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The Georgia salesperson exam, in one paragraph
The Georgia salesperson licensing exam is a computer-based test administered by PSI Services LLC under contract with the Georgia Real Estate Commission (GREC). In a single sitting of four hours you answer 152 scored multiple-choice questions: 100 on the national portion, covering real estate principles and practices tested nationwide, and 52 on the Georgia supplement, covering Georgia License Law, Georgia practice, and Georgia finance and closing. A small number of additional unscored experimental questions are mixed in. You become eligible by completing a 75-hour GREC-approved prelicense course (or a defined alternative), and after passing you obtain your license at a PSI test center within 12 months.
Who can take the Georgia salesperson exam?
Georgia’s requirements sit in two layers: what you need to be licensed, and the education you must complete before PSI will let you test. Per GREC’s published salesperson requirements:
- Be at least 18 years old. GREC’s InfoBase adds a nuance: an applicant may sit for the salesperson examination at 17, but cannot activate the license until turning 18.
- Hold a high school diploma or a certificate of equivalency.
- Complete the prelicense education — one of the three routes below. This is the gate to the exam itself.
- Have no experience requirement to meet. GREC states plainly that there are no experience requirements for a salesperson license.
- Be ready to clear a background check. When you apply for the license, you bring a certified Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) criminal history report — obtained at your own expense, no more than 60 days old — to the PSI test center. If the report shows convictions or sanctions by a licensing or regulatory agency, the Commission investigates and decides whether to issue the license. You also sign the notarized Lawful Presence Affidavit included in the Candidate Information Bulletin.
The education requirement — meet ONE of these three routes:
- The standard route: successfully complete the required 75-hour Salesperson Prelicense Course at a school approved by the Georgia Real Estate Commission.
- The college route: successfully complete at least 10 quarter hours or 6 semester hours of coursework eligible for a major in real estate, or courses dealing with the principles, fundamentals, or essentials of real estate, from a U.S. or Canadian accredited college or university — or courses in real property law, agency, or contract law from an accredited U.S. or Canadian law school. You submit an official transcript to PSI with your application for examination, and PSI advises whether the coursework is acceptable. Continuing-education, adult-education, crash seminars, and special short courses do not count.
- The out-of-state route: provide proof of completion of at least 75 hours of prelicense coursework approved by the real estate regulatory agency of another state or a Canadian province, with a letter from that agency verifying the approval.
For routes 2 and 3, PSI reviews your online application first; on approval you receive an email confirming your eligibility and inviting you to schedule. Candidates who completed the standard 75-hour Georgia course are cleared through their school’s reporting.
Two more things to know before you start:
- Reciprocity is separate from this exam. If you already hold a license in another state, in good standing, that you obtained by examination, Georgia may license you by reciprocity without testing. The one exception is Florida residents, who must take and pass the Georgia Supplement Exam — the 52-question Georgia portion — through PSI.
- A post-license deadline follows you after you pass. Every new salesperson must complete a 25-hour Salesperson Postlicense course within the first year of licensure, from a Commission-approved provider. Fail to complete it in that first year and the license lapses. It applies even if you take your license on inactive status.
PassProfessor note: our program is exam preparation only. It provides none of the 75 hours of prelicense education and no post-license credit — you take those courses from GREC-approved providers.
The exam, piece by piece
The exam is one sitting with two content portions, built from the content outlines published in PSI’s Georgia Candidate Information Bulletin (revised July 1, 2026). The national portion outline is shared with the broker exam but weighted for salespersons; the supplement is Georgia law and practice only. Item counts below are the bulletin’s own.
