Vegas Experts: Need A Breakdown Cost Of Living

gambleballs · 08-09-10, 01:05 PM

moving from 1k sq ft apartment to 2500 sq ft house my electric quadrupled, water bill is about 6x as much, have a gas bill i didnt before, lawn/pool maintainance bills, bug guy, trash/sewer service i didnt have to pay for before. Mortgage payment about the same as my rent payment. Utilities are just more expensive.

But i have a yard and a pool and grass and trees now its all worth it.

jjgold · 08-09-10, 01:10 PM

Can you get a decent house for 170,000?

curious · 08-09-10, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Can you get a decent house for 170,000?

Live in a nice hotel for $600 a month with all utilies included, swimming pool, hot tub, workout room. That's what I did when I lived in Vegas last year.

Doug · 08-09-10, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Can you get a decent house for 170,000?

much less, like 120k

jjgold · 08-09-10, 01:23 PM

What hotel?

I am looking in net and these prices are do cheap, you can get a real nice house and pay 700 a month mortgage.

SlickFazzer · 08-09-10, 01:24 PM

Bargins galore in Vegas right now....will be there permanently by Thankgiving.

We will be very happy in 10 years.

Iceman · 08-09-10, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Can you get a decent house for 170,000?

Decent house in a decent neighborhood for sure.

We looked all of July at homes up to 180k so I have a good idea what you can get with that. Living in the better parts of the Summerlin area you can get a 1,800 sq foot home with no pool usually in that price range. Sure there are some more/less depending on many factors but most of the homes me and my wife were looking at were around this price and size, I would say just under $100 a square foot.

Here would be a typical house her and I looked at: http://las.mlxchange.com/Pub/EmailVi...13&s=LAS&t=LAS

Here is the big problem for me. It seemed the next level of homes is where things really got nice, about 210k or so and things were noticably much better. Top neighborhoods, in-ground pools, newer homes, etc.... Don't get me wrong I really like stuff priced in this 180k range but I want to be somewhere for a long time so you want it to be the perfect house.

Still 170k gets you a very nice home, in a nice neighborhood but no yards, trees, grass, etc... So be prepared for that and that can be a culture shock for mid-westerner's like myself.

Fishhead · 08-09-10, 01:32 PM

ICE, you can do much better than that for 174,000...................

jjgold · 08-09-10, 01:33 PM

I am starting to think about this now

I am sure there are jobs there even if not great pay

There are homes like 140k 15 miles from Vegas and like 6 years old

SlickFazzer · 08-09-10, 01:34 PM

Looking in the Henderson area.

SlickFazzer · 08-09-10, 01:35 PM

JJ you could run Sethlin Securites from Vegas easy.

LVBOUND · 08-09-10, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by curious

Live in a nice hotel for $600 a month with all utilies included, swimming pool, hot tub, workout room. That's what I did when I lived in Vegas last year.

What hotel is that?

ronjon619 · 08-09-10, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by curious

Live in a nice hotel for $600 a month with all utilies included, swimming pool, hot tub, workout room. That's what I did when I lived in Vegas last year.

what hotel was that?

Iceman · 08-09-10, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by Fishhead

ICE, you can do much better than that for 174,000...................

Thats typical. It was one of the first homes that showed up on Craig's List. Nothing I am persoanlly looking at.

Been doing this about a month now and have a GREAT idea what and where to look right now. My wife seriously knows probably every house for sale/rent in a certain area and price range. She has RE agents working for us and e-mails sent when any house first pops up, gets about 3-5 new e-mails a day. We have our choices narrowed down right now as we have to make a decision this week.

It all just really depends on what and where you are looking. Everyone is different.

Iceman · 08-09-10, 01:40 PM

Stayed in a hotel last week and loved it. Would seriously consider this in the future if it was affordable.

Doug · 08-09-10, 01:40 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

What hotel?

I am looking in net and these prices are do cheap, you can get a real nice house and pay 700 a month mortgage.

Mortgage probably is the hard part, JJ !

Iceman · 08-09-10, 01:47 PM

Like Gambleballs said there are some things that suck. I know our electricity bill ran around $400 some months before but keep in mind we lived in a 2 story home also. Nothing you can do about it, the A.C has to be flowing at all times. HOA fees possibile for home owners but usually not rentors. Not sure how much these are.

