How it starts for an NRI

Two ways in, wherever you live.

01

Consult with us

Paid professional advice on any market we cover — whether you end up buying in Bengaluru, Dubai, London or Bali. You are not required to transact through us.

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02

Buy with us

In Bengaluru we run the whole transaction ourselves. In our other markets we advise and a vetted local partner executes, with us alongside throughout.

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Where you can invest

One standard, several markets.

Bengaluru

We execute. Search, diligence, negotiation, registration, handover — and management afterwards, which is the part that matters when you live elsewhere.

Dubai · Abu Dhabi

The Gulf corridor most Indian investors already know. We advise; local partners execute on the ground.

UK · US · Bali · Thailand

Established and emerging markets, held to the same due-diligence standard as everything we touch.

Which market suits you depends on where your future liabilities sit, your horizon and your currency exposure. That is the conversation, and it is worth having before the shortlist.

The process

How it works from another time zone.

The same six stages, adapted for the fact that you are not in the country.

The question library

The questions NRIs actually ask.

Researched at source and dated, so you can check a figure rather than take it on trust — and where published sources genuinely disagree, we tell you instead of picking the convenient one. Every question here now has an answer behind it.

Which countries can an Indian or NRI invest in, and where is it worth it?India barely restricts you. Fifteen destinations do — and estate tax decides the rest.Read the answer → Can an NRI buy property in India — and what can’t you?Residential and commercial freely. Agricultural land never.Read the answer → TDS when an NRI sells, and how Form 13 reduces itWithheld on your whole sale value, not your gain.Read the answer → Repatriating sale proceeds, step by stepThe USD 1 million cap, and the two-property exception.Read the answer → Power of attorney: buying without flying homeApostille or consulate, and a three-month stamping clock.Read the answer → Bengaluru or Dubai, honestlyWhere “zero tax” applies to you, and where it does not.Read the answer → How rental income is actually taxed, and what you keep3.6% gross is 1.98% after costs and tax. Plus 31.2% withheld on gross rent.Read the answer → What buying in Bengaluru actually costs7.6% statutory — the registration fee doubled in 2025.Read the answer → e-Khata explained, and why registration depends on itThe draft the portal generated for you is not an e-Khata.Read the answer → Whitefield did 14%. Is it too late?Three published prices, 35% apart — and how to check any claim.Read the answer → Bengaluru’s unsold inventory, and what it means for a buyerUp 34% in a year. That is negotiating room.Read the answer → When does a property portfolio need running like a family office?Property is the asset class family offices manage worst.Read the answer → Can an NRI get a home loan in India, and what does it cost?7.15–8.75%, shorter tenure — and the account you repay from decides your exit.Read the answer → RERA: what protection does it really give a remote buyer?Against a developer who fails, well. Against a bad price or an insolvent builder, not at all.Read the answer → Managing a property from another time zoneThe risk is an occupant you cannot remove, not late rent. And 8–10% management is an eighth of your income.Read the answer → Inheritance and gifting of Indian property for NRIsInherit farmland you cannot buy. Gift it to nobody. And the tax that catches you is not India’s.Read the answer → Plots, apartments or commercial — what fits an NRI?Plots appreciate hardest and pay nothing. Commercial yields most and is hardest to exit.Read the answer →

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