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I might be moving to Las Vegas in two weeks and I've never even been there
ceres
When the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
When the last moon is cast over the last star of morningAnd the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
Pretty much that. Has anyone here lived in the suburbs of Vegas?
My husband might be getting a job out there and would need to be able to commute to Henderson. We know nothing about the area, cost of living, what bank or supermarket to use, or what area is the most livable while still being fairly close to his work. How are taxes in Nevada?
We would need to find a place to live in the next week and we need to not get scammed in the process and we have no idea where to start. We currently live in PA and there's really no practical way to apartment-hunt in person.
Really any information at all would be extremely helpful. We will probably know if we're going to need to move by the end of the day on Tuesday, and if the answer is yes we will have very little time to do it.
My husband might be getting a job out there and would need to be able to commute to Henderson. We know nothing about the area, cost of living, what bank or supermarket to use, or what area is the most livable while still being fairly close to his work. How are taxes in Nevada?
We would need to find a place to live in the next week and we need to not get scammed in the process and we have no idea where to start. We currently live in PA and there's really no practical way to apartment-hunt in person.
Really any information at all would be extremely helpful. We will probably know if we're going to need to move by the end of the day on Tuesday, and if the answer is yes we will have very little time to do it.
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I don't know anything about Vegas, but when I did a cross-country move and needed a nice place quickly, I used a real estate agent. Craigslist and other online ads were a huge waste of time. Find some decent real estate offices (mine was recommended to me by my employer, so try asking them) and have the real estate agent fill you in on some listings. They know the ones to weed out with your budget and the locations to avoid. I had a modest budget and the agent was fantastic about keeping me in safe areas and only suggesting clean places that met my needs.
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The only piece of information I can give, which you probably have already thought of - sign nothing but a month to month lease for your first home there. What looks fantastic on paper and in photos/videos may not work out in the long run and the last thing you want while adjusting to a new city and new job is a home that you hate.
Having to stop every two hours to feed him is going to make that a much longer fucking drive.
It's rent or live in our cars though, because there is no way we can buy a house at this point.
In my instance it was the landlord who paid any agent fee. My only obligation was the normal rental fees. I'd assume that's normal, but I'm far from certain.
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It's saved us a lot of hassle in the past (and beats the hell out of paying an agent or renting sight unseen).
biggest thing to watch for is that you don't live amidst the decay that comes when you have a bunch of bank owned real estate muddling up a neighborhood
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Gas, groceries, insurance and other costs are going to be relatively high. Depends on where you are coming from. For me coming from the midwest, prices were stupid expensive. People coming from California though everything was cheap. I would bring up a few of those cost of living comparisons. Also speak with your insurance agent and find out about home and vehicle insurance costs.
No state income tax. Sales tax in Clark County and Henderson is 8.1%.
For groceries you have Smith's (western Krogers), Walmart, Whole Foods, Albertsons and some others. Banks, Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America are the giant ones, credit unions and other banks exist. Will depend on what you like to use.
Hope you don't have school age kids, education in Nevada is constantly rated near or at the bottom of the 50 states. The Nevada Virtual Academy home schooling can be good, but requires the parents to work as teachers.
Not super helpful, but that's what I've got for you. Don't get scurvy.
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I have friends in Vegas, from what i understand its a buyers market there.
That's all I've got.
We closed a short sale in May; I don't think our credit is up to buying property, and that makes rental our only option. My husband thinks finding a realtor is a waste of money and wants us to just call the complexes instead, but I'm trying to sell him on getting one anyway because I think it's worth it to have someone who knows the area look around. I'm not entirely sure how this is going to work if he gets the job, honestly, because we have zero dollars right now and that situation will persist until his first paycheck. I'm going to look into extended stay hotels, but if they aren't pretty cheap we're going to run into the same problem.
I am really hoping we won't be out there long enough to have to worry about my son's schooling.
Protips: Do not live on any street that is a Number or Letter. Stay South and West of Charleston Blvd and Decatur Blvd, if possible. The further west, the nicer, for the most part. Summerlin and the Lakes are good areas, and apartments in the Lakes tend to be very affordable. As others have said, Henderson is pretty nice. I'm sure there are more questions that I can answer for you, but it's 7 AM on a Saturday.
EDIT: @ceres I can get you in touch with a very good realtor, if that's something you are interested in.