Comparing State Land Portals for Remote NRI Checks
An NRI weighing a flat in Pune against one in Hyderabad discovers the two cities don't even use the same kind of land-record portal, let alone the same document names.
Remote Title Verification for NRI Buyers
A step-by-step sequence NRIs can run from abroad to pull the encumbrance certificate, read the title chain, and confirm a property's title before wiring an advance.
Remote Title and RERA Due Diligence for Qatar-Based NRIs: A Doha Buyer's Checklist
A Doha-based engineer nearly wired his booking amount before realising he had no way to check, from Qatar, whether the project's title chain was even clean.
Remote Title and RERA Due Diligence for USA-Based NRIs
How a US-based NRI can check RERA registration, pull an encumbrance certificate, and trace a title chain on an India property entirely from a laptop in the Bay Area, NJ, or Texas.
7/12 Extract (Satbara): What Maharashtra Buyers Check
A section-by-section guide to reading a Maharashtra 7/12 extract before you buy land, from gat number to hidden liens in 'other rights.'
Get an Encumbrance Certificate Online in Karnataka
A first-time Bengaluru buyer's step-by-step walkthrough for pulling their own encumbrance certificate on the KAVERI portal instead of trusting a seller's photocopy.
Get an Encumbrance Certificate Online in Maharashtra
A Pune-flat buyer's walkthrough of checking registered charges through IGR Maharashtra's Index II search instead of trusting the seller's paperwork.
Get an Encumbrance Certificate Online in Telangana
A Hyderabad plot buyer learns the difference between IGRS Telangana's EC search and the Dharani land-records portal — and why confusing the two is a common first-time-buyer mistake.
RTC (Pahani) Land Record: Reading It Before Buying
Every column on a Pahani exists to answer one buyer question or another — the trouble is nobody hands you the translation key along with the printout.