Retiring overseas

I plan to retire overseas and spend more than 50% of my time there. I plan to keep my house in WA and another house in CA, either as rentals or as my second home. Is there a requirement that I still declare a primary residence within the US? If so, I would likely keep WA as my primary residence due to no state tax.

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Your residence is the one with the RE homestead exemption on it. If you do rent the CA home then you will need to file a non resident CA return for that income.