Alexandra’s lane
Property strategy, preparation, access, belongings, media, showings, offer comparison, association steps, and the transaction deadline map.
Canadian + French-speaking owners
Sell in Florida with a clear decision path for Canadian and remote condo owners.
Deciding whether to sell, keep, or rent starts with the property record. Alexandra helps organize the local sale decision while tax, legal, title, appraisal, and accounting professionals decide their own questions.
Choose the question that changes your next step, read the relevant guide, or start a consented property discussion without losing that context.Broker source
Property decisions, clearly separated from professional advice.
Alexandra DuPont is a licensed Florida broker who serves owners in English, French, and Spanish. Her press appearances and direct client work inform the property questions she helps organize: preparation, records, access, marketing, offers, association steps, and closing coordination.
Tax, legal, title, appraisal, insurance, and accounting decisions remain with the qualified professional responsible for each question. Alexandra can help make sure the property record and the right question reach that professional.
Choose the decision in front of you
Start with the record that changes your next step.
Choose one route to read the relevant guide or open a property discussion with that question retained. You can still call or email Alexandra directly.
01Cross-border tax and residency questionsKeep property preparation separate from FIRPTA, tax residency, and filing questions for the professionals who decide them.02Condo carrying costs and assessmentsPut dues, insurance, reserves, repair work, and assessment notices into one property record before comparing the paths ahead.03Remote-sale coordinationMap access, belongings, signatures, offers, title, and closing steps while you are away from the property.0455-plus and community recordsStart with the association documents and rules that control a building-specific question, rather than an assumption about the community.
Before you list from Canada
Where should a Canadian owner start a Florida sale?
Start with the property address, where you will be during the sale, and your preferred timing. You do not need every answer before speaking with Alexandra. Use the first conversation to separate what needs attention at the property from the questions for your title and tax professionals.
- Access and belongings: identify who has keys, how showings could work, and which furnishings you want to keep, sell, or remove.
- Building records: gather the association documents and assessment notices you already have. Flag missing records so they can be requested before comparing offers.
- Closing from home: ask the closing team which signing and identity steps apply to you before arranging travel or assuming everything can be signed online.
The next step is a written property plan: who will arrange access, which records are missing, and which questions need a professional answer. Follow the remote Florida sale guide for keys, belongings, offers, and closing coordination to work through that plan.
If the property sits in a large association-led community, start the document request with the guide for the specific place: Century Village East, Kings Point, or Palm Aire. The relevant association and building records control the property-specific answer.
Tell Alexandra where your Florida property is and when you hope to sell it
Buying in Florida instead? Read the guide for Canadian buyers, or review how cross-border owners evaluate South Florida real estate as an investment.
A Florida sale can be managed from home, with the local details held in one place.
Alexandra in the news
The Canadian-owner shift, reported firsthand.
Axios, The Canadian Press, CBC News, and BNN Bloomberg each interviewed Alexandra about what she was seeing among Canadian owners of Florida property across Broward, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade. Explore all television interviews and articles in the media and press room. These independent reports add context; every owner still needs a property-specific sale, tax, title, and currency plan.
Interview · Article · TVA NouvellesCoupes de taxes foncières en Floride: «On essaie d’être optimistes», dit une courtière immobilièreRead at the source ↗︎Interview · Article · AxiosCanadian snowbirds are selling their U.S. homesRead at the source ↗︎Interview · Article · BNN Bloomberg / The Canadian PressSnowbirds rush to sell Florida homes as loonie tanksRead at the source ↗︎Interview · Article · CBC NewsQuebec snowbirds fleeing Sunshine State in droves due to high costs, weak loonieRead at the source ↗︎Interview · Video · CBC NewsCanadian snowbirds selling Florida homes over high costs, weak dollarWatch at the source ↗︎Interview · Video · BNN BloombergSurge in snowbirds offloading U.S. propertiesWatch at the source ↗︎Coverage · Article · TheTravel"Things Changed So Drastically": Canadian Snowbirds Are Being Forced Out Of Florida For Good Due To "Shocking" CostsRead at the source ↗︎
Links open on the publishers’ websites; DuPont International Realty does not control their content. See Alexandra’s full media coverage · Client reviews and sales record ↗︎
Use the reporting
Turn the headline into your property decision.
Four focused guides extract the useful questions from the reporting and connect them to the records, calculations, and professionals that control an individual sale.
For the property-tax part of your planning, read about Florida property tax for Canadians and prepare your questions for the county property appraiser.
Why are Canadian snowbirds selling Florida homes?
Separate the reported market shift from the facts that apply to one owner and property.
Read the guide ↗︎CurrencyHow does the Canadian dollar affect a Florida sale?
