1.   And the only thing more risky than that, he said, is to waive the contingency clause entirely.

2.   If the primary is moved back much further, the hotel has the right to bump the students, according to a special contingency clause in their contract.

3.   Nardi said that mortgage contingency clauses found in most standard real estate contracts are misleading in several respects.

4.   Other buyers take the risk, sometimes successfully, of forgoing standard contingency clauses in the contract to rivet the interest of the seller.

5.   Similar contingency clauses have become routine in a market where there are still many more buyers than sellers.

6.   That becomes even more important, he said, for buyers who may consider locking a seller into a deal by waiving the mortgage contingency clause.

7.   That is not a problem for a buyer if the mortgage contingency clause is still in effect at the time the appraisal is received.

8.   Franchione said the contract has no contingency clauses related to possible future NCAA sanctions.