What is the exam-ready answer?
| Roadmap lesson | 98 of 500 |
|---|---|
| Official syllabus topic | Land-Use and Development Red Flags |
| Official PSI area | Property Disclosures |
| Published area weight | 7% of the 100-question national portion |
| Exam portion | National salesperson portion |
| Source edition | PSI Georgia Candidate Information Bulletin dated July 1, 2026 |
| Last verified | August 2, 2026 |
The Rule
PSI publishes the weight for the complete content area, not a fixed question count for this lesson. Learn the rule well enough to apply it when PSI changes names, numbers, or parties in a new scenario.
Complete lesson
Read each concept as part of one decision system. The exam often gives one accurate statement and three statements that belong to a nearby concept.
Use and approval
Current zoning labels alone may not resolve overlays, conditional-use limits, density, setbacks, parking, occupancy, or whether an existing use was lawfully established.
Access and infrastructure
Physical access is not necessarily legal access. Water, sewer, septic, power, road maintenance, and stormwater capacity affect buildability and cost.
Environmental constraints
Flood zones, wetlands, buffers, contamination, protected habitats, and soil conditions may limit or reshape development without making all use impossible.
Private controls and division
Covenants, association documents, easements, and subdivision approvals can impose controls beyond zoning. A tax parcel is not proof that a lot is separately buildable.
Decision rule
Georgia-specific distinction
Worked example
Scenario. A buyer wants to operate a wedding venue on rural land because the listing calls it commercial potential.
Reason it through. Marketing language does not establish zoning, event approval, traffic, septic, fire, noise, or private-covenant compliance.
Answer. Use a feasibility contingency and verify every required approval before the buyer's deadline.
Common exam traps
- Treating a tax parcel as a buildable lot
- Promising rezoning
- Equating physical driveway with legal access
- Assuming rural land has no controls
Original practice questions with detailed explanations
These questions were written for instruction and mapped to the current outline. They are not copied from PSI or any live examination. Choose an answer before opening the explanation.
Question 1Does a zoning label alone prove a proposed use can begin?
- A. Yes
- B. No
- C. Only for cash buyers
- D. Only outside cities
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Answer: B. No
Overlays, conditions, permits, private restrictions, and infrastructure can also control feasibility.
Question 2What proves legal access most reliably?
- A. A visible path
- B. Title and survey evidence
- C. A neighbor's statement
- D. A listing photo
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Answer: B. Title and survey evidence
Recorded rights and survey or title analysis establish access, not mere physical use.
Question 3How should a critical development plan be handled?
- A. Broker guarantee
- B. Written feasibility contingency and official verification
- C. Oral assurance
- D. Ignore it until closing
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Answer: B. Written feasibility contingency and official verification
The buyer needs time, standards, records, and a consequence if approvals are unavailable.
Mastery tracking
Mark this lesson mastered only when every statement is true.
- State the direct answer and decision rule without notes.
- Explain every core concept in plain English.
- Solve the worked example after changing one important fact.
- Identify the Georgia distinction before reading answer choices.
- Answer all three questions correctly and reject every distractor.
- Repeat the topic in mixed practice on a later day.
Recommended next lesson
Continue with Environmental Hazards and Disclosure. Continue to roadmap lesson 99 and build on this decision rule.
Return to the Property Disclosures hub to see every official branch and the complete lesson sequence for this content area.