What is the exam-ready answer?
| Official syllabus topic | Real Estate Practice in Georgia: Listings and Agency |
|---|---|
| Official PSI group | Real Estate Practice in Georgia |
| Published group count | 21 of the 52 Georgia questions |
| Exam portion | Georgia salesperson supplement |
| Source edition | PSI Georgia Candidate Information Bulletin dated July 1, 2026 |
The Rule
PSI publishes 16, 21, and 15 items for the three Georgia groups. It does not publish a guaranteed subtopic count. The statute, current GREC rule, contract, or other cited primary authority controls each lesson.
The lesson
Georgia questions reward the Georgia rule. A national rule that sounds right can still be the wrong answer when the question names a Georgia statute, document, role or procedure.
Search duty
The broker seeks property at terms acceptable to the buyer but need not continue searching while the buyer is under contract unless the engagement says otherwise.
Offer duty
Offers to and from the buyer must be presented timely even while the buyer is a party to a purchase contract.
Known adverse facts
The broker discloses to the buyer adverse material facts actually known concerning the transaction and recommends experts for matters beyond brokerage expertise.
Seller customer
When seller financing or assumption facts apply, the broker has defined disclosure duties concerning known adverse buyer financial facts and intended occupancy.
Decision rule
Georgia rule and national contrast
Worked Georgia example
Scenario. A buyer under contract receives a seller counterproposal on a separate issue, and the broker thinks accepting would be unwise.
Reason it through. The broker must present communications timely and may advise within the engagement, but the decision belongs to the buyer.
Answer. Present the proposal and explain relevant facts without substituting the broker's decision.
Common exam traps
- Withholding an offer as protection
- Disclosing the buyer's ceiling
- Continuing a search the engagement does not require
- Giving engineering or legal conclusions
Original practice questions with detailed explanations
These are original instructional questions mapped to the July 1, 2026 PSI outline. They are not copied from PSI or a live examination. Choose an answer before opening the explanation.
Question 1A buyer client is under contract when the seller sends a counterproposal on a repair issue. The buyer's broker thinks accepting it would be a mistake. What should the broker do?
- A. Hold the proposal until the repair deadline passes.
- B. Reject it for the buyer, since the broker is the buyer's advocate.
- C. Deliver it only if the buyer asks about the repair talks.
- D. Present it promptly, give advice, and let the buyer decide.
Show answer and explanation →
Answer: D. Present it promptly, give advice, and let the buyer decide.
A buyer's broker must timely present offers and proposals to and from the buyer, even while the buyer is under contract. The broker may advise, but the decision belongs to the client. Rejecting it on the buyer's behalf is plausible because it feels protective, but it substitutes the broker's judgment for the buyer's.
Question 2A buyer client tells the broker, "Keep this private: I can go up to $450,000." The listing agent later asks whether the buyer would pay more than the $430,000 offer. What may the buyer's broker say?
- A. Nothing about the ceiling, since the buyer asked to keep it private.
- B. The ceiling, because honesty requires answering a direct question.
- C. The ceiling, if the listing agent promises not to tell the seller.
- D. That there is more room, as long as the exact figure stays private.
Show answer and explanation →
Answer: A. Nothing about the ceiling, since the buyer asked to keep it private.
BRRETA protects information a client makes confidential by express request, and the buyer's price ceiling was protected that way. Declining to answer is not dishonest, so the broker says nothing about it. Hinting that there is more room still reveals the confidence, which is why the last choice fails.
Question 3A buyer client goes under contract on a condo. The engagement says nothing about continued searching. A week later a new listing matches the buyer's criteria. What is the broker's duty?
- A. Keep searching and send every new match until the condo closes.
- B. End the engagement, since all duties stopped at the contract.
- C. No duty to keep searching, though offers must still be presented.
- D. Show the new listing only if the condo deal starts to fall apart.
Show answer and explanation →
Answer: C. No duty to keep searching, though offers must still be presented.
A buyer's broker seeks property on acceptable terms but need not keep searching while the buyer is under contract unless the engagement says so. The duty to present offers continues. Ending the engagement goes too far, because the contract ends the search duty, not the relationship.
Ready to move on?
You are ready for the next lesson when all of these are true.
- Explain Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Buyer in one clear answer without notes.
- Separate Search duty from Offer duty using a fresh example.
- Apply the decision rule to a new fact pattern and name the fact that controls the result.
- State the Georgia-specific point or explain why the national rule applies unchanged.
- Answer every practice question and explain the rule each rejected option misapplies.
- Revisit this topic later in mixed practice without category labels.
Recommended next lesson
Continue with Duties to Landlords and Tenants Under BRRETA. The leasing lesson maps these same duties onto landlord and tenant engagements, which BRRETA places in their own sections, so you can tell a tenant's broker's search and offer duties apart from a buyer's broker's.
Return to the Real Estate Practice in Georgia hub for the complete official branch and the full lesson list for this Georgia group.