The national portion (100 scored questions)
| Area | Questions | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| I. Property Ownership | 10 | Real and personal property, legal descriptions, encumbrances, forms of ownership |
| II. Land Use Controls | 5 | Government rights and controls, private controls (deed restrictions, CC&Rs) |
| III. Valuation | 8 | Appraisals, the three approaches to value, CMAs and AVMs |
| IV. Financing | 10 | Loan concepts and underwriting, loan types, lending law (RESPA, TILA/Reg Z, TRID, ECOA) |
| V. Contracts | 19 | Contract law, purchase and lease contracts, multiple offers and counteroffers |
| VI. Agency | 13 | Agency and non-agency relationships, agent duties, agency disclosures |
| VII. Property Disclosures | 7 | Property condition, environmental and government disclosures, material facts |
| VIII. Property Management | 3 | Manager duties, landlord and tenant rights and obligations |
| IX. Transfer of Title | 6 | Deeds, title insurance and searches, the closing process, foreclosure/short sale/probate |
| X. Practice of Real Estate | 12 | Fair housing and antidiscrimination, legislation and regulations, licensee duties |
| XI. Real Estate Calculations | 7 | Transaction calculations (net proceeds, prorations, PITI) and concepts (equity, cap rate, LTV, points) |
The Georgia supplement (52 scored questions)
| Area | Questions | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| I. State Laws and Rules | 16 | Unfair practices; substantive regulations; qualifications and fees; Georgia fair housing law; the Real Estate Education, Research and Recovery Fund; the investigation and hearing process; Commission organization and procedures; required licensure |
| II. Real Estate Practice in Georgia | 21 | Georgia practice; sales contracts; listings and agency (including BRRETA relationships); property management; community association management |
| III. Finance and Closing | 15 | Georgia finance; Georgia closing procedures |
Three structural facts that shape how you should prepare:
- Contracts is the largest single area on the exam — 19 of the 100 national questions. Add Agency (13) and Practice of Real Estate (12) and three areas carry 44% of the national portion. Weight your national study accordingly.
- The Georgia supplement is 52 of 152 scored questions — 34% of the exam. It is also the most concrete material tested: License Law qualifications and fees, Commission procedures, the Recovery Fund, BRRETA’s relationship rules, and Georgia’s own finance and closing mechanics. Candidates who prepare from a national textbook alone walk in underprepared for a third of the test.
- Both portions sit in one four-hour appointment. There is no separate scheduling, no separate fee, and no break in the outline’s design — your pacing plan has to cover 152 scored questions, plus experimental items, in 240 minutes: roughly a minute and a half per question.
Experimental questions. In addition to the 152 scored questions, PSI may administer a small number of unscored experimental items — the bulletin says one to ten, generally about 10% of the number of questions. They are tryout questions being evaluated for future exams. They do not affect your result, they are not identified, and they do count against your examination time. There is no way to spot them reliably; the only correct strategy is to treat every question as scored.
How questions are delivered. The exam is taken on a computer, one question at a time, using a mouse and keyboard. A tutorial of up to 15 minutes runs before the exam and does not count against your four hours, and sample questions follow it so you can practice the interface. While time remains, you can return to questions and change your answers. You can also leave a comment on any question through the Comments link — PSI reviews substantive comments, though it does not respond to individuals.
The passing standard, explained
Here is the unusual fact about this exam, stated plainly because so many prep sites get it wrong: PSI does not publish a numeric passing score for the Georgia exam in the Candidate Information Bulletin. The current bulletin (revised July 1, 2026) contains no cut score, no passing percentage, and no per-portion threshold — its Score Reporting section describes how results are delivered, not what number passes. Percentages quoted elsewhere do not come from the bulletin.
What the bulletin does establish:
- Your score is displayed on screen at the end of the examination, so you know your result before you leave the test center.
- A score report is emailed to you, and you can print it from your online PSI account.
- If you do not pass, the emailed report includes a diagnostic report indicating your strengths and weaknesses by examination type — the starting point for a retake plan.
Two practical consequences follow:
- Do not anchor your preparation to a percentage you read on a prep site. With no published cut score, the defensible target is readiness across the whole outline — no national area and no supplement area left weak — measured on full-length practice, not a single blended score on easy material.
- Honor the bulletin’s own retake structure. Its table of contents heads the retake rules “Re-taking a Failed Portion,” and its scheduling rules assume portion-level results. Prepare for the national portion and the Georgia supplement as two bodies of material that each have to hold up — the supplement in particular cannot be carried by national knowledge, because none of it is national.
Veteran’s preference points. One Georgia-specific provision deserves a mention: honorably discharged veterans who meet the conditions in GREC Rule 520-1-.04(3) — including at least one year of active duty with at least 90 days served during wartime — may apply for veteran’s preference points after an unsuccessful attempt. The initial score report does not include any points; you apply by mailing your original score report and a copy of your DD Form 214 within 60 days, as the bulletin directs. If the points bring the grade to passing, PSI issues a new Certification of Accuracy Statement and you return to the test center to obtain your license.
