Insights
Perspective, not press releases.
Long-form thinking on the sale-leaseback model, NRI tax and repatriation, wellness real estate as an asset class, and the India HNI investment cycle. Written by the Fine Acers leadership and our domain advisors.
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The NRI's guide to branded residences in India
What a branded residence is, why NRIs are buying them in India, and how the freehold-plus-lease structure pays from the date of your booking.
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Sale-leaseback, explained in one page
Buy the residence. Lease it back. The operator runs it; you collect contractual returns from the date of your booking. The whole model, on one page.
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FEMA repatriation, step by step (2026)
How money legally enters India, earns under a lease, and comes back out — NRE/NRO routing, taxation, and the repatriation ceiling, step by step.
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Goa vs Dubai: the holiday-home yield math
Dubai holiday lets are occupancy businesses. A Goa branded residence pays a contractual 8–10% from booking. The yield math, side by side.
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How the contractual buy-back works
A written exit before you enter: Fine Acers' contractual buy-back — a minimum 25% appreciation, five years from full payment — is the rare-day floor for when you must exit and the open market can't. Here is how it is priced, when to use it, and why the open market usually beats it.
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Why returns from your booking date change the investment math
Returns that accrue from booking — not possession — change IRR, risk, and behaviour. The arithmetic of the booking-date rule, worked through.
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