Kitchen fashions change so much that you want to wait and see what's going at that time. 

I believe the current American Land Title Association Owner's Title Insurance Policy defines Insured as:h.

@Cory M.Depends what kind of banking you need, but after searching high and low state department federal credit union (with an American citizens abroad membership first, like 100 bucks) and capital one have worked best for me to avoid the nightmare you mention of trying to deal with US banks from outside the US.

For the branch at Lihue, on Kauai, the phone number is:  (808) 245-6761Another option is American Savings Bank - (800) 272-2566If I can serve you in any way, contact me at any time.  

Trying to get an institution to reply and comment in a timely fashion is comical.

@David Trujillo your father, like all Americans, has the ability to avoid up to $250K in capital gains taxes on the sale of his home using the 121 exclusion. 

When I returned to live in the US I rented the condo exclusively to Americans.

There are programs like Russ Dalby’s American Note Network mentioned above by Jay were proven fraudulent.

This is a big part of the problem "AMH, formerly American Homes 4 Rent, grew its portfolio of single-family homes by 8.5% between 2019 and 2021, but its fee revenue grew by two-thirds during this time period, according to the group's securities filings.

In my mind the only viable option is good ole fashioned long term rental.