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Georgia curriculum lesson 140 · Real Estate Practice in Georgia

Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Seller

A seller's broker must perform the engagement, promote the seller's interests within its terms, seek acceptable price and terms, timely present all offers, disclose transaction material facts to the seller, recommend experts beyond the broker's expertise, account for money and property, exercise reasonable skill and care, comply with law, and protect information made confidential by express request or instruction. The broker also has specified duties to disclose actually known adverse facts to others.

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?

A seller's broker must perform the engagement, promote the seller's interests within its terms, seek acceptable price and terms, timely present all offers, disclose transaction material facts to the seller, recommend experts beyond the broker's expertise, account for money and property, exercise reasonable skill and care, comply with law, and protect information made confidential by express request or instruction. The broker also has specified duties to disclose actually known adverse facts to others.
Official syllabus mapping for Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Seller
Roadmap lesson140 of 500
Official syllabus topicReal Estate Practice in Georgia: 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.

Perform and promote

The broker follows the engagement and seeks a sale on the stated or acceptable terms, subject to the contract-status limits in Section 10-6A-5.

Offers and accounting

All offers to and from the seller are timely presented even when the property is under contract, and money or property in which the seller has an interest is accounted for.

Confidentiality

Information is protected when made confidential by express request or instruction, unless later permitted or disclosure is required by law.

Adverse facts

The broker timely discloses the specified actually known adverse physical facts and certain immediate-neighborhood conditions that a diligent buyer could not discover through listed sources.

Decision rule

Identify whether the fact concerns promotion of the seller, confidential information, an offer, money, an adverse fact, or a matter requiring expert advice.

Georgia rule and national contrast

The 2024 amendment states that offers must be timely presented even while property is subject to a contract, while the duty to seek additional offers depends on the engagement.

Worked Georgia example

Scenario. A listed home is under contract when a second written offer arrives. The listing engagement does not require seeking backup offers.

Reason it through. The broker may not have to seek additional offers, but Section 10-6A-5 still requires timely presentation of offers to and from the seller.

Answer. Present the second offer timely and let the seller decide within existing contractual obligations.

Common exam traps

  • Confusing seeking with presenting offers
  • Disclosing confidential motivation
  • Diagnosing beyond expertise
  • Inventing a duty to discover unknown defects

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 Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Seller?

  1. A. Separate duties owed to the seller client from disclosure and honesty duties owed to buyers and customers.
  2. B. A broker may withhold all later offers once a property is under contract.
  3. C. Every fact learned from a seller is automatically public.
  4. D. A seller's broker must personally diagnose every suspected defect.
Show answer and explanation →

Answer: A. Separate duties owed to the seller client from disclosure and honesty duties owed to buyers and customers.

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 listed home is under contract when a second written offer arrives. The listing engagement does not require seeking backup offers.

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

Answer: B. Present the second offer timely and let the seller decide within existing contractual obligations.

The broker may not have to seek additional offers, but Section 10-6A-5 still requires timely presentation of offers to and from the seller. 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 Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Seller, what should a candidate identify first?

  1. A. The answer choice that sounds most ethical, without classifying the actor or document.
  2. B. One familiar deadline, applied to every Georgia transaction regardless of the source.
  3. C. Identify whether the fact concerns promotion of the seller, confidential information, an offer, money, an adverse fact, or a matter requiring expert advice.
  4. D. A national default, even when the stem identifies a Georgia statute or GREC rule.
Show answer and explanation →

Answer: C. Identify whether the fact concerns promotion of the seller, confidential information, an offer, money, an adverse fact, or a matter requiring expert advice.

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 Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Buyer. Continue through the roadmap from lesson 140.

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

Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Seller questions

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

Is Duties of a Georgia Broker Engaged by a Seller 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 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.

How is this different from a national real estate rule?

The 2024 amendment states that offers must be timely presented even while property is subject to a contract, while the duty to seek additional offers depends on the engagement.

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.