Problem with that is on the sellers side. Mabe a seller that holds citizenship in a foreign country could be exempt. We as most of our Gringo friends are in their 50s, we plan on living here as long as our health lets us. Our only nest egg for old age, medical, nursing home or whatever comes up lies in the selling of our home here. This is a bit risky but if that money were put in a Bank here it would be disastrous as its almost impossible to get that much money converted. Even with a U.S. Dollar account which we have had for years..which we have determined useless....