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Georgia curriculum lesson 150 · Real Estate Practice in Georgia

Georgia Offers, Counteroffers, Multiple Offers, and Presentation

Georgia brokers engaged by sellers and buyers must timely present all offers to and from their clients, even when the client is already subject to a contract, while the duty to seek additional offers can depend on the brokerage engagement. A counteroffer rejects the original offer unless the instrument provides otherwise. Multiple-offer strategy belongs to the client, subject to law, existing contracts, confidentiality, and timely communication.

Facts checked against the current PSI Candidate Information Bulletin and GREC sources. Last reviewed August 2, 2026. Editorial standards.

What is the exam-ready answer?

Georgia brokers engaged by sellers and buyers must timely present all offers to and from their clients, even when the client is already subject to a contract, while the duty to seek additional offers can depend on the brokerage engagement. A counteroffer rejects the original offer unless the instrument provides otherwise. Multiple-offer strategy belongs to the client, subject to law, existing contracts, confidentiality, and timely communication.
Official syllabus mapping for Georgia Offers, Counteroffers, Multiple Offers, and Presentation
Roadmap lesson150 of 500
Official syllabus topicReal Estate Practice in Georgia: Sales Contracts; Listings and Agency
Official PSI groupReal Estate Practice in Georgia
Published group count21 of the 52 Georgia questions
Exam portionGeorgia salesperson supplement
Source editionPSI Georgia Candidate Information Bulletin dated July 1, 2026
Law checked throughAugust 2, 2026
Last verifiedAugust 2, 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.

Complete lesson

Read these concepts as one Georgia decision system. A plausible national rule can still be the wrong answer when the stem supplies a Georgia statute, instrument, role, or procedure.

Timely presentation

The 2024 BRRETA amendment makes presentation duties explicit even when the client is already under a sales contract.

Seeking offers

A broker is not necessarily required to seek new offers while property or buyer is under contract unless the engagement requires it.

Counteroffer

A counter changes terms and ordinarily ends the offeree's power to accept the original offer. The new offer must be accepted and communicated as required.

Multiple offers

The client chooses the lawful response. The broker presents accurately, protects confidential information, follows instructions, and avoids promising a ranking or outcome.

Decision rule

Create an offer timeline showing sender, recipient, exact terms, deadline, response, communication, and any existing contract.

Georgia rule and national contrast

Current BRRETA expressly separates offer presentation from the duty to seek additional offers. Older Georgia material may predate the July 1, 2024 amendment.

Worked Georgia example

Scenario. A listing broker receives a higher offer after the seller signed a contract and withholds it because the property is pending.

Reason it through. The broker may not be required to seek the offer, but an offer actually received must be timely presented to the seller under current Section 10-6A-5.

Answer. Present the offer and let the seller obtain advice about existing contractual obligations.

Common exam traps

  • Equating presentation with acceptance
  • Withholding later offers
  • Confusing seeking with presenting
  • Revealing another offer's confidential terms without authority

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 1

Which statement best states the Georgia rule for Georgia Offers, Counteroffers, Multiple Offers, and Presentation?

  1. A. A broker must discard every offer received after contract formation.
  2. B. Presenting an offer means the broker accepts it for the client.
  3. C. Separate receiving, presenting, seeking, accepting, rejecting, countering, and disclosing an offer. Each is a different act.
  4. D. All competing-offer terms may be disclosed automatically.
Show answer and explanation →

Answer: C. Separate receiving, presenting, seeking, accepting, rejecting, countering, and disclosing an offer. Each is a different act.

The correct choice states the controlling rule. The other choices either remove a required element, replace Georgia authority with a generic assumption, or expand an exception beyond the cited source.

Question 2

A listing broker receives a higher offer after the seller signed a contract and withholds it because the property is pending.

  1. A. Ignore the Georgia-specific fact because good intentions control.
  2. B. Apply the nearest national rule without checking Georgia authority.
  3. C. Let the participant with the strongest preference decide without following the required process.
  4. D. Present the offer and let the seller obtain advice about existing contractual obligations.
Show answer and explanation →

Answer: D. Present the offer and let the seller obtain advice about existing contractual obligations.

The broker may not be required to seek the offer, but an offer actually received must be timely presented to the seller under current Section 10-6A-5. The correct option follows that reasoning. The distractors ignore the controlling Georgia source, substitute intent for procedure, or give decision-making authority to the wrong person.

Question 3

When solving Georgia Offers, Counteroffers, Multiple Offers, and Presentation, what should a candidate identify first?

  1. A. Create an offer timeline showing sender, recipient, exact terms, deadline, response, communication, and any existing contract.
  2. B. The answer choice that sounds most ethical, without classifying the actor or document.
  3. C. One familiar deadline, applied to every Georgia transaction regardless of the source.
  4. D. A national default, even when the stem identifies a Georgia statute or GREC rule.
Show answer and explanation →

Answer: A. Create an offer timeline showing sender, recipient, exact terms, deadline, response, communication, and any existing contract.

The decision rule identifies the facts that control this topic. The other choices reward tone, a memorized number, or a national default while skipping the Georgia actor, document, authority, or procedure.

Mastery tracking

Mark this Georgia lesson mastered only when every statement is true.

  • State the direct answer and decision rule without notes.
  • Explain all four concepts and identify the controlling Georgia source.
  • Solve the worked example after changing one important fact.
  • Reject every listed trap and explain what makes it tempting.
  • Answer all three original questions correctly and explain every distractor.
  • Repeat this topic in mixed Georgia practice on a later day.

Recommended next lesson

Continue with Georgia Earnest Money: Receipt, Deposit, Dispute, and Disbursement. Continue through the roadmap from lesson 150.

Return to the Real Estate Practice in Georgia hub for the complete official branch and every canonical lesson in this Georgia group.

Georgia Offers, Counteroffers, Multiple Offers, and Presentation questions

Facts checked against the current PSI Candidate Information Bulletin and GREC sources. Last reviewed August 2, 2026. Editorial standards.

Is Georgia Offers, Counteroffers, Multiple Offers, and Presentation on the Georgia real estate exam?

Yes. It maps to PSI's Real Estate Practice in Georgia group, which has 21 of the 52 Georgia questions. PSI does not publish a guaranteed question count for this individual lesson.

What is the main Georgia rule for Georgia Offers, Counteroffers, Multiple Offers, and Presentation?

Create an offer timeline showing sender, recipient, exact terms, deadline, response, communication, and any existing contract.

How is this different from a national real estate rule?

Current BRRETA expressly separates offer presentation from the duty to seek additional offers. Older Georgia material may predate the July 1, 2024 amendment.

How do I know I have mastered this Georgia lesson?

State the rule and source without notes, solve the scenario after changing a controlling fact, explain every distractor, and maintain accuracy when this topic is mixed with the other Georgia supplement groups.