Course 8410 lessons

Land titles and the Torrens system

A practical guide to verifying property ownership in the Philippines, from understanding the Torrens system and checking a title at the Registry of Deeds to spotting fraud red flags and completing the transfer after a sale.

What the Torrens system is, and why the Philippines uses it

The real estate investing course on this site has a single lesson on title due diligence, enough to flag that a title needs checking before money changes hands. This course starts from that same warning and goes much deeper into the legal system underneath it, beginning with the framework that makes Philippine land titles trustworthy at all: the Torrens system.