Should You Accept a Home Sale Contingency in Texas?

Find Out Where the Buyer's Sale Stands Before You Say Yes

Before you accept a home sale contingency, find out how far along the buyer's own sale is. TREC form 10-6, the Texas Real Estate Commission's addendum for this, ties your contract to the buyer getting paid from that sale. A signed contract on their house isn't enough.

Texas listings spent a median of 66 days on the market in September 2026, by Realtor.com's count, published on FRED.

September 2025 ran a day longer, at 67, the most for any September since Realtor.com's Texas series began in July 2016. Back in September 2021, the median was 41. The catch: Realtor.com starts counting on the list date, and depending on its data, the count can stop at the pending date, before the sale closes.

Our view: the days that count run from their list date to their sold date, and the Texas trend belongs in your decision. Ask when their house was listed and whether it's under contract. If it's drawn no interest, we'd take that as a price set too high next to the homes buyers actually want, and your sale would sit until that price comes down.

Set the Dates and the Deposit in TREC Form 10-6

If you accept a buyer's home sale contingency, decide what goes in the blanks of TREC form 10-6, the Texas Real Estate Commission's Addendum for Sale of Other Property by Buyer. TREC's form page lists it as effective 12/05/2011, and Paragraph 22 of form 20-19, the commission's resale contract in effect since 07/01/2026, names it among the addenda.

Under Paragraph A of TREC form 10-6, if the buyer's home sale contingency isn't satisfied or waived by the date written in, the contract terminates automatically and the earnest money is refunded to the buyer.

1. The date, Paragraph A: the form's notice says it should be no later than the closing date in Paragraph 9 of your contract.

2. The waiver window, Paragraph B: if you accept a written offer to sell the house, you notify the buyer of that acceptance and that you require them to waive the contingency. They must waive it by the day you wrote in, counted from your notice, or the contract terminates automatically and their earnest money is refunded. The fewer days you write in, the sooner you know.

3. The extra deposit, Paragraph C: the buyer can waive only by notifying you and depositing the amount you wrote in with the escrow agent, as additional earnest money. Notices and waivers must be in writing.

Once a buyer waives, Paragraph D puts them in default if they fail to close and fund solely because their own sale didn't pay them, and you may use the remedies in Paragraph 15 of the contract. Paragraph E makes time of the essence and requires strict compliance with the times it sets.

Wait on the Buyer's Sale, or Help Pick Your Closing Date

Our view: when you sell, you may spend more time pursuing a higher price. A home sale contingency, written on TREC form 10-6, makes your closing wait on the buyer's own sale as well. If your own timeline counts for more, Cash Flow Deals puts the Fast Cash Offer and the Premium Cash Offer in front of you. The choice is yours, and you can take the time you need to understand it, whether your conversation lasts 10 to 15 minutes or longer.

With the Fast Cash Offer, our team walks through your house once, then Cash Flow Deals buys it as-is and closes. You have no repairs to make, and the inspection period is 15 business days. With the Premium Cash Offer, a pre-approved FHA or conventional buyer we already have, ready to go, pays more and buys directly from you. You first sign with us at a number you agree to and give us permission to bring that buyer in our place. That buyer signs a new contract directly with you, and their lender funds it. Title passes once, from you to them. On the closing statement, we're paid as a separate line item.

We cover repair costs, and we figure out a way, so nothing comes out of your pocket. On Premium, only what the buyer's lender requires gets fixed, with repair costs settled from the sale proceeds, from our share. With Fast Cash, we buy as-is. For either offer, the number is agreed before any work starts, and it changes only if you agree. The one exception: if something structural surfaces that was not visible or disclosed before we signed — foundation issues, hidden moisture, old wiring, cast-iron drain failure — we re-cost it and bring the number back to you. You decide. You can walk away. We disclose what we know at offer time so this almost never happens.

Our existing closing timeline is 45 days or less, and you help pick the date. Confirm the written schedule for the offer you choose before signing.

If the Premium buyer's loan falls through, that is our problem, not yours, and you can still take the Fast Cash Offer at its own number. You choose between the Fast Cash Offer and the Premium Cash Offer; taking Fast Cash means we buy your house as-is after our team's walk-through.