Notes

Notes from THE LAB RE

What we learn coordinating closings across Georgia and Florida.

• The Florida closing timeline: every FAR/BAR deadline that decides your closing date

  September 8, 2026

  Effective Date, escrow deposit, inspection period, loan approval, title, condo and HOA documents, insurance and permits: the FAR/BAR deadlines that set a Florida closing date, and the counting rule that surprises Georgia agents.

• GAR vs. FAR/BAR: what changes when you sell in both Georgia and Florida

  September 6, 2026

  Forms, walk-away rights, who closes, how days are counted, escrow and disclosures: the differences an agent or transaction coordinator must keep straight across the Georgia-Florida line.

• What the lender needs before closing: the five checkpoints that decide the date

  September 6, 2026

  The five lender checkpoints in a financed Georgia purchase, the documents each one needs, and the buyer habits that turn a clear to close back into a condition.

• Earnest money in Georgia: how much, who holds it, and when the buyer gets it back

  September 6, 2026

  What the earnest money deposit is in a Georgia purchase, the amounts we see in metro Atlanta, who holds it, the delivery deadline, and exactly when a buyer recovers it or loses it.

• The due diligence period in Georgia: what to do day by day

  September 6, 2026

  How Georgia's due diligence period works, a day-by-day plan for a ten-day window, and what happens when the deadline is missed.

• What a transaction coordinator does in Georgia, and what it costs in 2026

  September 6, 2026

  What a real estate transaction coordinator handles from contract to close, what stays with the agent, who pays, and the going rates in the Atlanta market this year.

• The 12 deadlines that sink a closing in Georgia (and how to keep every one)

  September 6, 2026

  A practical checklist of the twelve dates in a Georgia purchase and sale agreement that most often derail a closing, what each one means, and how a transaction coordinator keeps them.