February 5, 2010. To live within your means, you must know your net financial expenses. These are the monthly total of your fixed, variable and discretionary expenses. To calculate your net financial expenses, you need your total fixed monthly expenses and your average monthly variable expenses.
In sum, there are essentially six elements to a contract. For a contract to be considered valid, there must be an offer, acceptance by another party, an exchange of something of value or consideration, mutually agreed upon terms, both parties must be free of mental illness and the terms must not break any laws.
A contract may not be implied where an enforceable express contract exists between the parties as to the same subject matter. To establish the existence of an implied in fact contract, it is necessary to show: an unambiguous offer, unambiguous acceptance, mutual intent to be bound, and consideration. However, these elements may be established by the conduct of the parties rather than through express written or oral agreements.