Investors & landlords

Yes, it MUST use.  If everything else is "must", what do you think exempt foreign property is exempt from the "must"?

And in prior years, foreign property *IS* included in that list, but the law was not changed in that regard in 2018, so it is likely just an oversight in whoever wrote the revised Publication.
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Again, I don't see ANY leeway here.  The law is quite clear based on the context.