Fees and registration, step by step
Keep the two Georgia payments separate — they go to two different organizations at two different stages.
| Payment | Amount | Paid to | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exam fee | $175 | PSI | When you schedule your appointment |
| License fee | $170 | Georgia Real Estate Commission (GREC) | When you obtain your license at a PSI test center, after passing |
Exam fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable, and your exam fee is forfeited if you do not test within one year of PSI receiving it. The license fee may be paid by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover) or by cashier’s check or money order payable to GREC — company checks, personal checks, and cash are not accepted, and a declined card transaction carries a $25 handling fee. The $170 covers your first licensing period: from the date of licensure through the last day of your birth month in the fourth calendar year after issuance.
The sequence, in order:
- Complete your education route (Section 2 above). Georgia-course candidates are reported by their school; alternate-route candidates apply online and wait for PSI’s eligibility approval email.
- Create your PSI account and schedule. Go to PSI’s Georgia real estate portal (test-takers.psiexams.com/gare), create an account, and book a test center appointment — or schedule by phone at (888) 818-5834 with a credit card. The first and last name on your account must match your government-issued ID exactly.
- Pay the $175 exam fee as part of scheduling.
- Protect the appointment. You may cancel and reschedule without forfeiting your fee if your cancellation notice is received two days before the appointment (for a Monday exam, notice by Saturday). Use the PSI website or speak to a representative — a voicemail message is not an acceptable cancellation. If you miss the appointment, arrive late, cancel late, or arrive without proper ID, your registration is invalid and the fee is forfeited.
- Take the exam at your test center (Section 7 below). Your score displays on screen when you finish.
- Return to a PSI test center to obtain your license. Licenses are issued only at PSI test centers, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 2:00–4:45 p.m., first come, first served. Allow 24 hours after passing before returning — same-day licensing is no longer available. Bring the documents listed below and the $170 license fee, and do it within 12 months of passing.
- Choose active or inactive. For an active license, bring a completed Sponsoring Broker Statement signed by your broker, showing the brokerage firm’s license number (not the broker’s personal number). Without a sponsoring broker you take an inactive license — you hold the license but cannot practice — and you may activate later.
Documents for the licensing visit (per the bulletin): a valid photo ID from the bulletin’s accepted list; your unsigned Certification of Accuracy Statement with photograph (you answer four questions and sign it in front of PSI personnel; a duplicate costs $15 by money order if you lose it); the Sponsoring Broker Statement if activating; your GCIC criminal history report, no more than 60 days old (non-residents attach an equivalent report from their state of residence); and the signed, notarized Lawful Presence Affidavit. Until you are officially licensed, you must not engage in, advertise, or hold yourself out as engaging in real estate practice in Georgia.
Retakes and score validity
- No same-day rebooking. It is not possible to make a new appointment on the same day you tested — results need processing time. A candidate who tests unsuccessfully on a Wednesday can call Thursday and retest as soon as Friday, depending on space availability. Book through the PSI portal or by phone.
- You retake the failed portion. The bulletin’s retake section is headed “Re-taking a Failed Portion” — the exam’s two portions are treated separately for retakes, so a portion you passed is not the portion you sit again. The $175 exam fee applies to each attempt.
- Use the diagnostic report. A failing score report includes diagnostics by examination type. Rebuild the study plan around the areas it flags rather than repeating the same preparation — a second attempt with the same gaps usually produces the same result.
- Score validity is 12 months. You must apply for your license within 12 months of the date you passed. Miss that window and the examination must be retaken in full — GREC and the bulletin state this identically.
- The fee clock is separate. Independently of passing, an exam fee is forfeited if you do not test within one year of PSI receiving it. Do not pay early for an exam you are not ready to sit.
Test day
- Arrive 30 minutes early. The extra time covers sign-in, identification, and orientation. Arrive after the start time and you may not be admitted — and the fee is forfeited.
