Work in California but own property out of state

[cambo0420]

Hey guys so I’m a general contractor and I live in sf bay California. I hate the politics and the people and the hunting sucks but it’s hard to argue with the money you make here. We have a small property here in California and we have horses on it which is pretty awesome. My dads buddy owns a hunting property in Idaho but lives and runs his own company in California so he can work here most months but during elk and deer season he stays in Idaho and just runs the business from there. I was thinking about trying to do the same thing but in Montana or Wyoming and than just hiring a ranch foreman to look after the property and my livestock when I’m in California working. Than since I make California money I can live a comfortable life but go out there regularly and be there for most of hunting season. What do you guys think of this plan? I will eventually move to that property but while I’m young and still can work hard and make money I think I should. Do any of you guys do this?

 

[Shrek]

Sounds great but you’ll remain a California resident so your tags wherever you buy will be non resident. Idaho is not a problem yet in most of the state but I expect that it will all be draw soon. Going to be a bitter pill to swallow when you can’t hunt but once every couple of years around your hunting property.

 

[Okhotnik]

I knew a guy who tried that in Montana. He was a contractor too in Washington state.

Problem was he kept his home state plates on his truck but claimed a resident deer tag every year. He got jammed up pretty good after shooting a nice mule buck and checked by the game warden.

I warned him. numerous times he would eventually get caught.

Way cheaper to purchase land owner tags o

 

[cambo0420]

I knew a guy who tried that in Montana. He was a contractor too in Washington state.

Problem was he kept his home state plates on his truck but claimed a resident deer tag every year. He got jammed up pretty good after shooting a nice mule buck and checked by the game warden.

I warned him. numerous times he would eventually get caught.

Way cheaper to purchase land owner tags o

I would remain a California resident but since I’m the property owner over a certain amount of acreage I will be given landowner tags in the state I live in

 

[bitbckt]

As a guy in a similar situation, I think it's a fine idea. Expect a certain amount of pissing and moaning about an "invasion" from CA. That's the cost of having ever lived here, and wanting to live elsewhere in the west. As a Nevadan living in CA, I get it but... just go in eyes open when you make that land purchase.

If it were MT, I'd keep a registered vehicle there anyhow. It's a well-known "friendly" jurisdiction for non-resident registration. Just don't bring your MT vehicle to CA - the tax man doesn't like that much.

 

[dsclowers]

Not quite the same but I work for an internet security start-up company. My office is in Mountain View (Bay Area) but I live in Western CO. I make California pay and live in a low cost area of CO. I go to the office for a week every 6 weeks or so and visit customer sites every couple of months. I get CO resident tags and don't have to deal with CA politics, masses of people, and expenses.

Great option if you can make it work.

 

[Rob5589]

A couple guys I worked with used to do it. One lived in Montana, the other Washington. Work wise it isn't as easy now since we got rid of 24 hr shifts. The dude that lived in MT tired of it quickly, just too many issues dealing with two different states.

 

[SWOHTR]

I wish you the best of luck and for all of the Internet haters to leave you alone! Seriously, this coming from an ID resident living in CA, who is from WI and when moved to ID for a few years had a CA plated truck. The second thing I did upon getting to ID was register it there, for fear of vandalism.

 

[Okhotnik]

I would remain a California resident but since I’m the property owner over a certain amount of acreage I will be given landowner tags in the state I live in

He saw bigger deer in a different area than his property.
That is why he was jammed upo

Can only hunt on your property with that tag

 

[Takem]

I'm a general in the bay area as well. Before the big crash the spec houses I was doing in the Oakland Hills were going very well and I was considering the same thing. I remember a conversation I had with my great uncle who was a colorful guy who had success logging in CA and bought property in Baja and Oregon( moved there) for investment and fishing. He said "you may be one hell of a builder but you don't know chit about running a ranch from 1,000 miles away." He thought I'd go crazy keeping the place above water from that far away. I didn't end up doing it and looking back I'm glad. I'm about to turn 49 and have two young kids. I would rather travel around seeing different places (fishing, hunting or vacation) with them then going to the same place all the time which is what we'd do if we had a ranch out of state. I could see going in on a small place somewhere out of state to go to a few times a year but a big place seems tough now unless I moved there.

