[tardo99]

Obviously I was talking about the situation where one doesn't want to sell all property in CA and wants to be able to return to CA from time to time, maybe for months at a time.

Anyway, our current thinking is to establish residence in Nevada (probably in Tahoe) and then go to Europe from there. Thanks for the downvotes.

[m0zg]

If you're returning for "months at a time", they'll probably still hit you with a tax bill. Not a tax lawyer, though, so take it for what it's worth.