It sounds more like a deed of conveyance.

For the deed to be valid it must contain consideration, and a nominal amount has been common for a long time.

Words to the effect that the money has also been received are also common.

Thanks. There is a warranty deed which also has $10 on it, but there's also a bill of sale (it says bill of sale right on it).

No idea what that is for.

Ask you attorney.

Bill of sale is for personal property such as refrigerator, washer, dryer and drapes etc.
Warranty deed is for the real estate.

p.s. The $10 is for "consideration" only.

Thanks. That's what I thought about the bill of sale, that it would not be for the house. We're not selling any personal property.

I'll ask my attorney why we need it. Since this came from my attorney, I probably should trust it, but I think it's always better to try to check things out myself, because you just never know. For example ...

The last time I was looking to buy a house, I was concerned about a room that had been added without a permit. I asked my RE attorney about it, and he said since it had been done so long ago, it would have been grandfathered in after "five or six" years. I did some research on the internet and learned that that was WRONG - it's never grandfathered in. I didn't buy the house and I hired a new attorney. My RE agent (a buyer's agent) was trying to gloss it over, too.

Sorry, just a little rant I couldn't hold back.

Sounds like a sort of dumb way to ensure that anything you might have left behind is clearly now the new owner's property.

It also sounds like a complete waste of time.

I'm getting it now. There's an "if any" in there, which means if there's any other property (in the non real estate sense) being sold in the contract. Nothing else is explicitly being sold, but it must be a standard form this lawyer uses. The word "property" made me think of THE property being sold.

Thanks Brickeyee and Berniek for helping me understand. I feel so much better understanding what I am signing.