I had inherited over a million dollars from a relative in the EU. I went there, and they told me that since i was not a "direct" lineage, they would tax me at the highest legal rate they could levy + i would be liable for all fees.
On this side the IRS decided that since the person died in another country and I failed to report the event, they would fine me per some obscure reporting rule. Ironic they started an audit as soon as i got the money into my account, almost like the bank immediately flagged it to the feds.
By the time all fees and levies were taken out, what was a 1.2 million dollar inheritance, was widdled down to around 50,000. The EU country took about 950,000 and the IRS took around 125,000
hardly, the loans get sold off to a new bank or some other bank who "buys" it. Fractional reserve banking works both ways, and in the consumer's case, the loan for a 500,000$ house can easily be sold for a 100,000 ... but the goy is still on the hook for the full amount
Depending on the state you live in, private sales are much easier than an FFL. In my home state (Wyoming) you can buy with zero rules from anyone
And depending on where you live, (((criminal offenses))) for a background check include: unpaid parking tickets, unpaid tolls, misdemeanors and a host of non crimes being treated as such. I remember there was a guy in Colorado who could NOT buy a gun because he had an unpaid parking ticket. He needed to go to pay his parking ticket before NICS would clear him.
Luckily I was in an inheritance levy free state at the time, but had she died and i lived in NJ or NY (my state had a special provision about internationl deaths), i would have had to pay 10% of the amount on top of the other fess which would mean i would have OWED 75,000 on top of everything else