For lawyers, notaries, surveyors, engineers and property managers
Get paying clients from the diaspora
Motherland connects licensed lawyers, notaries, surveyors, engineers, architects, valuers and property managers with families abroad who need work done at home. You stay independent and set your price within our ranges. We handle matching, payment and admin, and we pay you when the client approves your evidence.
What you get
Paying clients abroad
Families in the diaspora who need someone independent on the ground.
Payment held before you start
The client's payment is held by our payment partner before you start, and released to you on approval.
Scheduling and a report assistant
Every job has a written scope, a checklist and a deadline.
A public profile
Your name on the work you deliver, once your country is live.
Founding experts
Join before your country launches
Experts vetted before their country launches become founding experts.
- Founding badgeOn your profile
- Early profileReady before launch
- First access to jobsWhen your country launches
- Paid review workAs a named reviewer of country guides
How vetting works
Six checks before you take work
- 01LicenceConfirmed with the issuing body, never from a copy. Renewed yearly.
- 02BackgroundID, criminal record, sanctions and court records, including disciplinary findings.
- 03ReferencesThree past clients and one peer, called by us.
- 04IndependenceNo ties to the seller, agent or contractor, declared for every job.
- 05CompetenceInterview and work samples reviewed by a senior peer.
- 06Supervised startThe first three jobs are reviewed before the client sees the report.
Who we're looking for
Rwanda first, then Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana.
- Property lawyer
- Private notary (in Rwanda, accredited land notary)
- Land surveyor
- Civil or structural engineer
- Building inspector
- Architect
- Quantity surveyor
- Licensed valuer
- Property manager
- Accountant (landlord tax)