“Amit, how do you actually decide which developers to work with?”
I’ve been asked a version of this question enough times that I want to answer it properly, in public, rather than case by case in DMs.
Before AcreBase represents any project, we run it against five questions. Not a vibe check, five specific, checkable dimensions.
One ~ Regulatory compliance depth. Not just “is this RERA registered,” but does the registration match the exact tower and phase, and what does the promoter’s complaint history look like across their entire portfolio, not just this one project.
Two ~ Delivery track record across cycles. How did this developer’s other projects perform through a market slowdown, not just a good year. When delays happened, did they communicate and compensate, or go quiet.
Three ~ Financial and escrow discipline. Is the payment plan tied to genuine, verifiable construction milestones, certified independently — or just time-based tranches that happen to look similar.
Four ~ Substantiated sustainability claims. If a project calls itself “green” or “low-density,” can they name the landscape architect, state the actual ratio, or point to a real certification, or is it just the adjective.
Five ~ After-sales and resident reputation. What do people who already live there say, years after possession, not just what the brochure said at launch.
Here’s the part that actually makes this worth publishing rather than just claiming: no developer scores perfectly on all five, every time. Most score well on some and weaker on others. Our job isn’t to find a mythical perfect project, it’s to tell you honestly where a specific project actually stands, on all five, before you commit anything.
We’ve walked away from representing projects that didn’t clear this bar. That’s not a marketing anecdote, it’s the actual point of having a published standard instead of a private opinion.
If you’re evaluating a project on your own right now, even without us involved, these five questions are a genuinely useful starting checklist.
Which of these five would you add a sixth to, if you were building this list yourself?