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§121 Nomad Strategy (Serial Primary Residence)

Rotate primary residences every 2 years — stack $500K exclusions serially.

Overview

§121 lets a married couple exclude $500K of gain on a primary-residence sale every 2 years — with no lifetime cap. Serial owner-occupants (nomads, live-in flippers, snowbirds) buy, live in, improve, sell tax-free, and repeat indefinitely. Over 20 years, a household can extract $5M+ of completely tax-free appreciation.

Best fit
Live-in flippersRemote workers / nomadsEmpty-nester downsizers
Estimated impact
$500K per cycle, unlimited cycles = $5M+ lifetime tax-free

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