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You don't need to fly down to Hyderabad before buying a plot. Every survey number in Telangana is now linked to a digital government record. Before you believe anything a broker tells you, you can check it yourself — from wherever you are — using 5 government portals.

Ten friends pool money and buy a 5-acre plot together. It sounds like the smartest way to get into land that none of you could afford alone. But if the registration ends up in just one person's name because "he's a close friend, we trust him" — you haven't bought land, you've bought a legal problem waiting to surface.

Every broker in Shankarpally and Chevella right now is using the same line: "GO-111 restrictions ki bayata undi, full FSI vastundi, rate double avthundi." Sometimes it's true. Sometimes it's a village name dropped without checking the survey number.

Every HMDA-approved layout has a catch most buyers never hear about until it's too late: not all plots in that layout are actually free to sell. As part of the approval process, HMDA holds back a percentage of plots, typically 10%, sometimes 15% depending on the zone, as security. These are called mortgage plots.

What Every Flat Buyer Must Know

Hold a plot for 5 years and double your money? Or build a 5-floor building and collect rent every month?