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Sale or Lease of Property ContingencyThe Kick-Out Clause and Contingency period

4/14/2023

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The Sale or Lease of Property Contingency is quite flexible and can be used to either
the buyer’s or the seller’s advantage, depending on the market and the situation. Part
1 of the discussion of the Sale or Lease of Property Contingency included various
options or advantages available to the buyer and seller in the contingency as well as
the process required to exercise the kick out clause.

Drilling a bit deeper, the GAR form contemplates termination of a contingency contract
in 2 ways: 1) Exercise of the Kick Out Clause and 2) Expiration of the Contingency
Period.

The Kick Out Clause
Section 7 of the sale or lease contingency presents alternatives as to whether some or
none of the contingencies in the contract remain in place. This can be confusing, so
here’s the simple explanation by way of different scenarios.
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Scenario 1
Contract 1, fully executed, includes a sale or lease contingency with a 24 hour kick out
clause.
Contract 2, a bona fide offer, comes along and Seller wants to accept it, so Seller
sends a 24-hour Notice to Buyer 1 to remove the Kick Out by amendment or Seller can
terminate. Buyer 1 thinks the deal is great and that his current house will sell quickly,
so, wanting to hold on to the house, Buyer 1 delivers an amendment to the Seller,
agreeing to remove the contingencies and due diligence period that Buyer 1 agreed to
in the original contract. In this case, the Buyer had agreed to section (A) in the
purchase agreement, so the amendment says that all contingencies and the Due
Diligence Period are removed from the contract. The sale becomes an all-cash
transaction with the Buyer’s earnest money at risk.
Scenario 2
In this scenario, the buyer chose alternative (B), but marked that only the Sale or
Lease Contingency would be removed from the contract. The Due Diligence Period,
the Right to Request Repairs, the Financing Contingency and the Appraisal
Contingency are still in the contract. If timing is appropriate and the financing fails, the
appraisal is low or there is still time to terminate in the Due Diligence Period, the buyer
can still exercise his rights under those provisions.
Had the seller marked additional provision in (B), that the Sale or Lease Contingency,
the Due Diligence Period, the Right to Request Repairs and identified special
stipulations would no longer be a part of the agreement, then only the finance and
appraisal contingencies would remain a part of the agreement.

Scenario 3
The Buyer cannot take the risk that the Existing Pending Contract will close n the
Contingency Period. The Buyer does not respond with an amendment removing
agreed contingencies. The Seller can terminate and accept Contract 2.

Expiration of the Contingency Period
Either with or without a Kick-Out included in the Sale or Lease Contingency, expiration
of the Contingency Period automatically terminates the contract.

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Scenario
Buyer 1 has an outside date in the Sale or Lease Contingency by which their house
must close or the contract terminates. That date is April 10, 2023. Buyer 2 has
presented an offer with a back-up exhibit in their contract. The Seller really wants
Contract 1 to close, but also does not want to lose Contract 2, so he either does not
exercise his right to the Kick-Out provision or there is no Kick-Out provision. Seller
agrees to Contract #2 with a back-up contingency. On April 11, 2023, at the expiration
of the Contingency Period, Contract 1 automatically terminates. Seller sends
appropriate notices and Contract 2 moves into Primary position. The Kick-Out was not
necessary to terminate Contract 1. The termination was automatic after the
Contingency Period expired.

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Reference: GAR F601, Sale or Lease of Buyer’s Property Contingency Exhibit
April 12, 2023
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