SKILL ROADMAP 52 · SPECIALISED LEGAL FIELDS

Real Estate Law

Property law → Title → Documentation → Registration and stamp duty → RERA → Leasing → Disputes

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1 What this path is

Real estate lawyers advise on buying, selling, leasing and developing property, and on property disputes.

The work involves title research, documentation and state specific rules.

Learn property law.
Learn: the Transfer of Property Act 1882.
Practise: by explaining sale, mortgage, lease and gift.
Learn title investigation.
Learn: to trace title through past documents and land records.
Practise: by preparing a title report on imaginary documents.
Learn documentation.
Learn: sale deeds, agreements to sell and development agreements.
Practise: by drafting an agreement to sell.
Learn registration and stamp duty.
Learn: the Registration Act 1908 and your state's stamp law.
Practise: by calculating stamp duty for a transaction in your state.
Learn RERA.
Learn: the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 and your state's rules.
Practise: by drafting a RERA complaint.
Learn leasing.
Learn: commercial leases and state rent laws.
Practise: by reviewing a lease for the tenant.
Learn disputes.
Learn: suits for possession, specific performance and partition.
Practise: by drafting a plaint for specific performance.

You manage real estate transactions and disputes.

These checklists are for honest self assessment. They are not an official certification.

Real estate practices, developers' legal teams and civil chambers.

Reports and drafts.