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Originally Posted by lowside67
Another element to consider is owning real property in the US complicates your estate scenario considerably - even commonwealth countries with tax treaties with the US will have significant probate-related items to deal with upon a death of an owner. Food for thought.
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My family used to own a winter place in Florida as USA citizens, which someone or another from the family was using about 4 months out of the year. Owning even a part-time residence in Florida dragged their state's laws into the estate taxes, and let's just say that they were ringing the register at the time IIRC since the sunshine state is where old people go to die.....