Guides

The long answers.

The questions that do not fit in a paragraph on the FAQ. General information, not legal advice. For a branching checklist on letters and who can sign, see the probate & signing-authority tool.

• Behind on your mortgage in Georgia: the foreclosure timeline

  How a Georgia foreclosure actually runs, from the first missed payment to the courthouse steps, and what you can still do at each stage.

• Listing with an agent or selling as-is: how to compare them

  What each route really costs, how long each takes, and how to tell which one leaves you with more money for your particular house.

• Selling a house on septic, a well, or acreage in Georgia

  What buyers and their lenders will ask about a septic system, a private well and rural land, and what records to pull before you list.

• Selling a house with a tenant in it, in Georgia

  What the lease means for a sale, how much notice a tenant is owed, what happens to the deposit, and what you cannot do to get someone out.

• Selling a rental house in Georgia: taxes, 1031 exchanges and the tenant

  For landlords ready to stop: what the tax on a rental sale is made of, how a 1031 exchange defers it, and selling with the tenant in place.

• Selling an inherited house in Georgia

  Who is allowed to sign, what probate has to do first, and how heirs in other states get it done without flying in.

• Writing a rehab scope of work a lender will fund

  For investors borrowing to renovate: a line-item budget, draw schedule and after-repair value that reconcile, and the mistakes that slow funding.