Real estate glossaryGeorgia-specific rule

Transaction broker

A transaction broker is a Georgia broker who has no client relationship with any party in the transaction and performs ministerial acts for compensation without representing either side.

Exam area: Real Estate Practice in Georgia

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What does “transaction broker” mean in real estate?

A transaction broker is a Georgia broker who has no client relationship with any party in the transaction and performs ministerial acts for compensation without representing either side.

How is “transaction broker” different from the closest wrong answer?

A transaction broker represents neither party. A listing broker may give ministerial help to an unrepresented buyer, but remains the seller's agent, not a transaction broker in that transaction.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

BRRETA permits a transaction broker to account for money, disclose specified actually known adverse material facts, and perform ministerial acts without creating agency.

Worked exam example

Scenario

A broker has no client relationship with the buyer or seller and agrees to provide paid clerical assistance. The broker supplies forms and delivers the completed offer, without recommending a price or negotiating strategy to either party.

Which distinction should I watch for?

Trap correction

Helping an unrepresented buyer does not erase an existing seller-client relationship. Check whether the broker represents anyone before choosing transaction broker.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

A Georgia broker has no brokerage engagement with either the buyer or the seller. The broker supplies forms, schedules the inspection, and delivers offers, but advises neither side on price or strategy. What is the broker's role?

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Related terms to learn next

Ministerial act

A ministerial act is an administrative or clerical service that does not require the licensee to exercise professional judgment or discretion on behalf of a person, so it can be performed without creating a client relationship.

Customer

A customer is a party in a real estate transaction whom a broker does not represent but may assist through ministerial acts.

Client

A client is a person who enters a brokerage engagement with a broker.

Brokerage engagement

A brokerage engagement is a written contract in which a seller, buyer, landlord, or tenant becomes a client of a Georgia broker and the parties state the brokerage services, duties, terms, and compensation arrangement.

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GEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM GLOSSARY

Transaction broker

A transaction broker is a Georgia broker who has no client relationship with any party in the transaction and performs ministerial acts for compensation without representing either side.

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Real Estate Practice in Georgia

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Define, distinguish, apply, retrieve

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01 / COMPLETE LESSON

Build the complete exam definition

Learn the rule, separate it from the nearest distractor, then apply it to a Georgia fact pattern.

CORE DEFINITION

What does Transaction broker mean?

A transaction broker is a Georgia broker who has no client relationship with any party in the transaction and performs ministerial acts for compensation without representing either side.

CLOSEST DISTINCTION

How do you separate the nearest exam answer?

A transaction broker represents neither party. A listing broker may give ministerial help to an unrepresented buyer, but remains the seller's agent, not a transaction broker in that transaction.

GEORGIA APPLICATION

What changes or stays the same in Georgia?

BRRETA permits a transaction broker to account for money, disclose specified actually known adverse material facts, and perform ministerial acts without creating agency.

WORKED EXAMPLE

EXAM TRAP

Helping an unrepresented buyer does not erase an existing seller-client relationship. Check whether the broker represents anyone before choosing transaction broker.

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02 / PRACTICE AND MASTERY

Retrieve the rule under exam conditions

Answer before reading the explanation. Then explain why every distractor belongs to a different term.

ORIGINAL PRACTICE CHECK

A Georgia broker has no brokerage engagement with either the buyer or the seller. The broker supplies forms, schedules the inspection, and delivers offers, but advises neither side on price or strategy. What is the broker's role?

A
A dual agent, since the broker helps both sides
B
A customer-level agent who owes each side client duties
C
A transaction broker performing ministerial acts
D
A single agent for the buyer who made the offer

CORRECT ANSWER: C

A transaction broker assists without representing anyone, performing ministerial acts and the duties the statute requires. No engagement exists with either party, so there is no agency. Dual agency requires representing both sides under written engagements and consent, which is the trap here.

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