I got married in April. When I got married, I moved into my wife's house and roughly 2 months later we started renting out my former house. At the time of my marriage, I had resided in my home for 20 months.
We have not decided whether we are going to sell the house or not, but if we plan to sell it in the next 3 years, what can we do to get the Capital Gains excluded? Can a married couple reside in two houses simultaneously? Will we need to move back in completely for a few months? It is also highly likely that I will be forced to move because of work in the next year. Will I be able to use that to exclude the sale of the home even though that wasn't the exact reason why I moved, but a reason why I couldn't move back in or am I just completely hosed?
Lastly, I'm in the military, so does this line "You could not have reasonably anticipated the situation when you bought the home" basically render the work-move exception null and void? I mean, I pretty much knew I was going to move at some time, just not when.