TAKE PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THE SIGNING OF LAND/HOUSE PURCHASE DOCUMENTS
When buying land or house, you should go beyond signing purchase documents. You need solid, visual proof that the transaction took place; right there, in real time and with the real parties present.
Pictures and videos of the signing of land or house/building documents by you, the seller and witnesses for both parties will give you evidence to prove that the transaction truly and freely took place.
Forget relying on people’s memory. In a land/property dispute, memory fades, people lie and stories change.
So take clear high quality pictures and videos at the time of signing the documents. Remember to store the pictures and videos in a secure format and place.
Do not just dump them in your phone’s gallery and forget them. Consider storing them in emails, google cloud and such other modern storage forms. Keep them handy and easily accessible by you, as you may need them sometime.
The seller, his heirs, inheritors, beneficiaries, family or other interested parties may deny the sale. The pictures and videos will go a long way to show that indeed the sale which they seek to deny actually took place.
In today’s world, documentation is not enough; visual proof is king. Let your camera be your extra eyes. Record the truth. Secure your ownership with evidence that speaks louder than words.
Take that shot.
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APEX CHAMBERS, Law Firm of Property/Real Estate and Business/Corporate /Commercial Lawyers, Attorneys, Barristers, Solicitors Advocates, Legal Practitioners rendering legal services, Legal Consultants and Notary Public with Law Office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria