Legal analysis: When selling a house to receive a deposit, you can write a receipt according to the following contents: 1, with the title of "receipt" or "receipt". 2. Main contents: the name of the buyer, the amount of the house purchase deposit paid (in words and figures) and the house address. 3, according to the fingerprint signature, and write the date. It should be noted that the collection of the deposit is only a step in the performance of the house sales contract. Upon receipt of the deposit, both parties shall reach an agreement on the sale of the house. Even if a complete house sales contract cannot be signed for the time being, a letter of intent should be signed to confirm the basic situation of house sales, such as the specific location of the house, the construction area, the total house transaction price, the time limit for the buyer to pay the remaining house purchase price, and the time when the two parties intend to sign a formal house sales contract.

Legal basis: Article 89 of the Guarantee Law, the parties may agree that one party shall pay a deposit to the other party as a guarantee for the creditor's rights. After the debtor performs the debt, the deposit shall be used as the price or recovered. If the party paying the deposit fails to perform the agreed debt, it has no right to demand the return of the deposit; If the party receiving the deposit fails to perform the agreed debt, it shall return the deposit twice.