicated. Because it's such a fundamental part of legislation, it's often lots and lots of different laws layered on top of each other.
There are three elements that must be present for a contract to exist: offer, acceptance and consideration. The first step to a contract is an offer. An offer is a written or spoken statement by one of his or her intention to be held to a commitment upon acceptance of the offer.
The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle, bus or other vehicle on any street or public place of the County, except as a danger warning; the creation by means of any such signaling device of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound; and the sounding of any such device for any unnecessary ...
Miami-Dade County Ordinance 89-95 (Amendment Ord. 05-167) authorized the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Dept. (WASD) to impose and collect connection charges from retail and wholesale customers.
Miami-Dade County Ordinance No. 08-133 applies to all residential properties which are acquired through a Certificate of Title (foreclosures and judgments). Residential properties affected include single-family homes, condominiums, townhouses and duplexes.
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. Installment contracts can provide that installments are to be performed by either one or both parties.
An installment sale has the following primary disadvantages: The sold assets will not receive stepped-up basis in the event of your death.