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An empty flat with white walls and a glossy beige tiled floor, morning sun falling through a barred window, a ring of brass keys hanging from the window sill. Papers & law8 min read किराएदार रखने से पहले — काग़ज़, पुलिस, पैसा।

Renting out your house: agreement, registration, tenant verification

Letting a flat in Indore? The agreement, when registration becomes compulsory, telling the police station, the deposit, and closing it all on paper.

3 Oct 2026
A man holding a folder of papers points across a walled, empty plot while a second man in a striped shirt looks on, houses in the background at golden hour. Money8 min read अपना प्लॉट किस भाव बेचें?

Pricing your plot when you sell

A plot's price is built, not chosen: the guideline rate, real sales nearby, the plot itself and the state of its papers. How to put the four together.

3 Oct 2026
A couple sit at a wooden dining table by a window, the man writing in a spiral notebook while the woman works a calculator, two cups of tea beside them. Money7 min read किराया या ख़रीद?

Rent or buy: the costs of owning that never make the sum

Rent against EMI is the wrong sum. The five costs of owning it leaves out, and how to compare the two honestly over the years you will actually stay.

3 Oct 2026
An elderly man in a white shirt and dhoti walks along a quiet lane past an old tiled-roof family house behind a yellow wall and a blue iron gate, a large mango tree over it. Papers & law8 min read गिफ़्ट, वसीयत, या बैनामा?

Gift, will or sale: moving property inside a family

A gift deed works today, a will on death, a sale deed only with real payment. How to choose between them, and the three family mistakes to avoid.

3 Oct 2026
Four members of a family sit around a wooden kitchen table with a folder and loose papers between them, nobody writing yet. Papers & law8 min read नाम किसके?

Whose name goes on the sale deed

Who paid and whose name is on the deed are two different questions. What the choice changes, and why to settle it at home, weeks early, not at the desk.

8 Sep 2026
An elderly man's hands pass a bundle of documents tied with string and a ring of keys across a wooden table to a young woman's hands. Papers & law8 min read एक दिन — और ज़िंदगी भर का काग़ज़।

Registry day: what happens, and mutation afterwards

Stamp duty, the four-month clock, Aadhaar at the counter, e-registration from home, and why a registered deed still leaves mutation to be done.

8 Sep 2026
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The price is not the cost: stamp duty, guideline rate and the real total

On a ₹50 lakh plot you pay ₹55.25 lakh before a brick is laid. How stamp duty and the guideline rate work in Madhya Pradesh, and the four costs that come after.

8 Sep 2026

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