NRI Property Management in Mumbai

NRI property management in Mumbai is the running of a non-resident owner's flat by a local team: tenant search, leave and licence registration, rent collection, society coordination, repairs, and tax records. This page sets out what the Maharashtra rules require of you, and what 66 MG Road runs in Mumbai. It is one part of our NRI property management service.

What we run in Mumbai, and what we do not

Full management runs with our own people in Delhi NCR and Bangalore. Mumbai is not one of the two, and you should read that before you read anything else on this page.

What runs in Mumbai is the Property Health Check at ₹20,000, one time, and Watch at ₹1,000 a month. Both are done by a vetted local surveyor to the same reporting standard we hold our own cities to. Neither takes your keys, your power of attorney, or your rent, which is why neither needs a manager living in the building. Owners we already manage for in Mumbai stay with us. We are not taking on a new full-management property here.

If you want the flat run end to end today, the honest answer is Delhi NCR or Bangalore. If your flat is in Mumbai and you want to know what state it is in before you hand anyone keys, that is the Health Check, and it is the product we built first.

What we check in a Mumbai flat

One visit by one vetted surveyor, and a written report within five working days of that visit:

1. Dated photographs of every room and the exterior, with the monsoon damage a Mumbai flat collects recorded as found.
2. Boundary and demarcation as recorded, checked against what stands on site.
3. The Encumbrance Certificate, pulled from the sub-registrar and read, so you see any charge registered against the flat.
4. Society standing. Maintenance dues, arrears, and the interest a committee has added to them.
5. MCGM property tax status. What is paid, what is outstanding, and from which year. The MCGM property tax guide covers how to clear it.
6. Occupancy verified in person. Who is in the flat, on what paper, and whether the leave and licence agreement on record is registered.
7. A written risk report, ranked by what costs you most if you ignore it.

Watch repeats the photo and occupancy check every quarter at ₹1,000 a month, so a vacant flat in Powai gets looked at four times a year instead of never.

How it works

Step 1: You book it. You send the address and what you know about the flat. No keys move. No power of attorney is signed. No money of yours is held.

Step 2: The surveyor visits. One vetted person, on a date you know in advance, standing in the flat.

Step 3: The report reaches you. Within five working days of the visit. The Encumbrance Certificate comes from the sub-registrar, and that queue is not ours to control, so it is the one line that can run late.

Step 4: You decide. Repair it, let it, sell it, or put it on Watch and leave it. You decide with the facts instead of a phone call from a cousin.

What it costs in Mumbai

Property Health Check: ₹20,000, one time, per property. Watch: ₹1,000 a month. No commission on rent, because we do not collect your rent in Mumbai. No markup on the surveyor. Full-management rates apply in Delhi NCR and Bangalore, and all of it sits on our pricing page.

Why Mumbai owners abroad lose money

• The broker vanishes after the licence is signed. His brokerage is earned. Your seepage is not his problem.
• The relative stops responding. The flat in Chembur becomes a topic both of you avoid.
• Repairs get billed twice. Without dated photos and receipts, the same waterproofing job pays out two times.
• Rent arrives late and shrinks. Deductions appear with no paper. You cannot argue from Dubai.
• The society loses patience. Unpaid maintenance turns into arrears, interest, and a hostile committee.
• An unregistered agreement weakens you. If a dispute lands in court, missing registration hurts the owner first.

Every one of those six is a fact about the flat that nobody has checked. That is the gap the Health Check closes.

Mumbai specifics every NRI landlord should know

• Registration is compulsory, whatever the duration. Under Section 55 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, every leave and licence agreement must be written and registered. The 11-month shortcut used in other states does not apply here. Maharashtra runs online e-registration, so the process works without you flying in.
• Tenant police intimation is the landlord's duty. Maharashtra Police rules require landlords to intimate the local police station with tenant details. Mumbai Police accepts the submission online. A police NOC is not required; the intimation is.
• The society cannot stop you from renting out. Under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, a society cannot prohibit a member from giving a flat on leave and licence. It can ask for prior notice, a copy of the agreement, and police verification. The Health Check reports what the society holds on file for your flat and what is missing from it.
• Where NRI demand sits. Market trackers name Powai, Thane, Mulund, Chembur, Andheri East, and Navi Mumbai among the suburbs drawing NRI buyers and steady tenant demand, with gross residential yields in the 3 to 4 percent range across most Mumbai micro-markets.

FAQ

Do you manage flats in Mumbai end to end? No. Full management runs with our own people in Delhi NCR and Bangalore. In Mumbai we run the Property Health Check and Watch through a vetted local surveyor. Owners we already manage for in Mumbai stay with us. If that changes, this page changes and carries the date of the change.

Can I register a leave and licence agreement for my Mumbai flat from abroad? Yes. Maharashtra offers online e-registration of leave and licence agreements, so the process runs without you flying in. We do not draft or register agreements in Mumbai. The Health Check tells you whether the agreement on your flat today is registered, which is the question most owners abroad cannot answer.

Is an 11-month unregistered agreement valid in Mumbai? No. Section 55 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act requires registration of every leave and licence agreement, whatever its length. If your flat is let on an unregistered agreement, the Health Check says so in writing.

Who files the tenant police verification? The landlord does, through the Mumbai Police online intimation process. A police NOC is not required. The intimation is.

Does my housing society need to approve my tenant? The society cannot veto your right to let the flat. It can require notice, a copy of the agreement, and police verification. The Health Check reports what the committee has on file and what is missing.

Who pays the society maintenance while the flat is rented? Whatever your agreement states. The Health Check pulls the society ledger for your flat, so you see the dues, the arrears, and any interest the committee has added.

How do I know a repair in my Mumbai flat happened? The Health Check and Watch give you dated photographs of the flat as it stands, taken by the surveyor. Repair-by-repair proof on a monthly itemized statement is part of full management, and full management runs in Delhi NCR and Bangalore.

Also see our pages for NRI property management in Pune and NRI property management in Bangalore.

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Saurabh Garg, founder, 66 MG Road

Sources

• https://legaldesk.com/property/registration-of-leave-and-license-agreement-in-maharashtra
• https://indirent.in/blog/leave-and-license-agreement-maharashtra-laws-rules-2026
• https://mumbaipolice.gov.in/TenantForm?ps_id=0
• https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-renting-out-a-flat-you-don-t-need-police-s-noc-2616925
• https://lawcrust.in/renting-restrictions-society/
• https://www.sobha.com/blog/rental-yield-in-mumbai-best-areas-for-investment/
• https://arkade.in/will-nri-investments-be-the-next-big-trend-for-the-mumbai-residential-market/