Surprisingly one of the things I like best about a neighborhood is if it has grass. Many don't have it but those that do make things look a lot nicer. Also gated communities seem to be a lot nicer as do HOA with rules like no parking on the side of the road, it sure makes a neghborhood look 10x better.

It's funny they say vegas is for sale right now but there were some areas where I drove down every street and not a single house was for sale or rent. Those are obviously where you want to live, the less rentors on a street and the more you will see people taking much better care of their yards and stuff. Some roads have 5+ for sale signs also and that doesn't look so good.

minet123 · 08-09-10, 01:49 PM

Sponsey you want cheap
Buy the Gas station on rte 95 in Cal-Nev-Ari
You can cut holes in the cactus and spindle to your hearts content
But in all honesty if you there to gamble and do nothing else and now that there is no opinions on lines in Nevada anymore
Move to Bull Head City Arizona and cross the Bridge into Laughlin every day
170k will but you a palace in Arizona

Iceman · 08-09-10, 01:51 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

What hotel?

I am looking in net and these prices are do cheap, you can get a real nice house and pay 700 a month mortgage.

Exactly.

We were noticing you can get about $300 more per house when buying instead of renting and this included taxes, etc.. Had us really thinking.

So a $1,500 rental home seemed to be around a $1,200 mortgage payment.

ronjon619 · 08-09-10, 01:54 PM

Bullhead City, AZ. I know that gas station your referring to. They also have a storage complex for boats and campers. I believe its a Chevreon? It's near that traffic light before you head up the hill towards Kingman.

Brock Landers · 08-09-10, 02:08 PM

GO for it JJ, you can have me over as a guest when i visit Vegas!

LVBOUND · 08-09-10, 02:15 PM

Looking for a furnished apart or Hotel deal for 6 months between the M Casino and Strip.

Any ideas? would like to be under 700 a month inc all utilities.

excel · 08-09-10, 02:17 PM

I wanna know more about the 600$ a month hotel also.

freeVICK · 08-09-10, 02:33 PM

Originally posted by curious

Live in a nice hotel for $600 a month with all utilies included, swimming pool, hot tub, workout room. That's what I did when I lived in Vegas last year.

damn sign me up for that too. it's not like I cook anyway, don't need a kitchen. plus maid service and room service when your lazy!!! sounds awesome

Doug · 08-09-10, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by Iceman

Stayed in a hotel last week and loved it. Would seriously consider this in the future if it was affordable.

What Hotel, Ice ?

What did you do with the cat and dogs ?

jjgold · 08-09-10, 02:34 PM

Every mother fukker here would go if $600 a month in a hotel

Those figures must be off

SlickFazzer · 08-09-10, 02:36 PM

1000 in a hotel easy...maybe even a downtown casino.

Doug · 08-09-10, 02:37 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Every mother fukker here would go if $600 a month in a hotel

Those figures must be off

SlickFazzer · 08-09-10, 02:39 PM

use your players card day and night....bet you can stay at a smaller harrahs prop. for under 900 a month.

MonkeyF0cker · 08-09-10, 02:40 PM

Budget Suites FTW!

Not really. They are crime-infested shitholes.

Doug · 08-09-10, 02:41 PM

Originally posted by SlickFazzer

1000 in a hotel easy...maybe even a downtown casino.

I suspect you might have to vacate the room on Friday/ Saturday esp. if it is big weekend.

Some places ( like Binions) just closed up the hotel aspect of it, instead of renting $20 rooms.

Let's see the names of some of these places !

MonkeyF0cker · 08-09-10, 02:41 PM

Originally posted by Doug

LOL. Yeah. Any of the motels on Fremont east of the El Cortez are certainly less than $1k/month. But the crack addiction isn't.

SlickFazzer · 08-09-10, 02:44 PM

Originally posted by Doug

I suspect you might have to vacate the room on Friday/ Saturday esp. if it is big weekend.

Some places ( like Binions) just closed up the hotel aspect of it, instead of renting $20 rooms.

Let's see the names of some of these places !

we get the advertisements because of our players card in the mail....aug and september were basically
free during the week and not bad on the weekend at smaller harrahs props.

Not sure if there is any wiggle room if you tell them you want to stay there for 3 months...or they
may raise the rates...i have no idea.

Doug · 08-09-10, 02:45 PM

actually I believe the Western closed down the Hotel part of the operation. Maybe El Cortez , Gold Spike,LV Club, Golden Gate could work ?