does a consideration have to be money
Consideration is the price paid for the promise. When thinking of consideration, one must think in terms of legal value as opposed to economic value. While economic value (e.g., money) is the most common form of consideration, consideration does not have to involve money. In order for a contract to be enforceable, each party to the contract must change his or her legal position in some way. Deeds in many, if not most, cases do not recite the actual sales price.