pk
Level 15
Level 15

Deductions & credits

@sporting  while agreeing with my colleagues @xmasbaby0 , @Bsch4477 , @VolvoGirl ,   from your statements, 

 if you claim that you used each of these two properties as your main home for ONLY 5 months each year,  then  you will meet  the 730 days total use requirement  and the 2 year ownership  requirements  ( with a five year look back period).   Thus you could  choose  which house  you want to claim -- only One -- as your main residence ( usually the one with the  actual larger gain.   But either way , you would need to make sure  that you can actually prove that the chosen prop. is the one that  you have  used as your main  residence.

 

That is my two cents.