How exactly do you make a contract?

Question

I am only planning to wholesale for now, so I know I'd need a purchase/sale contract and an assignment contract. But as I do more research there are bunch of other stuff like notes and deed contracts. If you go to an attorney to create a contract, do you pay for each and every contract that he creates for you? I heard they were a couple hundred a piece.. How do you guys afford all the different types? There seems to be wayyyy too many.
And if you have to alter a couple statements in a contract for a different deal, do I pay full price for them to write up another contract? Or is that when they add addendums and other stuff to the contract?
I know it's a stupid question, but I have no idea whatsoever on what goes in a contract.. or about contracts in general at all.

Shanequa J. · Answer

I got all of my contracts from my state's realtor and law websites. They all had SAMPLE written on each page, but I used a pdf editor to remove it.

Dion DePaoli · Answer

Well, this is a pretty newbie question so I would say forget about all the different types of assets that can be purchased and sold and perhaps focus on one, like real property not notes or contract for deeds, etc.  Go back to them after you know a little more.

You can pay an attorney to create a contract or you can talk to a couple local real estate agents or local investors and see what they are using.  Most states have an approved contract from either the Realtors Association or Attorney Bar.  They are standard template contracts where you add the fields as needed and usually have some form of addendum for concepts not addressed in the contract.