Property Ownership7 min readDinesh D Bajaj
How an Overseas Indian Can Verify a Property Without Travelling
You do not need to fly to India to find out what is happening at your property. You do need someone accountable to go and look, and to report what they saw rather than what they were told.
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What verification actually means
- Observed condition, possession and use, with dates
- Publicly accessible records, retrieved and read together
- The difference between a photograph and an account
Where second-hand information goes wrong
- Relatives softening bad news
- Caretakers protecting an arrangement
- Brokers describing a market rather than a property
What you should receive
- A dated written report in plain language
- Photographs tied to what was observed
- An honest list of what could not be established