- Bring one form of identification. It must contain your signature and photo, be valid and unexpired, and match the name you scheduled with exactly. The bulletin accepts, among others, a state-issued driver’s license or ID card, a U.S. passport, U.S. military ID, alien registration card, or a foreign government-issued passport or ID. Failure to bring proper documentation invalidates your registration and forfeits the fee.
- Test centers are in Duluth (Atlanta NE), Marietta (Atlanta NW), Decatur, Fayetteville, Macon, and Savannah.
- Leave everything else behind. PSI’s prohibited list covers reference materials of any kind; electronic devices of any type — phones, cameras, laptops, tablets, earbuds, smart watches, handheld calculators, headsets, radios, recording devices; hats or headgear not worn for religious reasons; bulky or loose outerwear; and personal items including backpacks, purses, wallets, food, drinks, gum, notebooks, and writing instruments. During check-in you may be asked to empty and turn out your pockets and lift sleeve and pant-leg hems, and proctors inspect eyeglass frames and similar items. Prohibited items found at check-in go to secure storage or back to your vehicle; PSI is not responsible for their security. Being found with prohibited items or giving or receiving assistance during the exam terminates the examination and is reported to GREC.
- What PSI provides: an online calculator on the exam computer, and a piece of scratch paper and a pencil, which you return at check-out.
- During the exam: companions may not wait in the test center or on its property. Once seated, you may leave the room only for the restroom and only with proctor permission — and you receive no extra time for it.
- Weather and emergencies: if severe weather or an emergency closes your site, PSI attempts to contact you and reschedules as soon as possible; you can check your appointment status by phone at (888) 818-5834.
- Results are immediate. Your score displays on screen at the end, and the emailed report follows. If you passed, your next step is the licensing visit in Section 5 — the 12-month clock is already running.
How to study for this exam
The outlines are the syllabus — PSI publishes exactly what the exam covers, area by area, and the counts above are question counts, not suggestions. A plan built on that structure:
- Give Contracts its weight — then Agency and Practice. Contracts (19), Agency (13), and Practice of Real Estate (12) together are 44 of the 100 national questions. Learn contracts comparatively: what makes an agreement valid, void, voidable, or unenforceable; how contingencies, amendments, and counteroffers change the deal; how lease types differ. Agency follows naturally, because Georgia candidates must hold national agency concepts and BRRETA’s Georgia version in their heads at the same time.
- Start the Georgia supplement early, not last. Fifty-two questions — a third of the exam — come from three Georgia areas, and they reward direct study of concrete material: who must be licensed and what it costs, how the Commission is organized and how investigations and hearings run, what the Education, Research and Recovery Fund pays and when, which practices License Law treats as unfair, and how Georgia closings actually proceed. None of this is inferable from national principles.
- Learn BRRETA as Georgia’s twist on agency. Georgia’s Brokerage Relationships in Real Estate Transactions Act displaces the assumptions national materials teach: a broker working with a party without a written brokerage engagement is a transaction broker, performing ministerial acts only, and agency — including dual agency and designated agency — is created by written engagement, with dual agency requiring the informed written consent of all parties. Questions in Real Estate Practice in Georgia (the largest supplement area at 21) return to this framework constantly.
- Drill Georgia’s closing numbers. The Finance and Closing area (15 questions) tests Georgia mechanics alongside national finance: the real estate transfer tax, the intangibles recording tax on long-term notes, ad valorem assessment at 40% of fair market value, and nonjudicial foreclosure by power of sale — advertised weekly for four weeks, sold on the first Tuesday of the month. These are learnable, finite facts; candidates lose them by never isolating them.
- Practice math at exam weight. Real Estate Calculations is 7 national questions — seller’s net, buyer funds at closing, prorations, transfer fees, PITI estimates, equity, cap rate, LTV, points — and calculation threads run through the supplement’s closing area as well. Work them with the on-screen-calculator constraint in mind: the skill is setting the problem up correctly the first time.
- Sit full-length simulations against the real clock. 152 scored questions plus experimental items in 240 minutes is about a minute and a half per question. Short quizzes build knowledge; only full generated exams at the real 100/52 split build the pacing and flag-and-return discipline the sitting demands.
- Schedule when the simulations say so — consistently strong full-exam results with no outline area left as a recurring source of misses, on either portion.
