While there's no specific holding period required by the IRS.

But secondly, we already build our profits into the deals and we made probably 160k among those 3 properties over a 3 year period of time with very little effort to manage once the tenant buyers were placed into the home.So yes, it is possible to make lease options very beneficial to everyone.YUP timing is important..

I can do 80% cash out with no seasoning period. feel free to reach out ! 

If you want $80,000 in cash flow from SFH rentals forget it, too much needs to happen in a one year period. 

That is an impressive amount of growth in a short period.

Since your primary address was the condo as of your last tax return, you could argue that you maintained a primary residence there, even while living abroad.In case if you don't complete the desired period, I guess you will be able to claim partial exclusion as from your question I understand that you left the residence due to employment purpose.

There was no information shared prior to the increase.These seem like really long vacancy periods and poor communication.

What if appreciation and the prediction of appreciation was the metric to be used over the hold period?

For example, IRC § 1014(e) specifically denies basis adjustment on property that is gifted during the one-year period prior to the decedent’s death, that is then reacquired by the original individual who transferred the property.

So he continued to concentrate on his property investments while periodically updating his book.In 1968 one of Nickerson’s followers, Robert Allen, had some success modifying the Nickerson formula to include structuring real estate purchases with no down payment or capital contribution on his part.