The standard is that it is your Primary residence....it matters not if you travel/stay away from home frequently for work...it’s not just the number of days.  

20 minutes around where you live is always best, if you have to go outside, look for am area where you have some sort of an edge, like family or frequent travel etc.

I am a local and very frequently, I drive into a neighborhood on the South or West side that I haven't been to for a long time and am shocked to see how it has turned around.

(So sorry if this is a frequent question - I searched the archive and couldn't find anything. 

The real answer is nobody knows.It is like playing roulette at the casino and betting on red or black.

I used to play poker quite frequently and there is a wise saying in the game that says “sometimes folding is the best play”.

A property manager can give you a number off the top of their head, because when you are frequently renting, you just get to know the market.

Then you need to track all of the transactions so you can do year-end (or more frequent) reporting for both tax purposes and to just see how your business is doing.

Depending upon who holds the mortgage, it may be possible for you to buy an assignment of the existing mortgage for full price or at a discount so that you save them the need to foreclose (most frequently done by a small local mortgagee [lender]).   

What tenant wants to think someone is looking at them on a monitor like a watchdog.I understand that the temperatures in Big Bear drop to zero and it is a good idea to be able to monitor the temperature and to have a regular burglar alarm system that is monitored since properties sit vacant for frequent periods.Put the gadgets on your personal home!!!