> Our official home was our vacation home in (state tax free) Florida that was being rented out while we were traveling as a short term rental.
States typically define residency as either based on domicile, or a statute. In other words, some of the states you "traveled" to undoubtedly have laws stating that if you are in the state for a certain number of days out of the year, you are automatically a resident, not a visitor, and liable for taxes on your world-wide income.
Besides Las Vegas where we ended up staying a month and a half and two cities in Texas where we were in Dallas and Houston 3 weeks each, we only stayed in one place for a maximum of 3 weeks.
It just happens to be a moot point in Nevada and Texas since they were both state tax free states.
When we do it again probably in summer 2027, those also happen to be the two states we will be spending the majority of our time. My wife knows a lot of people in both states
States typically define residency as either based on domicile, or a statute. In other words, some of the states you "traveled" to undoubtedly have laws stating that if you are in the state for a certain number of days out of the year, you are automatically a resident, not a visitor, and liable for taxes on your world-wide income.