My last HOUSE in VEGAS........give you idea of LV HOUSING MARKET

[Iceman]

Our move was pretty bad also. Cat was awful and we were expecting it. They say you can give it a shot or drug them, make them tired. We put our cat in a cage and he started screaming and pissing all over the cage almost from the beginning. I thought no way this is going to happen but he settled in eventualy when we took him out of the cage. He ended up going right underneath the passgener seat and stayed there each day we drove (3 day trip). He wasn't happy. Dogs are a differnt story as they ove to ride but we had to stop a few extra times cause of them so that sucked also.

In fact the pets (who I love to death and we would never get rid of) have made the whole venture 10x worse. If we didn't have them all sorts of things when be so much easier. Having them effects us in so any ways from many places not excepting them, that is a killer, you like a house a lot and the rentors won't rent to you no matter. I have had to do my fair share of talking people into letting us in because of them.

Almost thought of flying them out there but they have some sort of heat rule on the plane going into in Vegas. I think they put them in a cage with the other luggage and my wife about had a fit when she heard that. Believe me I feel your pain with it as its not fun at all, so much so that I am dreading moving back this summer to LV and its only a 4-5 hour drive from where we are at now.

[Dark Horse]

Sold house earlier this month, buying a new one right now; if inspection doesn't find problems. Good price both ways. Is there any easier money? Love this sh*t. New house has steep driveway, though. Drove up it yesterday, and felt like Magic Mountain. King of the Hill.

[Iceman]

Area I like would be for sure North of Desert Inn and probably West of Buffalo.

Don't get me wrong some stuff north way up by Lake Mead and north of that even is good also but just a little too far out there for me.

Other good parts that are in the southwest are places like Rhodes Ranch, Southern Highlands is nice, Anthem area nice (lots of elderly communities). Those were some others areas we liked also.

[Doug]

Nice little find. Decent neighborhood over there. If you notice it says contingent offer on it meaning someone is going through the process of livng there and the house is basically off the market unless something falls through. A majority of homes are like this.

True story: We had a guy mow our lawn for like $25 each time or something. Took him about 3 minutes. One time he didn't show so I went out and bout a weed whacker thing and did it and we actually had a average size lawn for Vegas standards.

That Size would work for me. I saw the contingent thing too, doesn't matter as I'm months away from moving, gotta sell the current place 1st.

You guys ( you and Fish) got me expecting an inground pool and hot tub for 100k plus a big garage.

Still there must be other houses in that development for sale ?

I'm a bit worried about the lake drying up and the cement ponds going extinct at some point.

What does water cost in Vegas ? I never paid that bill. It costs me about $1,000 a year in CT. I wish I had a well.



As to lawn mowing, my mother paid like $30 for like .7 acres about 15 years ago. I used to mow pretty large yards maybe .4 acres in Colo springs for like $15-20 circa 1988. Vegas still has to be full of illegal Mexicans that would do a tiny lawn for $10.

Why are you mowing the lawn anyway ? I thought you rented ?

How much does it cost to keep your own private pool ( and hopefully hot tub) going. I've maintained pools before, can do that....but I never paid for the chemicals and stuff. Even in Vegas I'd only use the pool in June, July , August. I like a pool for the scenery too ! I'd use a hot tub/ outdoor jacuzzi every day. I'd rather crash a hotel pool than be in my own pool and looking at a 10' tall cinder block wall....pool is getting less important, but I do want the Jacuzzi, and not in my bathtub....outside and preferably built in.

that 85K place is looking pretty nice, now !

[Doug]

Our move was pretty bad also. Cat was awful and we were expecting it. They say you can give it a shot or drug them, make them tired. We put our cat in a cage and he started screaming and pissing all over the cage almost from the beginning. I thought no way this is going to happen but he settled in eventualy when we took him out of the cage. He ended up going right underneath the passgener seat and stayed there each day we drove (3 day trip). He wasn't happy. Dogs are a differnt story as they ove to ride but we had to stop a few extra times cause of them so that sucked also.

In fact the pets (who I love to death and we would never get rid of) have made the whole venture 10x worse. If we didn't have them all sorts of things when be so much easier. Having them effects us in so any ways from many places not excepting them, that is a killer, you like a house a lot and the rentors won't rent to you no matter. I have had to do my fair share of talking people into letting us in because of them.

