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Real Estate Law Course
About This Course
Welcome to this introductory real estate course designed for beginners and aspiring property investors. You’ll learn the essentials of property evaluation, buying processes, negotiation basics, and the key legal aspects of real estate. The lessons guide you step-by-step, helping you understand how to identify valuable properties and read market trends with confidence.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to assess property values, compare investment options, and make informed decisions using practical tools and examples. Each module includes concise lessons and simple exercises to help you build real, usable skills. This demo text showcases how your course content will appear while highlighting the value of the training.
Learning Objectives
Understand key property rights and ownership structures
Identify the essential elements of legally binding real estate contracts
Analyze leases, mortgages, and title documents
Recognize common legal risks in real estate transactions
Apply zoning and land-use regulations to real situations
Work effectively with lawyers, agents, and regulatory authorities
Protect your interests during negotiations and property transfers
Requirements
- Basic understanding of real estate or property concepts is helpful
- Access to a computer or mobile device with internet
- Ability to read and interpret simple documents
- Willingness to complete short practical exercises
- No legal background required
Target Audience
- Beginner real estate investors
- Realtors and property agents
- Property managers and landlords
- Housing developers and project managers
- Law students exploring property law
- Anyone interested in understanding property rights and regulations
Curriculum
24 Lessons3h 30m
The Foundation: Law and Real Estate
Summary and Objective:
1. Rule of law in Real Estate
2. Duty of care
3. What is Duty of care in Real Estate
4. Elements of Duty of care in Real Estate
5. Does the Duty of care apply in Nigeria
6. Consequences of not observing the duty of care in Real Estate
7. Why law is the backbone in Real Estate
8. Law as a major tool in your success toolbox
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Legal pathways to land ownership in Nigeria
Summary and objectives:
1. Pathways to land ownership in Nigeria
2. Capacity to own and transfer title
Title Documents
Summary and Objective:
1. What is a title document?
2. Core elements of a title document
3. Title VS Title document
4. Types of land titles as relates to ownership status
5. Types of legal title document
6. What is a Root of title
7. Parties in property documents and transactions
8. Who should prepare a title document
9. Key elements of a title documents prepared by a lawyer
Deeds and all you need to know
Summary and objectives:
1. What is a deed
2. Common types of deed
3. When is a deed mandatory
4. Key components of a valid deed
Power of Attorney
Summary and objectives:
1. Features of power of attorney
2. DMTN principle
3. Common uses of Power of Attorney in Real Estate
4. Types of Power of Attorney
5. Requirements of a valid power of attorney
6. When a power of attorney can be used as a title document.
Contract of Sale
Summary and Objectives:
1. What is a contract of sale
2. Difference between a contract of sale and a sale agreement
3. Key purposes and advantages of contract of sale
4. When is a contract of sale necessary in Real Estate
5. Essential elements of contract of sale
6. Legal implications of contract of sale
7. Legal implications of subject to contract
8. Contents of a contract of sale
9. Legal formulas to strengthen a contract of sale
Titles under the land use act of 1978
Summary and objectives:
1. Statutory Vs Customary titles
2. Customary certificate of occupancy
3. Difference between Right of Occupancy and certificate of occupancy
4. Types of certificate of occupancy
5. Major provision of the land use act of 1978
6. Details and terms of statutory title
Tenancy
Summary and objectives:
1. Understanding tenancy
2. Types of tenancy in Nigeria
3. Documents applicable to tenancy relationships
4. Contents of a tenancy agreement
5. Rights and obligations of parties
6. Rent termination process
7. Practical consideration for realtors, developers and investors
Leases in Nigeria
Summary and Objectives:
1. What is a lease
2. Key elements of a lease
3. Parties to a lease
4. Difference between a lease and an assignment
5. Types of leases
6. Essential elements of a lease agreement
Gazette and Excision
Summary and Objectives:
1. What is excision
2. Historical background of excision
3. Stages of excision
4. Legal effects of excision
5. Risks of excision in process
Freehold
Summary and Objectives:
1. Concept of freehold
2. Freehold Vs Leasehold
3. Freehold as a land status
4. Is a freehold a title document?
How to carryout Due Diligence
Summary and objectives:
1. Stages and processes of conducting due diligence
2. Right steps and strategies to conducting due diligence.
3. Due diligence as it relates to specific locations in Nigeria.
How to carryout Due Diligence
Summary and objectives:
1. Stages and processes of conducting due diligence
2. Right steps and strategies to conducting due diligence.
3. Due diligence as it relates to specific locations in Nigeria.
Legal framework for operations as a Real Estate company and a developer in Nigeria
Summary and objectives:
1. Categories of business registration under corporate law
2. Types of businesses to register
Co-Ownership
Summary and objectives:
1. What is co-ownership
2. Key legal requirements of successful co-ownership arrangements
Survey Plan
Summary and objectives:
1. Key features of a survey plan
2. Legal relevance of a survey plan in Nigeria
3. Is a survey plan a title document?
4. Land surveying in the FCT
5. Implications of survey plan for buyers in the FCT
Title documents in the FCT
Summary and objectives:
1. FCT land titles
2. Facts about the land use act of 1978 as it relates to the FCT
3. The FCT Act of 1976
4. Can a local council allocate lands in rural areas if Nigeria
5. The concept of regularization and recertification
6. Certain land use of designation in the FCT
How court decides real estate matter
Summary and objectives:
1. What the court looks at when deciding a real estate dispute
Succession
Summary and objectives:
1. Laws applicable to succession in Nigeria
2. Categories of succession
3. Importance of making a will
4. Key contents of a valid will in Nigeria
5. Legal requirements for a validity of a will
6. Interstate succession
7. Succession strategies
8. Who should have a succession plan
9. Can a next of kin automatically inherit a property upon the death of the deceased.
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