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It can be difficult to disprove residency, especially if you can say you travel a lot for your work. I've uh...heard of people that are residents of Nevada for tax purposes. They have a tiny furnished apartment and their car is registered there, and they're registered to vote there, but let's say they aren't home very often.

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Well it will not solve everything, but two things:

- It will make it impossible for people without permanent residency to buy property. - It will prevent people from owning multiple homes in the country.

You could also define a minimum number of days a year where they had to prove that they occupied the property, maybe at least a quarter of a year.

This quickly becomes problematic and starts requiring government tracking of travel, etc to "prove" residency.

It's actually a moderately complicated thing to prove, even though it seems it should be simple.

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