Namasthe!

A profession is judged by its weakest practitioners not its best. I have invested more than a decade with organisations that set and enforce standards, so that buyers could trust the people they deal with. I served as president of the Hyderabad Realtors Association and later as the president and chairman of National Association of Realtors-India.

Most people in this trade want to do right by their clients. What they lack is not character but training and support. Criticising them is easy and changes nothing. Giving them the tools to do better is harder and worth more. That is the work I took on at the India Institute of Real Estate.

Real estate investors carry more risk than they can see. The information they rely on is often incomplete, and sometimes shaped to mislead. Much of my policy and advocacy work has aimed at closing that gap, through honest disclosure and clearer rules of the game.

This industry rarely lacks noise. What it lacks is people willing to stand up and tell it the truth. I have tried to be one of them. For years I have spoken at forums and conferences, organised them, and worked with the media, and the message has stayed the same. Give buyers facts, give them the risks, and trust them to decide. It does not always make you popular. It was never meant to.