What Does Primary Residence Or Main Home Or Principal Residence Really Mean

 A primary residence (also called principal residence or main home)...means the place where you spend the bulk of your time.

So most of us (probably 60-percent of Americans)....have one single unit.  Some of us have a condo, a cottage, a cabin, or a 2nd house....where we go for special weekends or summer/winter vacations.

Probably 3-percent of us....have even a 3rd residence.

I worked with a guy who had a wooded area in Minnesota, with a RV trailer, and he'd go for hunting weekends to the trailer...around twice a year (at least....that's the story he told his wife).

Where you get into legal trouble? Well....you with an accountant/lawyer, and sign  papers to say both properties are primary (which that can't really occur).

The problem I suspect that is brewing.....it's possible that if we did a true national audit....we might find several million folks who've lied, and the paperwork is truly messed-up. Adding to the burden....half of them have been doing this for twenty-plus years. Plus a added burden....there might be two million couples....dual-residenced, and dual-voters....having voted twice on five or six occasions.