Almost thought of flying them out there but they have some sort of heat rule on the plane going into in Vegas. I think they put them in a cage with the other luggage and my wife about had a fit when she heard that. Believe me I feel your pain with it as its not fun at all, so much so that I am dreading moving back this summer to LV and its only a 4-5 hour drive from where we are at now.

I must have missed something ? You are now 5 hours from LV....san diego, La, Phoenix or something ?

No doubt the cat will be Hell to move.... that's why I'm thinking of flying here later ( even if it were like $500). I'd like to somewhat enjoy the trip across the country. I don't even really think it is very possible to even do with the cat.... maybe Florida which you could almost drive straight through from CT.

[Iceman]

Been is SD for 6 months or so. Moving back to LV shortly and have to look for a new place. In no hurry trading 70 degree weather for 110 and that isn't a joke either, 40 degrees difference between the two. Actually began looking at because of how cheap the prices are, sick of renting, want more stablility, able to guarantee dogs can live there, able to get more bang for your buck buying now there, etc... we had looked into buying a home when we returned but after a long search we got frustrated and decided we are going to rent again so been looking again. In order to buy I want everything to be perfect because of the commitment that comes with signing the dotted line and nothing felt perfect. So overall very familiar with all of this.

Never had a pool before but I do know they are expensive to install one of these in-ground ones, like 30k but they help sell the home for sure as it seems everyone has one is sold quickly. These are nice pools these days not like the stuff wh had when we were growing up. All in ground variety. We figure if we are going to stay there for a few years may as well beat the heat and have a pool but now looking like that isnt going too happen. Some neighborhoods have a community pool which our last one did. Wife likes them but I am too fond of sharing a polol with the entrie neighborhood. Anyways it was too hard to find anything in the price range we are looking at.

I do know the running the a.c there caused our electricity bill to be like triple that it is compared to SD. Like $300-400 a month or so if I remember correctly.

[Iceman]

Good story for you: First time we moved out to LV 2 years ago we did everything online and wife made one trip out and signed the lease. Thought we investigated everything as good as you can. It was a newer home in a newer neighborhood but within a few days started noticing lots of shady people around. Cops breaking up a party down the road that weekend and a thug jumping over my fence and running across my backyard trying to eldue them wasn't pretty. Then I was out walking the dog and seen beer bottles laying down the road the other way all over the curb, everyone seemed to own pit bulls and they were trying to jump thru the fence and kill us.

It was weird as we were paying like 1,300 a month or so but the area just wan't very nice. Seemed rough and remember I am from the Flint, Michigan area so I have seen just about everything living there in my young adult days and working there (though I did live in a suburb west of there growing up). We called the landlord and they said tough luck you signed the lease so if you want to go we get the deposit. UI knew we were screwed, nothing we could do really and feared worse could happen. Wasn't an easy decision but I wanted and need everything to work out and had a lot of pressure on me so I wanted things to be good. Last thing I wanted to be worry about was living in a crappy neighborhood, etc... JUst wasn't worth it too me, espcially when you are paying 1,300 a month or so.

Went for a drive that and there popped up the Summerlin about 10 miles up the road. It was like a whole new universe compared to where we were at. We knew right there that is where we wanted to live. So we told the landlord you can have the deposit (like 3k) we aren't living here. It sucked but had to do to stay focused on what I needed to do. It was surely wasn;t the start we wanted to have in Vegas down 3k without making a bet, LOL.

The thing about Vegas, like most big cities is things can change from street to street. Once we found the area we spent lots of time on the internet, got shot down for having dogs a lot (and cat also). Also not having an actual W-2 form/job on my end (was there to bet) didn't help me and even though wife had a good job lined up as a web designer people were reluctant to rent to us until we showed bank accounts and credit scores and even offered to pay a few months inn advance.

So yes you are right having a month in town to search is nice and would have saved me 3k. Unfortunaley that is hard for a lot of reasons espcially with loading and unlodaing truck and living out of boxes would not be fun. Its hard making the right call over information found researching over the computer. Not sure how people did stuff like this years ago.

[Doug]

I did it years ago the old fashioned way. I wanted out of CT pretty badly ( hated the weather, still do). I planned and saved for it. I graduated HS in 1982. I originally targeted San Francisco, but changed it to San Diego. I drove it around sept 1982. I nearly stopped short at Flagstaff, AZ and decided to give it a try there.

I wound up in North county SD from 1982-1987 staying in Vista, Carlsbad, Oceanside, San marcos, Solana Beach and Del mar. I sometimes lived at the construction sites I worked at thus the Del mar Address.

