Due Diligence & Scam Prevention
Is it real, and is it theirs to sell? Every guide in this section is one check you can run before a deposit leaves your account: the search, the document, the question that exposes a bad seller, and what a wrong answer sounds like. Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya, each tied to the statute and to the official office that actually runs the check. Nothing here is sold to you except the checking: no land, no commissions, no introductions.Start with the free Land Documents Checklist, then work through the checks in order. Not sure which risk is yours? You can find your riskiest gap in 3 minutes, free.Every check, in order, is in The Diaspora Verification Handbook. By country: Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya.
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Stool Land in Ghana: Can the Chief Really Sell You This Plot?
The chief says the land is his to give. The man who brought you to the plot says the chief signed. A relative at home says “everyone knows that land belongs to the stool”. Yet you are still asking yourself the question none of them will answer: if a chief sells me this, who exactly…
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Is the Indenture in Your Hand Proof of Ownership, or Just Paper?
You are holding the paper. It has a seal, a signature, a date, maybe a stamp. It feels like proof. So when someone asks, “Is this land really yours?”, the answer feels like it should be yes. But in Ghana, the indenture in your hand is one of the most misunderstood documents in the whole…
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Do You Know What a C of O Actually Proves, and What It Doesn’t?
A Certificate of Occupancy is the strongest document a Nigerian seller can show you, and it still proves less than most buyers think; here is what it proves, what it does not, and how to verify it before you pay.
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Would Your Lands Commission Search Actually Catch a Bad Seller?
A Lands Commission search in Ghana only protects you if you run the right search, on the right site plan, in your own name; here is how to do it from abroad, what the report can and cannot tell you, and what a wrong answer sounds like.
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Can You Really Buy Land Back Home Without Getting on a Plane?
The full remote-buying playbook for diaspora investors: the three-person team, verification from abroad, power of attorney rules, and payment controls that make distance safe.
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Is the Plot You Are Buying Also Being Sold to Someone Else?
One plot, several buyers, all abroad. How double selling works, the three-part defence that stops it, and what to do if you fear it has already happened.
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Kenya Land Search: Can You Check a Title Yourself on ArdhiSasa?
How diaspora buyers run an official Kenya land search on ArdhiSasa, read the report, and catch the one scam a search cannot see — the lookalike parcel.
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Buying Land in Lagos: Do You Know Who Will Turn Up Asking for Money?
Omo onile schemes follow a predictable playbook. The five checks that defuse them — excision and gazette, registry search, seller accreditation, charting, and full title perfection.
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Would You Spot a Forged Land Title in Ghana Before You Paid?
The exact Lands Commission search process for diaspora buyers: what to get from the seller, what the search reveals, customary land traps, and the red flags that end a deal.