I bought my primary residence in March of 2005. We live there until Sept. of 2018 when I took a 1 year assignment in Australia. The house was vacant for 7 months until we decided to turn it to a rental on April 1st. We had a family sign a 15 month lease and move in June 1st. 2019. At what date is that no longer my primary residence? Sept 1st when I left the country, April 1st it was listed as a rental or June 1st when a new family moved it? We plan to sell and need to know when the 5 year period started to avoid captial gains.
