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Real estate property laws established by legislation and case law are often misunderstood by judges and juries. These individuals are often undereducated in matters of land law not only in Georgia, but across the U.S. Long-standing court rulings and testimony of experts in the real property field are misconstrued by the courts and the states. This often leads to court case decisions that are not in accordance with the laws of the nation and multiple states. Real property cases are twenty-five percent of all attorney malpractice suits and over fifty percent of the real property decisions are reversed on appeal. Many of these cases are appealed to higher courts and overturned. The goal of this article is to examine recently decided real property court decisions, address the inconsistencies between the laws and the final judgments, and use the lessons learned to explain why states would benefit from an independent land court. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]