As if exorbitant housing costs, oppressive regulation, and skyrocketing taxes weren’t enough reasons for leaving California for less expensive environs, now the place is burning down . . . in the dark. Worsening wildfires are threatening or destroying forests and properties from LA to past Wine Country, and the burning season is so long now…
Hal DeKeyser If you hate paying taxes, particularly for frivolous or undeserving expenses, you might want to get your mail in Nevada. According to a new Kiplinger report, the Silver State is No. 2 on the list of most tax friendly states. Only Wyoming, which has a population about the size of Clark County if…
By Hal DeKeyser I hear it all the time from open house visitors and other buyers and sellers of Las Vegas real estate: “What are the Raiders coming to Vegas going to do to our home values?” If you live in suburbia, which is most of Las Vegas, it will mean nothing – at least…
Hal DeKeyser For Las Vegas home buyers and sellers, this is the weirdest market we’ve seen in nearly 20 years. That is to say, it’s almost normal. After a roller coaster price path since the early part of the century – where we went from the nation’s biggest boom to its biggest bust and then…
I’m part of a Facebook group helping new bloggers set up their sites and get started telling stories in their passion subjects. It seems they spend considerable energy (and angst) on logos and icons. Some pop and show readers immediately what the topic is. Others are overly complicated, hard to read, and don’t do the…
If you’re wondering just what it might take to finally flee the high housing and tax costs of living in California, here’s a compendium of stories out of the Golden State that might push you in one direction or another. The book, “DumpCal – Trade California for Vegas and double your lifestyle for half the…
A new 125-acre gated retirement community will open next year. Del Webb at Lake Las Vegas will offer nearly 500 homes from nearly 1,600 to nearly 2,800 square feet. Recreation and amenities It will have the same type of social and recreational amenities that seniors have come to expect in the nation’s first big-development retirement…
Retirees particularly like Henderson and the southwest Millennials are starting to like the Vegas valley more It’s generally good news for the economy If you’re wondering where all those people from California are landing in the Las Vegas valley, you can be sure that plenty of them are moving to Henderson. And that’s particularly pronounced…
Buyer’s agents bring qualified and interested buyers to new home models Builders spend a lot on marketing to bring buyers So builders pay buyer agents instead of marketing expenses Everyone knows that when buyer’s agents are involved in a resale real estate transaction, they get a commission, and that comes out of the sellers’ and…
My book, “DumpCal – Trade California for Vegas and double your lifestyle for half the cost” explains why the middle class is increasingly abandoning California for places with affording housing, lower taxes, less traffic, and reduced regulation. (Get if free by going to www.DumpCal.com and registering.) Here are a few headlines from around the internet…