This program’s Georgia practice bank (19,997 questions, including 6,974 on the Georgia supplement alone) is built area-by-area on this same outline. The Georgia Real Estate Exam Prep program page shows the full coverage table and enrollment.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are on the Georgia real estate exam? 152 scored multiple-choice questions: 100 on the national portion and 52 on the Georgia supplement. PSI may add a small number of unscored experimental questions — one to ten per the Candidate Information Bulletin — which do not affect your result but do count against your time.
How long is the Georgia real estate exam? Four hours (240 minutes) for the full exam in one sitting, covering both portions and any experimental questions. A tutorial of up to 15 minutes runs beforehand and does not count against the exam time.
What score do I need to pass the Georgia real estate exam? PSI does not publish a numeric passing score in the Georgia Candidate Information Bulletin — the current bulletin states no cut score or passing percentage. Your score is displayed on screen when you finish and your score report is emailed to you; a failing report includes diagnostic information by examination type. Percentages published on unofficial prep sites do not come from the bulletin.
Does Georgia require pre-licensing education before the exam? Yes — unlike some states, Georgia requires the education first. The standard route is the 75-hour Salesperson Prelicense Course at a GREC-approved school. Defined alternatives are qualifying college or law-school coursework (10 quarter hours or 6 semester hours) or 75 hours of approved out-of-state or Canadian prelicense coursework, each submitted to PSI for approval.
How much does it cost to get a Georgia salesperson license? The exam fee is $175, paid to PSI when you schedule, and the license fee is $170, paid to GREC when you obtain your license at a PSI test center after passing. The $170 covers the first licensing period (to the last day of your birth month in the fourth calendar year after issuance). Prelicense course tuition is set by schools and is separate.
How do I register for the Georgia real estate exam? Create an account on PSI’s Georgia real estate portal (test-takers.psiexams.com/gare) and book a test center appointment, or call PSI at (888) 818-5834. The name on your account must match your government-issued ID exactly, and the $175 fee is paid at scheduling.
Where do I take the Georgia real estate exam? At PSI test centers in Duluth, Marietta, Decatur, Fayetteville, Macon, and Savannah. The exam is computer-based: one question at a time, with an on-screen calculator, and you may revisit and change answers while time remains.
What happens after I pass the Georgia exam? Return to a PSI test center — allow 24 hours after passing — during licensing hours (Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 2:00–4:45 p.m.) with your photo ID, Certification of Accuracy Statement, GCIC report (no more than 60 days old), signed and notarized Lawful Presence Affidavit, the $170 license fee, and a Sponsoring Broker Statement if you want an active license. You must complete this within 12 months of passing or retake the exam.
If I fail, how soon can I retake the Georgia exam? You cannot book a new appointment the same day you tested. You can schedule the next day and retest as soon as the day after that, space permitting. The bulletin provides for re-taking the failed portion, and the $175 fee applies to each attempt.
How long is my Georgia exam score valid? Twelve months from the date you pass — the same window GREC gives you to obtain your license. After 12 months without licensing, the examination must be retaken.
Do I need a sponsoring broker before the exam? No. A sponsoring broker is needed to activate your license, not to test. If you have no broker lined up, PSI issues your license on inactive status; you can activate it later when you join a firm. Note that the 25-hour post-license course in your first year applies to inactive licensees too.
What is the 25-hour post-license course? A GREC-approved course every new salesperson must complete within the first year of licensure. It is separate from the 75-hour prelicense course and from continuing education (36 hours per four-year renewal period). If it is not completed within the first year, the license lapses.
I am licensed in another state. Do I have to take the Georgia exam? Usually not. Georgia offers reciprocity to licensees in good standing who obtained their license by examination in another state — you apply by reciprocity without testing. The exception is Florida residents, who must take and pass the Georgia Supplement Exam (the 52-question Georgia portion) through PSI.
Can I use my own calculator on the Georgia exam? No. Handheld calculators are on PSI’s prohibited-items list. An online calculator is available on the exam computer, and PSI provides scratch paper and a pencil, which you return at check-out.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation provider and is not affiliated with the Georgia Real Estate Commission, PSI Services LLC, or any state agency or exam vendor. This guide is general information about the Georgia salesperson licensing exam, current as of October 2026; GREC and PSI publications govern if anything here differs from them.