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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: oddhack   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: living abroad - France
Date: 03/22/25 9:59 PM
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The 2 main issues which are troublesome if you do not detach fully from the USA , is maintaining a phone number for 2 factor authentication and whatever comes next , and maintaining your brokerge account.

I see Tello recommended as explicitly allowing expat customers, and it's cheap - added a Tello SIM and text-only plan in preparation for departure to Portugal next month. Will keep my Mint account open at least until renewal later this year - it seems to work fine with WiFi calling / texting.

Citi, Schwab, and IBKR all allow expat accounts AFAIK. I have opened accounts with each and plan to move all my remaining US equities into those before I've been overseas long enough to trigger shutdowns from others. I realize a lot of expats maintain a US mailing address (n.b. forwarding services will not work, in general) and that may work for a while, but expect that it will be found out at the most inconvenient time and would rather not deal with having accounts shutdown out of the blue.
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