How long can you stay in your rental property while making improvements?

[Anthony Cole]

We own our primary residency in Spokane, Washington and frequently drive to Portland, Oregon to work on our rental property that has needed a lot of work. We have a glorified house hack scenario in Portland where we rent about half of the property out as a mid term and while our travel nurse is working we are improving the second half of the property for a future permitted attached ADU.

We both work remotely and are curious about how long we can stay at the rental before it becomes an issue, wether thats state tax implications or perhaps when our jobs should be notified that were working in WA vs OR? Of course we love our income tax break in Washington and lean towards remaining in our primary residency to benefit from it but the constant driving back and forth is challenging. Most will say just buy a place in Vancouver, WA which we are considering but we want to spend a couple more years in Spokane improving that property well before making any significant moves.