The Field Guide
Georgia Real Estate Exam Guides
52 of the 152 scored questions on the Georgia salesperson exam come from the state supplement, so 34% of what you are tested on is not in a national study guide. These guides cover both outlines, and every exam fact on them is checked against a primary source.
Facts checked against the current PSI Candidate Information Bulletin and GREC sources. Editorial standards.
Georgia Law
The 52 questions national prep skips: security deeds, BRRETA, attorney closings, GREC rules.
Georgia Law
Dual Agency and Designated Agency in Georgia, Kept Straight
Georgia allows both. Dual agency needs written consent from everyone. Designated agency splits the representation between two licensees inside one firm.
Read →7 min readReal Estate Practice in Georgia
Georgia Law
Who Closes a Georgia Transaction, and What an Agent May Not Do
A Georgia closing must be run by a Georgia attorney. The exam tests where the line sits between filling in a blank on a form and practicing law.
Read →7 min readFinance and Closing
Georgia Law
Georgia Foreclosure: How a Power of Sale Actually Works
Learn Georgia power-of-sale foreclosure: the clause, 30-day debtor notice, advertising, sale, and deficiency-confirmation rules.
Read →7 min readFinance and Closing
Georgia Law
How Georgia Titles Property to Two or More Owners
Georgia presumes tenancy in common unless the deed says otherwise, and it does not recognize tenancy by the entirety at all. Both facts get tested.
Read →6 min readState Laws and Rules
Georgia Law
Georgia Transfer Tax and Intangible Tax: The Two Closing Taxes
Learn Georgia transfer and intangible recording tax: each tax base, exact fractional rate, long-term note rule, and cap.
Read →7 min readFinance and Closing
Georgia Law
Trust Accounts and Earnest Money Under Georgia License Law
Commingling, conversion and late deposits are what GREC disciplines licensees for. The exam asks about them because that is where people get caught.
Read →6 min readState Laws and Rules
Exam Topics
The national outline, taught the way the questions are actually written.
Exam Topics
Agency and Fiduciary Duties: What the Exam Is Really Asking
Agency is 13 percent of the national portion, and most of it reduces to one question: who is the client, and what does that change about what you may say?
Read →6 min readAgency
Exam Topics
Contracts on the Exam: Formation, Failure and the Words That Matter
Contracts are the largest slice of the national portion, and most questions test the same thing: did a contract form, and if not, which element failed?
Read →6 min readContracts
Exam Topics
Fair Housing: The Exemptions Are Where the Questions Live
Everyone learns the seven protected classes. The exam tests the exemptions, and the two rules that survive every one of them: advertising and race.
Read →7 min readPractice of Real Estate
Exam Topics
The Three Approaches to Value, and When Each One Is Right
Sales comparison, cost, and income. The exam rarely asks you to define them. It asks which one an appraiser would rely on for a specific property, and why.
Read →7 min readValuation
Exam Topics
Loan Types on the Exam: Conventional, FHA, VA and the Rest
Conventional, FHA, VA and USDA differ in who backs them, what they cost, and who can use them. The exam tests the differences, not the definitions.
Read →8 min readFinancing
Exam Math
Set-ups you can do under time pressure, with the wrong answers named.
Exam Math
Georgia Property Tax Math: The 40 Percent Rule
Georgia assesses property at 40 percent of fair market value. Skip that step and every millage question you attempt is wrong by a factor of two and a half.
Read →5 min readFinance and Closing
Exam Math
Georgia Real Estate Exam Math Recovery Plan
A ten-session Georgia real estate exam math plan covering formula selection, units, prorations, finance, state taxes, worked examples, and mixed mastery.
Read →6 min readCalculations
Exam Math
Commission and Seller Net: The Two Directions of One Formula
Forward, commission is easy. Backward, from a seller's desired net to a listing price, is where the exam sets its trap, and the wrong answer looks right.
Read →6 min readCalculations
Exam Math
Proration at Closing: Who Owes What, and For How Many Days
Proration questions are three decisions in a row: which year to use, who owns closing day, and whether the item was paid ahead or is still owing.
Read →7 min readCalculations
Study Strategy
What to do with the weeks you have, and what to do the night before.
Study Strategy
14-Day Georgia Real Estate Exam Study Plan
A rigorous two-week Georgia salesperson exam plan for recent graduates, with weighted lessons, state-law review, math, mixed practice, and mastery gates.
Read →6 min read
Study Strategy
21-Day Georgia Real Estate Exam Study Plan
A focused three-week Georgia salesperson exam plan with complete outline coverage, daily mastery gates, Georgia law, math, and two mixed checks.
Read →6 min read
Study Strategy
30-Day Georgia Real Estate Exam Study Schedule
A complete 30-day Georgia real estate exam schedule covering all 14 official areas, state law, math, mixed practice, and final readiness checks.
Read →7 min read
Study Strategy
7-Day Georgia Real Estate Exam Cram Plan
A responsible one-week Georgia salesperson exam plan for recent graduates, covering state law, high-weight topics, math, mixed practice, and logistics.
Read →6 min read
Study Strategy
Failed the Georgia Real Estate Exam? 14-Day Recovery Plan
A score-report-led 14-day Georgia real estate exam retake plan covering diagnosis, targeted lessons, confidence errors, fresh practice, and readiness.
Read →6 min read
Study Strategy
Georgia Real Estate Exam Repeat-Failure Reset Plan
A four-week reset for repeat Georgia exam failures, replacing familiar questions with diagnosis, complete lessons, and fresh mastery evidence.
Read →6 min read
Study Strategy
Georgia Real Estate Exam Study Plan While Working Full Time
A six-week Georgia exam plan for full-time workers, with short weekday lessons, weekend practice, spaced review, and clear mastery checks.
Read →6 min read
Study Strategy
Weekend-Only Georgia Real Estate Exam Study Plan
A six-weekend Georgia salesperson exam plan with structured Saturday lessons, Sunday practice, midweek retrieval, Georgia law, math, and simulations.
Read →5 min read
Study Strategy
How to Read an Exam Question That Is Trying to Catch You
Most wrong answers on this exam are not knowledge failures. They are reading failures, and the four patterns that cause them are learnable in an afternoon.
Read →8 min read
Study Strategy
How Many Practice Questions Should You Do Before the Exam?
The number matters less than what you do with the ones you get wrong. Here is a way to decide when you are ready that does not rely on a made-up target.
Read →7 min read
Study Strategy
The Last 48 Hours Before Your Georgia Real Estate Exam
A current two-day plan for targeted correction, light mixed practice, sleep, one qualifying ID, PSI logistics, and a calm exam-day routine.
Read →7 min read
Licensing
Everything between passing the exam and holding an active Georgia license.
Licensing
How Long It Takes to Get a Georgia License, Week by Week
Course, exam, background report, application. The stages have real deadlines attached, and two of them will cost you money if you miss them.
Read →6 min read
Licensing
Six Things That Delay a Georgia License Application
Most delays are not refusals. They are timing errors, a stale background report, or a disclosure question answered as though it were optional.
Read →5 min read
Reading is not practice
Every guide here ends with questions, but the fastest way to find out what you do not know is to be asked. These are free and need no account.
Pass Georgia
The guides are free. The question bank is where it sticks.
Reading about security deeds is not the same as being asked about one under time pressure and getting it wrong. Both outlines, per-topic readiness, and full offline mode.