Sorry for the long winded response. You sound like a smart guy and a worker so I'm sure you could make it happen but you may end up doing more work there than really enjoying the hunting. If it was me while I was working here I would put money wisely in real estate here. When it's time to go the cash from real estate here will go a really long way in other states. Between the out of state drawings and landowner tags you can hunt all you want until the move.

 

[timmymac24]

Do your homework on tags. I own a farm in IL and don't get "free" tags simply because we own property there. I do get a better deal on tags but the tags are NR property only tags. Been in the 909 of So Cal for 20 years.

 

[S.Clancy]

Yea, you aren't getting cheaper tags in MT. I'm also not sure if NR qualify for landowner preference, so you may be putting in for the same $1000 combo license like everyone else.

 

[87TT]

In Idaho it doesn't matter how much you own, you're still a NR.

 

[Lochtsa71]

As a resident in the great of Idaho, most of us don't care where you come from and why you chose to move to Idaho. AND more importantly, could care less about your California money.

The reason many Californians, and you can add western Oregon and Western Washington, are not welcomed with open hugs and safe spaces is because they bring a selfish attitude and little to no respect to the culture, the land, the resource, and the low crime that brought them to this great state. They come to take, rather than embrace, enhance, and assimilate to what already exists here.

When I hear I GET tags because I own private property is indicative of the above attitude that needs to left in the third world cities of San Fransciso, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle. Don't play the system, enhance our resources and buy the non resident tags.

To the OP, I wish you the best of luck in whatever choice and future endeavors you undertake and if you want a tour of the Clearwater and Treasure Valley Region , I'd be happy to take you and welcome you to the great state of Idaho.

 

[bitbckt]

Well that escalated quickly, and entirely expectedly.

 

[Marble]

Its not normal, but I've seen vehicles registered in two different states. You can have a driver license in different states too. Im sure there are work arounds.

 

[Shrek]

Its not normal, but I've seen vehicles registered in two different states. You can have a driver license in different states too. Im sure there are work arounds.

Getting caught with two drivers licenses from different states is a trip to jail.

 

[cambo0420]

Not quite the same but I work for an internet security start-up company. My office is in Mountain View (Bay Area) but I live in Western CO. I make California pay and live in a low cost area of CO. I go to the office for a week every 6 weeks or so and visit customer sites every couple of months. I get CO resident tags and don't have to deal with CA politics, masses of people, and expenses.

Great option if you can make it work.

I want to do something similar will hire someone to run the day to day of the business and only deal with the really important stuff

 

[cambo0420]

Getting caught with two drivers licenses from different states is a trip to jail.

Never said I was gonna have a driver license in 2 different states. You can own property in multiple states. I will stay a California resident but own property out of state and will eventually switch my residency to that state

 

[cambo0420]

As a resident in the great of Idaho, most of us don't care where you come from and why you chose to move to Idaho. AND more importantly, could care less about your California money.

The reason many Californians, and you can add western Oregon and Western Washington, are not welcomed with open hugs and safe spaces is because they bring a selfish attitude and little to no respect to the culture, the land, the resource, and the low crime that brought them to this great state. They come to take, rather than embrace, enhance, and assimilate to what already exists here.

When I hear I GET tags because I own private property is indicative of the above attitude that needs to left in the third world cities of San Fransciso, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle. Don't play the system, enhance our resources and buy the non resident tags.

To the OP, I wish you the best of luck in whatever choice and future endeavors you undertake and if you want a tour of the Clearwater and Treasure Valley Region , I'd be happy to take you and welcome you to the great state of Idaho.

I lived and was a resident of idaho for a few years I love Idaho. I wasn’t saying I deserve or get the landowner tags I was just stating that in some states you get landowner tags as the owner whether your a resident or not.