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Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. xiii |
A Rare Opportunity | p. 1 |
How the Opportunity Was Created | p. 3 |
The Three Types of Real Estate Transactions | p. 6 |
Traditional sale | p. 7 |
Short sale | p. 7 |
Foreclosure or bank owned property | p. 10 |
The Window of Opportunity | p. 10 |
Ways of Owning Real Estate | p. 13 |
Direct Ownership through an Individual or Individuals | p. 16 |
Types of Ownership | p. 17 |
Community property | p. 17 |
Community Property with rights of survivorship | p. 17 |
Ways to purchase an asset in common-law property states | p. 18 |
Indirect Ownership Using Canadian Entities | p. 20 |
Canadian corporation | p. 20 |
Canadian limited partnership | p. 21 |
Canadian inter vivos trusts | p. 22 |
Indirect Ownership Using US Entities | p. 22 |
Limited Liability Company(LLC) | p. 23 |
US corporation | p. 23 |
Revocable living trust | p. 24 |
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and Limited Liability Limited Partnership(LLLP) | p. 25 |
Income Taxes | p. 29 |
The Basics | p. 32 |
Rental Income | p. 35 |
Direction ownership | p. 35 |
Indirect ownership | p. 43 |
Selling the Property | p. 55 |
Foreign tax credits | p. 56 |
State Income Taxes | p. 60 |
Sales Taxes | p. 62 |
Nonresident US Estate Tax and Probate | p. 63 |
Green Card Holders | p. 66 |
As a Nonresident, When Are you Subject to US Estate Tax? | p. 67 |
The US-Canada Tax Convention (Treaty) Article XXIX B (Taxes Imposed by Reason of Death) | p. 69 |
How the US nonresident estate tax works | p. 76 |
A Dollar Is Not Always a Dollar | p. 80 |
Probate | p. 83 |
State-Specific rules of probate | p. 85 |
Other Information You Should Know | p. 87 |
Department of Commerce Filing Requirements | p. 89 |
Title Insurance | p. 96 |
Finding a real estate agent | p. 96 |
US mortgages | p. 97 |
Foreign currency | p. 98 |
Hiring a Property manager | p. 100 |
Conclusion | p. 103 |
Appendix I: Checklist for Buying Real Estate in the US | p. 105 |
Appendix II: Resources | p. 107 |
About the Author | p. 111 |
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