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Your Verified Investment Memo

The capstone project for Real Estate Investing & Property Business in Nigeria: Land, Titles, Rentals, Shortlets and Development — a free Business course. Pass it and you earn a certificate anyone can verify.

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The project unlocks once you complete the lessons. The workbook is free to download now so you can see exactly what is expected.

What you will submit

One shared link (Google Drive folder, Notion page or PDF set to 'anyone with the link') containing the memo, the title and survey images, the search or charting evidence, the due-diligence photographs, and the cost-and-return spreadsheet.

What to do, step by step

  1. Part 1 — The asset and the thesis (200-300 words): identify one real plot, flat, house or small building that is actually for sale or lease and that you could plausibly afford or finance. State the strategy — land banking, buy-to-let, shortlet, build-to-sell or owner-occupy — who the buyer or tenant would be, and the return you expect and why.
  2. Part 2 — Title evidence: name the title the seller claims (C of O, governor's consent, registered deed, excision/gazette, R of O, family receipt or other), obtain a copy of the survey plan and title document, and record the result of a land-registry search or charting (or, if you cannot yet pay for one, the exact steps, office, fee and time it would take, and what you would look for). State whether the land is under government acquisition and how you know.
  3. Part 3 — Due diligence: document a physical visit with photographs, the neighbours and boundary check, the seller's identity and authority (family principal members, developer's CAC and LASRERA registration, agent's registration), any existing occupiers or disputes, and access to road, power and water.
  4. Part 4 — The numbers (spreadsheet, shared): purchase price, agent's fee, lawyer's fee, survey, search and charting, stamp duty, consent and registration at 2026 rates, development levies or service charge, and for rentals the gross and net yield after vacancy, management, maintenance, land use charge and income tax; for land banking the holding costs and a real-terms return at an assumed inflation rate; for development a build cost per square metre and margin. Show the total cost to own and the return under a base case and a bad case.
  5. Part 5 — Risks: rank the five biggest risks to this specific deal (title, fraud, liquidity, regulation, financing, construction, market) with the evidence for each and what would mitigate it.
  6. Part 6 — The decision (200-300 words): buy, negotiate (to what price or terms), or walk away, with reasoning that a bank credit officer or a sceptical family elder would accept. Put the memo, the evidence images and the spreadsheet in one shared folder and submit the link.

Files to work with

Project workbook (fill in, then submit)The whole brief, an evidence checklist, the grading rubric as a self-check and the link-sharing steps in one file. Opens in Word, Google Docs or WPS.Word · 7 KB

How it is graded

CriterionWeight
A real, affordable asset with a clear strategy, buyer or tenant, and stated expected return10%
Title evidence is specific: the claimed title named and shown, a registry search or charting done or precisely planned, and the acquisition status stated with its source25%
Due diligence covers the physical visit, seller's authority and registrations, occupiers and disputes, and access — with photographs15%
The spreadsheet includes every 2026 cost line the course lists, computes the correct yield or return for the strategy, and shows a base and a bad case25%
Five risks are ranked with evidence and mitigations specific to this deal10%
The decision follows from the evidence and numbers; 'walk away' with strong reasoning scores as highly as 'buy'15%

You need 65% overall to pass. A failed submission comes back with feedback and can be revised and resubmitted.

Before you submit: make your link public

If your work lives in Google Drive or Google Docs, open Share → General access and change “Restricted” to “Anyone with the link” (Viewer). Then paste the link into a private browser window: if it opens without sign-in, you are ready. A private link cannot be graded — it is the single most common reason a good project fails.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to finish Real Estate Investing & Property Business in Nigeria: Land, Titles, Rentals, Shortlets and Development before submitting the project?

Yes. The submission screen opens once every lesson in Real Estate Investing & Property Business in Nigeria: Land, Titles, Rentals, Shortlets and Development is marked complete. The lessons are where the methods, the Nigerian context and the worked examples the project depends on are taught.

How is the project graded?

An examiner scores each rubric criterion from 0 to 100 and weights them as shown on this page; you need 65% overall to pass. Most submissions are graded within minutes and you get written feedback on what was strong and what to improve.

Can I resubmit if I fail?

Yes. A failed project comes back with feedback; revise the weak parts and resubmit. A passed project is final — the certificate is issued and cannot be re-rolled.

What do I actually submit?

A write-up of what you did (under 5,000 characters) plus a public link to your work — a Google Drive folder, Google Doc, spreadsheet, GitHub repository or video. The link must open without sign-in; a private link cannot be graded. The free project workbook on this page walks you through all 6 steps.

Is the certificate real?

Yes. Passing this project issues a certificate with a unique verification code. Anyone — an employer, a client, a school — can open the verification page and see that the certificate is genuine and which project earned it.

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