What is tested in Real Estate Practice in Georgia?
| Official PSI area | Real Estate Practice in Georgia |
|---|---|
| Exam portion | Georgia supplement |
| Published weight | 21 of the 52 Georgia questions |
| Published branches | 5 |
| Source edition | PSI Georgia Candidate Information Bulletin dated July 1, 2026 |
| Last verified | August 2, 2026 |
The Rule
PSI publishes five branch names and a 21-item group count. It does not say how many questions are contracts, BRRETA, property management, or community association management.
Why this area matters
This is where Georgia rules become transaction decisions. Identify the broker and firm, the client or customer, the written agreement, the scope of authority, the money or document involved, and the disclosure or supervision duty.
Complete official content outline
These are all branches named in PSI's current salesperson outline. The teaching points below unpack each branch so you can move from recognition to application.
A. Real Estate Practice
Apply GREC's transaction, advertising, supervision, recordkeeping, and public-protection rules.
- Broker and affiliated-licensee roles
- Advertising under the firm's identity and supervision
- Required records and transaction documents
- Unlicensed-assistant boundaries
- Compensation, referrals, and disclosure
B. Sales Contracts
Use national contract law, then add Georgia drafting, license-number, offer-handling, and unauthorized-practice boundaries.
- Offer preparation and presentation
- Required transaction information
- Earnest money and contingencies
- Amendments, exhibits, and closing terms
- When to refer interpretation or drafting beyond authorized forms to an attorney
C. Listings and Agency
Apply BRRETA to written engagements, client and customer status, duties, consent, and termination.
- Seller and buyer brokerage engagements
- Client versus customer
- Ministerial acts and transaction brokerage
- Dual and designated agency
- Confidentiality, material facts, conflicts, and self-interest
D. Property Management
Identify licensed activity, the management agreement, handling of funds, landlord duties, and broker oversight.
- Authority under the management agreement
- Leasing and tenant interactions
- Trust funds and accounting
- Maintenance, reporting, and owner instructions
- Georgia landlord-tenant distinctions when stated
E. Community Association Management
Separate association management services from ordinary rental property management and know when the CAM license category applies.
- Association and board relationship
- Assessments and association funds
- Records, meetings, vendors, and contracts
- Community association manager, salesperson, and broker roles
Complete lesson sequence
Work in order the first time. Each page connects the official topic to a full lesson, Georgia distinction, worked example, exam traps, original questions, mastery check, and recommended next lesson.
Lesson 137
Georgia Practice Boundaries and Unauthorized Practice of Law
Ask whether the requested act needs legal judgment or creates legal language. If it does, stop and refer rather than improvise.
Lesson 138
BRRETA Complete Exam Guide
Identify the written brokerage engagement, client or customer status, exact statutory duty, and any change or conflict in the relationship.
Lesson 139
Client Versus Customer Under BRRETA
Do not infer representation from showings, friendliness, forms, or compensation. Look for the brokerage engagement and then identify the exact statutory role.
Lesson 140
Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Seller
Identify whether the fact concerns promotion of the seller, confidential information, an offer, money, an adverse fact, or a matter requiring expert advice.
Lesson 141
Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Buyer
Classify the information as buyer advocacy, buyer confidentiality, an adverse fact, seller-customer disclosure, or expert territory.
Lesson 142
Duties to Landlords and Tenants Under BRRETA
Do not transfer seller-buyer labels blindly. Name landlord or tenant, engagement, client or customer, requested act, and any separate landlord-tenant rule.
Lesson 143
Georgia Brokerage Engagement Requirements and Prohibited Terms
Read the engagement before assuming authority, and separate contract compensation from statutory relationship status.
Lesson 144
Dual Agency and Designated Agency in Georgia
Identify the broker, each client, the affiliated licensees, the required consent, and who may receive which confidential information.
Lesson 145
Georgia Transaction Brokers and Ministerial Acts
Replace the word helpful with a task analysis: fact or form may be ministerial; recommendation, discretion, negotiation, or advocacy is not.
Lesson 146
BRRETA Confidentiality, Actual Knowledge, and Company Policy
Ask who knows the fact, how they learned it, whether the client expressly protected it, whether law compels disclosure, and whose knowledge BRRETA attributes.
Lesson 147
Georgia Sales Contracts and Due-Diligence Periods
Quote the clause, compute the deadline using its definitions, identify the required notice or act, and confirm delivery before deciding the result.
Lesson 148
Georgia Listing Agreements
Read the compensation trigger, term, owner exception, protection period, agency disclosure, and termination clause before deciding who is owed what.
Lesson 149
Georgia Buyer Brokerage and Tenant Representation Agreements
Use the signed engagement, not an MLS offer or showing history, to determine client status, scope, and compensation obligations.
Lesson 150
Georgia Offers, Counteroffers, Multiple Offers, and Presentation
Create an offer timeline showing sender, recipient, exact terms, deadline, response, communication, and any existing contract.
Lesson 151
Georgia Earnest Money: Receipt, Deposit, Dispute, and Disbursement
Do not decide who deserves the money. Identify the contract and one of the rule's authorized disbursement grounds, then follow notice and accounting requirements.
Lesson 152
Property Management in Georgia
Ask whether the act is authorized, licensed, funded in the correct ledger, and lawful before following the owner's instruction.
Lesson 153
Georgia Landlord-Tenant Rules for Exam Candidates
Do not answer landlord-tenant questions from memory of another state. Identify the current Georgia lease and statutory procedure for the exact issue.
Lesson 154
Community Association Management in Georgia
Separate the association's governance decision from the broker's licensed service and the CAM's supervised task.
Lesson 155
Georgia Compensation, Referrals, Rebates, and Unlicensed Persons
Follow the money and the service. A permissible recipient does not cure an unlawful service, and a lawful service does not cure missing disclosure.
High-value distinctions and exam traps
Use these after the complete lesson sequence. Each comparison puts easily confused terms into the same decision table, then tests the controlling fact in a new scenario.
Comparison 208
Client Versus Customer Under Georgia BRRETA
Find the written brokerage engagement first, then identify the exact statutory role, permitted services, and duties without inferring representation from help or compensation.
Comparison 224
Dual Agency Versus Designated Agency in Georgia
Identify whether one broker represents both clients or different affiliated licensees are designated, then apply consent, advocacy, supervision, and confidentiality rules.
Georgia-specific distinction
Worked example: Customer assistance without accidental representation
Scenario. A listing licensee gives an unrepresented buyer a blank offer form, identifies where price and closing date are entered, and warns that the licensee represents the seller. The buyer asks which contingency would be best for them.
Reason it through. The first actions can be ministerial when performed without discretion. Recommending the best contingency requires judgment for the buyer and crosses beyond neutral assistance. The licensee should clarify the relationship and direct the buyer to independent representation or legal advice rather than advocate against the seller client.
Common exam traps
- Assuming a helpful licensee represents the customer
- Treating a brokerage engagement as an agreement with only the affiliated salesperson
- Confusing designated agency with undisclosed dual agency
- Letting an owner instruction override trust-fund or fair-housing law
- Treating community association management as identical to managing one owner's rental
Original practice questions with explanations
Answer each question before opening the explanation. These are original instructional questions mapped to the official outline. They are not copied from PSI or a live exam.
Question 1Under BRRETA, what creates a client relationship?
- A. A written brokerage engagement
- B. A property showing
- C. An open-house sign-in
- D. A lender referral
Show answer and explanation →
Answer: A. A written brokerage engagement
Written authority in the brokerage engagement creates the client relationship. Assistance and ministerial acts alone do not.
Question 2Two affiliated licensees in one firm are separately assigned to opposing clients. What is the Georgia relationship called?
- A. Subagency
- B. Designated agency
- C. Universal agency
- D. Net listing
Show answer and explanation →
Answer: B. Designated agency
In designated agency, the broker designates separate affiliated licensees to represent opposing clients while protecting each client's confidences.
Question 3A salesperson receives earnest money in a transaction. What is the safest first responsibility?
- A. Deposit it in a personal account
- B. Hold it until closing
- C. Place it promptly into the custody and process directed by the broker and agreement
- D. Return it whenever the buyer asks
Show answer and explanation →
Answer: C. Place it promptly into the custody and process directed by the broker and agreement
Trust funds must move into the broker-controlled process as soon as practicably possible and be handled according to the agreement and GREC trust-account rules.
Mastery tracking
Mark this area mastered only when every statement below is true.
- I can explain every official branch in plain English without notes.
- I can identify the Georgia distinction before reading the answer choices.
- I can solve a new scenario and state which fact controlled the answer.
- I can explain why each tempting distractor is wrong.
- I meet my accuracy target in mixed practice on at least two different days.
- I know which lesson to reopen when this area weakens.
Related lessons
BRRETA complete guide
Master client, customer, dual, designated, and ministerial-act questions.
Contract formation
Refresh the national law under Georgia transaction scenarios.
Trust accounts and earnest money
Follow money from receipt through lawful disbursement.
Recommended next lesson
Continue with Georgia Finance and Closing. Complete the state supplement with loans, taxes, title, and closing procedure.