Your Kennesaw or Marietta appraisal came back below the contract price — now what? Georgia's contract doesn't automatically protect you the way some buyers assume, and the real financing gap is usually bigger than the number on the report. Here's how buyers and sellers actually work through it, and how to protect yourself before you're ever in this spot.

Losing bidding wars in Kennesaw or Marietta? You're probably competing on price alone. Sellers in today's market care just as much about certainty — proof of funds, appraisal gap coverage, and clean terms. Here's how to structure an offer that wins without waiving away your protection under Georgia's Due Diligence period.

Most Georgia buyers don't realize they're making two very different deposits when they go under contract — one goes straight to the seller and you never get it back, the other sits in escrow and is fully refundable if you act in time. Here's how the due diligence fee and earnest money actually work under the GAR contract, and what's at stake if you miss the deadline.