Georgia · Real estate exam prep
20 free Georgia practice questions with no signup required. When you're ready for more, the full RealReady bank has 1,090 questions for the 2026 exam that cover both national principles and Georgia law.
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Correct: B The Commission elects its own chairperson
GREC members elect their own chairperson from among themselves. This internal selection process gives the Commission autonomy in choosing its leadership, rather than relying on external appointment.
Correct: C No, the coursework does not satisfy any qualifying route
Georgia accepts three education routes: the 75-hour prelicense course from a GREC-approved school, 10 quarter hours or 6 semester hours of eligible college coursework, or 75 prelicense hours approved by another state's or Canadian province's real estate regulator. A course from a school holding none of these approvals does not qualify.
Correct: A Any person may file a complaint
Georgia allows anyone to file a complaint with GREC, not just parties to a transaction. This broad standing ensures that violations can be reported by colleagues, consumers, or any member of the public.
Correct: B A civil court judgment against the licensee
Claimants must first obtain a civil court judgment and demonstrate inability to collect before accessing the Recovery Fund. The Fund is a last resort after normal collection methods have been exhausted.
Correct: B Guaranteeing future profits
O.C.G.A. 43-40-25 prohibits licensees from guaranteeing future profits on real estate. Promising a property will double in value is a clear violation because no one can guarantee market performance.
Correct: B A customer owed only ministerial services
Without a written brokerage engagement, the buyer is a customer under BRRETA. Customers receive only ministerial acts such as showing property, providing information, and presenting offers. No fiduciary duties arise without a written agreement.
Correct: B Five banking days
The GAR purchase and sale agreement directs the broker to deposit earnest money within five banking days of the binding agreement date unless the contract specifies otherwise. GREC Rule 520-1-.08 itself uses an 'as soon after receipt as is practicably possible' standard with no fixed banking-day count, so the five-day figure most candidates memorize comes from the standard GAR contract rather than the rule.
Correct: B Yes, the broker earns regardless of who finds the buyer
Under an exclusive right to sell listing, the broker earns the commission regardless of who procures the buyer, even if the seller finds the buyer independently. This is the most common listing type in Georgia and provides the strongest protection for the broker.
Correct: A Actively concealing a known foundation crack
Georgia follows caveat emptor but sellers cannot actively conceal known defects. Hiding a foundation crack is active concealment, which creates liability even under buyer-beware principles. Failing to inspect or declining warranties are not required of sellers.
Correct: A Industry standard but not legally mandated
GAR forms are published by the Georgia Association of Realtors and are widely used as an industry standard. However, they are not legally mandated by state law or GREC. Non-GAR members may use other forms as long as they comply with Georgia law.
Correct: D A real estate license
Georgia requires a real estate license to manage property for others for compensation. This applies to activities like leasing, collecting rent, and maintaining properties on behalf of owners. A CAM license covers community associations, not general property management.
Correct: C An attorney
Georgia is an attorney-closing state. An attorney must supervise the closing process, including examining title, preparing closing documents, conducting the closing meeting, and disbursing funds. Unlike states such as California, escrow companies do not handle closings in Georgia.
Correct: A Security deed (deed to secure debt)
Georgia is a security deed state. The borrower conveys legal title to the lender as collateral, giving the lender power of sale if the borrower defaults. This differs from mortgage states and deed-of-trust states.
Correct: A 40% of fair market value
Georgia assesses property at 40% of its fair market value. This assessment ratio is set by state law and applies uniformly across all counties. The resulting assessed value is then multiplied by the local millage rate to determine the tax.
Correct: C Yes, the maximum is two months' rent
Georgia's Safe at Home Act (HB 404, effective for leases entered into or renewed on or after July 1, 2024) added OCGA 44-7-30.1, which caps residential security deposits at the equivalent of two months' rent. Deposits generally must be held in an escrow account at a state- or federally regulated bank or lending institution (OCGA 44-7-31) with the tenant notified in writing of the account location, unless the landlord posts a surety bond (OCGA 44-7-32) or qualifies for the small-landlord exemption (OCGA 44-7-36).
Correct: D The brokerage firm name as registered with GREC
All Georgia real estate advertising must include the brokerage firm name exactly as registered with GREC. This rule applies to all media, including print, internet, and social media. Omitting the firm name constitutes a blind ad, which is prohibited.
Correct: C Issue a cease and desist order
GREC can issue cease and desist orders to stop unlicensed activity immediately. License revocation would not apply here because the person has no license, making a cease and desist the appropriate initial action.
Correct: A Their original score report and a copy of their DD-214
Honorably discharged veterans with at least one year of active duty including at least 90 days during wartime may claim preference points, but only after failing to achieve a passing score. The candidate mails the original score report and a copy of DD Form 214 to PSI within 60 days (Rule 520-1-.04(3)).
Correct: B GREC investigative staff
GREC has dedicated investigative staff who handle initial investigations including document review, trust account audits, and witness interviews. Commission members review findings later but do not conduct investigations themselves.