Model U.S.-dollar costs and net proceeds without turning today’s exchange rate into a forecast.
Read the guide ↗︎Condo costsHow do rising Florida condo costs affect Canadian owners?
Build the full ledger: dues, insurance, taxes, reserves, repairs, assessments, and currency.
Read the guide ↗︎DecisionShould a Canadian snowbird sell or keep a Florida home?
Compare realistic ownership costs, use, workload, risks, and dependable sale net proceeds.
Read the guide ↗︎One sale / distinct lanes
Do not blur the property plan and the tax plan.
Professional lane
FIRPTA forms and withholding, U.S. and Canadian tax reporting, title, legal advice, identity, notary eligibility, banking, wire, and currency decisions.
The question behind the acronym
Is FIRPTA a 15% tax on the sale?
Read the focused FIRPTA withholding guide for the responsible roles, records, and IRS sources. This page continues with the full remote-sale workflow.
Not exactly. The IRS says a buyer or transferee generally withholds 15% of the amount realized when a foreign person disposes of a U.S. real-property interest. It is withholding—not necessarily the seller’s final tax bill. Exceptions can apply, and Form 8288-B may request reduced or no withholding.
A cross-border CPA or tax lawyer and the title or closing team should evaluate the actual transaction. Alexandra does not calculate tax or promise a withholding result.
Vous vendez depuis le Canada ? Consultez le guide FIRPTA en français pour vendeurs canadiens.
Read IRS FIRPTA guidance ↗︎From Alexandra
A remote sale is a sequence—not a leap.
- 01Call or video meeting: property, owner location, timing
- 02Comparable properties, competition, strategy
- 03E-signatures, keys, access, belongings
- 04Photography, video, listing, showings
- 05Offers, financing, inspections, association, dates
- 06Title and closing-professional coordination
A property discussion, with your route retained
Bring the property and the decision you are weighing.
Share only what helps Alexandra prepare a useful first response. The form records this guide and any decision route you selected; it does not turn an inquiry into tax, legal, title, appraisal, or accounting advice.
For remote closing execution, notarization, and wire security, see the remote closing guide and Florida Power of Attorney rules. If a Canadian owner is changing how the Florida home is used, start with the Florida residency workstream guide. A cross-border property transition does not decide United States voter eligibility, immigration classification, or tax residence; the responsible offices and qualified advisers decide those questions.
Can a Canadian owner sell Florida property without traveling to Florida?
Often, yes. Confirm the title company's identity, document-execution, notarization, and closing requirements early because the acceptable process depends on the seller and transaction.
Often, yes. Confirm the title company's identity, document-execution, notarization, and closing requirements early because the acceptable process depends on the seller and transaction.
Is FIRPTA withholding the seller's final U.S. tax bill?
No. The IRS describes FIRPTA as withholding on a foreign person's disposition of a U.S. real-property interest; the withholding is not necessarily the seller's final tax liability. A qualified cross-border tax adviser should evaluate the return and any available application for reduced withholding.
No. The IRS describes FIRPTA as withholding on a foreign person's disposition of a U.S. real-property interest; the withholding is not necessarily the seller's final tax liability. A qualified cross-border tax adviser should evaluate the return and any available application for reduced withholding.
Who is responsible for FIRPTA withholding?
The IRS generally places withholding and reporting duties on the buyer or other transferee when acquiring a U.S. real-property interest from a foreign person. The closing and tax professionals should confirm the forms, amount, deadlines, and any exception for the specific sale.
The IRS generally places withholding and reporting duties on the buyer or other transferee when acquiring a U.S. real-property interest from a foreign person. The closing and tax professionals should confirm the forms, amount, deadlines, and any exception for the specific sale.
Can sale proceeds be wired to Canada?
Yes, once confirmed: the title or closing company and the seller's bank set the permitted destination, identity checks, instructions, and timing. Wire instructions should be verified through a trusted channel because email changes can signal fraud.
Yes, once confirmed: the title or closing company and the seller's bank set the permitted destination, identity checks, instructions, and timing. Wire instructions should be verified through a trusted channel because email changes can signal fraud.
Does a Canadian seller need both U.S. and Canadian tax advice?
Yes, in most cases — a Florida sale can create reporting questions in both countries. The real-estate broker coordinates the property sale but does not determine tax liability, treaty treatment, exchange-rate reporting, or credits.
Yes, in most cases — a Florida sale can create reporting questions in both countries. The real-estate broker coordinates the property sale but does not determine tax liability, treaty treatment, exchange-rate reporting, or credits.
ENFRES
« Comprendre chaque étape change la façon dont on vit la vente. »
Alexandra can communicate with owners in English, French, and Spanish, while helping bridge the English-language transaction around them.
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