I stayed a few months at an awful house in Vista with like 10 people in it.

amazing what that shithole is worth

http://www.zillow.com/homes/1140-woodrail-drive-vista-ca_rb/

The cat will be a huge PIA for sure.

[Fishhead]

You will find that most of the respected sharp gamblers in the city live EAST of the strip............this is a known fact.


ICEMAN, in a very short time, became one the sharpest of the sharpest in the Summerlin vicinity.

[Tilt360]

in Florida you could get a 4/2 with atleast 1600sqft with a pool for around $60,000 to $80,000 some of it need a new ac unit.

[Fishhead]

in Florida you could get a 4/2 with atleast 1600sqft with a pool for around $60,000 to $80,000 some of it need a new ac unit.

Zillow a property


They you pay ZILLIONS in other BS

[Doug]

Even though jobs are tough in LV, a lower income person can find 40 properties for under 20k.

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Las-Vegas_NV/price-1-20000?source=ig

not a bad way to start working your way up. Anybody with a full time job, even a hotel maid could probably be a homeowner in LV. It might be tough to get the mortgage, but Mexicans usually have a lot of cash saved up, so 5k down on a 15k property might just work.

[Doug]

in Florida you could get a 4/2 with atleast 1600sqft with a pool for around $60,000 to $80,000 some of it need a new ac unit.

post a link to one for comparison

[Doug]

I'm no expert on Fla, but isn't Jacksonville a Hellhole ?

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/10444-Piedmont-Rd_Jacksonville_FL_32218_1116219242?source=ig

55 years old, way under 1600 sf and they only show one photo.....the camera would probably break if they showed the rest of what must be a dump.

I doubt many places can match LV for under 10 year old homes and under 100k.

Lets see these 4/ 2/ 80k places in florida !

[flyingillini]

Those kinds of prices don't exist in my area. I wish they did!

[Doug]

in Florida you could get a 4/2 with atleast 1600sqft with a pool for around $60,000 to $80,000 some of it need a new ac unit.

Vegas as well....

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Las-Vegas_NV/beds-4/baths-2/price-60000-80000/type-single-family-home?sby=1&source=ig&pfbm=10000000

[Fishhead]

Those kinds of prices don't exist in my area. I wish they did!

Nothing to do in Santa Barbara..........why live there?

[nobs]

Why did you buy the house ? Did you buy it because you wanted it, or did you buy it because you hoped it would triple in value and you could see it for a huge profit ?


Just buy a house that you want and you think it worth the asking price and then it doesn matter what type of silly price swings occur.

You claim to have bought it for 123k in 1997 and sold it for 160k in 2002. with interest paid, clsoing costs, and other costs you probably broke about even or made a little profit. I will admit fishhead that I dont believe 99.9% of what you post, but assuming this is true, I dont understand why you wanted the house for 123K in 1997 and then wanted to sell for 160K 5 years later, the small profit if any profit at all doesnt really seem to justify it not for someone who claims to be so rich anyway.

I could only understand this if you have some unexpected life issue that required you leave Vegas and sell the house. maybe you did, I dont know

[Doug]

in Florida you could get a 4/2 with atleast 1600sqft with a pool for around $60,000 to $80,000 some of it need a new ac unit.

Here's one in LV built in 1987 and way over 1600 sf with an in ground pool. Looks nice to me, no thought of where it is located, just fits your criteria

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1279--Clagett-Ln_Las-Vegas_NV_89110_1112161094?source=ig

I don't think Florida has anything on LV for prices

forget California though. A dump is 200k or it is 100+ miles inland.

[flyingillini]

Nothing to do in Santa Barbara..........why live there?

Are you delusional? This is one of the most desired places to live in all of California. People come here from all over the World. Most people can't afford to live here though

[flyingillini]

Here's one in LV built in 1987 and way over 1600 sf with an in ground pool. Looks nice to me, no thought of where it is located, just fits your criteria

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1279--Clagett-Ln_Las-Vegas_NV_89110_1112161094?source=ig

I don't think Florida has anything on LV for prices

forget California though. A dump is 200k or it is 100+ miles inland.

A dump here is now around 700k with no yard.. At the high the same place was probably around 1.1.. You can get shitty places for around 650 but I wouldn't live in it.

[Doug]

Why did you buy the house ? Did you buy it because you wanted it, or did you buy it because you hoped it would triple in value and you could see it for a huge profit ?