Correct: C Within two years of the accrual of the cause of action
OCGA 43-40-22 caps the underlying action, no lawsuit that may later result in an order for collection from the Recovery Fund can be started later than two years from the accrual of the cause of action. The statute does not impose a separate post-judgment deadline on the Recovery Fund claim itself, the aggrieved party applies to the court for payment from the Fund upon termination of all proceedings on the timely-filed lawsuit.
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About the exam
Georgia devotes a hefty 52 questions to state law alone, far more than most states, and that portion is scored on its own, so a strong national score won't carry you if your grasp of Georgia law is thin. That makes Georgia-specific prep matter as much as the national material.
Georgia replaced common-law fiduciary duties with the statutory framework in the Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act (BRRETA), so client-versus-customer distinctions, ministerial acts, designated agency, and the consent rules for dual agency run on different mechanics than most states. Add Georgia's security-deed financing structure with non-judicial foreclosure, the attorney-conducted closing, the License Law in OCGA Title 43 Chapter 40, GREC's trust-account and advertising rules in Chapter 520-1, the state real estate transfer tax and the intangible recording tax, and the Real Estate Education, Research, and Recovery Fund, and you see why a Florida or South Carolina prep tool will not catch what Georgia tests. None of that looks like the material a candidate in a neighboring state studies. A generic real estate practice test won't cut it. You need Georgia-specific practice questions.
FAQ
The Georgia Real Estate Salesperson Examination has 152 scored multiple-choice questions, split into a 100-question national portion and a 52-question Georgia state-law portion. PSI may also embed a small number of unscored experimental questions that look identical to the scored ones, and the time spent on those does not count against you.
You need at least 75 percent on each portion, scored separately. That works out to 75 of 100 on the national portion and 39 of 52 on the state portion. Both portions have to be passed in the same sitting, and if you miss either one you retake the full 152-question exam and pay the PSI fee again.
The PSI examination fee is $175 per attempt, paid when you schedule the test with PSI. After you pass, you can apply for your salesperson license on the spot at a PSI testing center, with the $170 activation fee paid to the Georgia Real Estate Commission if you apply within three months of the exam (the fee doubles to $340 between three and twelve months), and the license is valid for four years before renewal.
Four hours (240 minutes) for both portions combined. PSI runs Georgia examination sites in Duluth, Marietta, Decatur, Fayetteville, Macon, and Savannah. You receive an on-screen pass-or-fail notification before you leave the testing center, and the printout breaks your score out by portion so you can see whether the national side or the state side cost you points.
The Georgia Real Estate Salesperson Examination is administered by PSI for the Georgia Real Estate Commission (GREC). You register and schedule your exam date through PSI.
The state portion is where most first-time candidates lose ground. The national portion is the same content you would see on any PSI real estate exam, but Georgia's 52 state-law questions cover narrow topics like BRRETA's statutory agency duties, the difference between a client and a customer, designated and dual agency consent, the security deed and non-judicial foreclosure, attorney closings, GREC's trust-account rules, the License Law in OCGA Title 43 Chapter 40, and the Real Estate Education, Research, and Recovery Fund. Honest practice on a Georgia-specific practice exam is the difference between passing on the first try and paying the $175 PSI fee again.
The 100-question national portion covers property ownership (around 10 percent), land-use controls (5 percent), valuation (8 percent), financing (10 percent), general principles of contracts (19 percent), agency (13 percent), property disclosures (7 percent), transfer of title (6 percent), property management (3 percent), the general practice of real estate (12 percent), and real estate math (7 percent). The 52-question Georgia state portion covers GREC's structure and rule-making authority, the License Law in OCGA Title 43 Chapter 40, BRRETA's agency framework (brokerage engagements, ministerial acts, designated and dual agency, client versus customer), trust-account and advertising rules in GREC Rules Chapter 520-1, Georgia closings and the security deed, the state real estate transfer tax and the intangible recording tax, and the Real Estate Education, Research, and Recovery Fund.
After finishing your 75-hour Salesperson's Prelicense Course at a GREC-approved school, the highest-leverage thing you can do is grind through Georgia-specific practice questions with honest feedback on every miss. Generic real estate practice tests will help with national principles but won't catch you on Georgia's unique rules, especially BRRETA's statutory agency framework and the security-deed closing structure. The RealReady app gives you the full bank of Georgia questions plus the national bank, with progress tracking and a missed-question mode so you can drill what you're weak on.
The 20 Georgia practice questions on this page are free, no account or signup needed. Unlocking the rest of the Georgia bank is a single in-app purchase you pay once and own, with no recurring charge and no time limit on access.
Yes. RealReady has a dedicated Georgia question bank built for the Georgia real estate exam, covering the national principles every candidate sees plus the Georgia law that trips people up, like the Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act (BRRETA), Georgia's security-deed financing with non-judicial foreclosure, and the Real Estate Education, Research, and Recovery Fund.
No. RealReady is exam practice, not a pre-license course, so it doesn't count toward Georgia's required pre-license education hours. Use it after or alongside your coursework to drill realistic practice questions and find your weak spots before exam day.
