Two offers land on your Kennesaw listing: one cash, ten percent below asking, closing in twelve days. One financed, full price, closing in six weeks with an appraisal contingency still to clear. Which one actually nets you more, and which one is more likely to fall apart? Here's how to run the real math before you decide.

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.