Just buy a house that you want and you think it worth the asking price and then it doesn matter what type of silly price swings occur.

You claim to have bought it for 123k in 1997 and sold it for 160k in 2002. with interest paid, clsoing costs, and other costs you probably broke about even or made a little profit. I will admit fishhead that I dont believe 99.9% of what you post, but assuming this is true, I dont understand why you wanted the house for 123K in 1997 and then wanted to sell for 160K 5 years later, the small profit if any profit at all doesnt really seem to justify it not for someone who claims to be so rich anyway.

I could only understand this if you have some unexpected life issue that required you leave Vegas and sell the house. maybe you did, I dont know

Shit changes in 5 years time. Owning has some tax advantages. He can change his mind and move to Florida if he wants to. I doubt he lost on the deal, would've had to pay rent anyway. If he wanted to lie about it....couldn't he do better than that ?

Jeff: did you buy in Tampa ?

[nobs]

I dont know why anyone would want to live in Nevada, Texas, or Florida.

So Fkinng hot

[nobs]

If he wanted to lie about it....couldn't he do better than that ?

He usually does. Guy wins 99% of the time he goes to the casino, Guy made a 800 K bet I think it was and gets inside info directly from team coaches, he always has the latest scoop because he just talked to the team coach this morning. Guy just bought a million dollar farmland in indiana or Iowa I cant remember which

[Doug]

Are you delusional? This is one of the most desired places to live in all of California. People come here from all over the World. Most people can't afford to live here though

agree Santa Barbara is beautiful, as is OC. I love the blue tile roofs. I'd love to live there, but Oceanside would be about the closest I could come to it.

FH is way off here !

[Doug]

I dont know why anyone would want to live in Nevada, Texas, or Florida.

So Fkinng hot

There is a Northern part of Nv that is like Colorado in climate ( reno, Tahoe etc.). Texas has to have some cooler, higher areas ( but I don't know Texas). Florida is hot, I'll give ya that one.

[Fishhead]

agree Santa Barbara is beautiful, as is OC. I love the blue tile roofs. I'd love to live there, but Oceanside would be about the closest I could come to it.

FH is way off here !

HUH????

I said nothing to do there...........not saying it is not beuatiful.

I don't see you moving there Dougie

Can you imagine wanting to live in Santa Barbara over Las Vegas?????

[Doug]

He usually does. Guy wins 99% of the time he goes to the casino, Guy made a 800 K bet I think it was and gets inside info directly from team coaches, he always has the latest scoop because he just talked to the team coach this morning. Guy just bought a million dollar farmland in indiana or Iowa I cant remember which

He bought most of Iowa

[Brock Landers]

Fish, what is the closest you can live to the strip and 1)afford it and 2)get something decent?

The area around the Hard Rock hotel and near Ruth's Chris on Paradise seemed fun to me.

[Fishhead]

Also, for the 104th time, the HEAT in VEGAS is a non-factor!!!



WAY, WAY overrated as a negative for Vegas.

[Doug]

HUH????

I said nothing to do there...........not saying it is not beuatiful.

I don't see you moving there Dougie

Can you imagine wanting to live in Santa Barbara over Las Vegas?????

couldn't afford to live there, Jeffie !

Plenty to do there, IMO !

[Fishhead]

Fish, what is the closest you can live to the strip and 1)afford it and 2)get something decent?

The area around the Hard Rock hotel and near Ruth's Chris on Paradise seemed fun to me.

h


Total crap area............lost of crime, crack hookers, and drug dealers.................you do not want to live in this area.

There are way worse areas in Vegas, but this is still not a desirable place to camp out.

Cheap apartments for the most part.


Going east, between EASTERN and MARYLAND PKWY there are some nice areas..........only 2-3 miles from the STRIP.

[Doug]

Fish, what is the closest you can live to the strip and 1)afford it and 2)get something decent?

The area around the Hard Rock hotel and near Ruth's Chris on Paradise seemed fun to me.

you could live as close to the strip as you want, Brock. a block or two off is easily done.

[Fishhead]

couldn't afford to live there, Jeffie !

Plenty to do there, IMO !

GEEZUS, no zipcode is to expensive for you...........cmon.

[Brock Landers]

you could live as close to the strip as you want, Brock. a block or two off is easily done.

those joints trump is building where the NEW FRONTIER used to be are not cheap!