What is the avg rent around Las Vegas?

[wonderwes]

My friend and I were debating this. To live in the Las Vegas areas what does rent usually run around (decent 1/2 bd apt)? I assume many people live in the suburbs and just commute over to the poker rooms on the strip. It seems like Henderson, NV is a sweet area to live in. Would you say cost of living is similar to other US cities, or is everything seem higher compared to all the higher prices for basic items like in California. Just curious, any info is appreciated.

Average rent for a 2 bedroom right now is around 800-900, now this is in a descent area, toward henderson and what not. The closer you live to the strip the rent is in fact cheaper, but you are living in lower class unfortunetly.

[Xelent]

My roommate and I each spend $425 a month plus utilities for a nice 2 bedroom apartment in Henderson. There are a ton of apartment areas on Green Valley Ranch. Check them out.

[scalf]

/images/graemlins/grin.gif $900/mon is more than the mortgage payment on my 3 br 2500 sft new home in a gated community in south carolina; yeah; in 13 years; i own it frree and clear..

gl

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Hi, a friend and I have a 2 bedroom apartment near the strip for $750/month (utilities other than electric included). Not suprisingly it's not a very nice area; though, I've definitly seen worse places around town. I wouldn't want to buy a place around here but it works well enough for the moment. Plus I can drive to work (on the strip) in 5 minutes!

[any2cards]

I recently moved to Vegas in June. I am renting a 3 BD home in Summerlin (nice suburb) for $1195/mo. Summerlin is 20 minutes west of the strip.

The one thing that I found cost a hell of a lot more than I was used to was auto insurance. The insurance pool in Las Vegas is VERY dirty. My rep told me that more than 60% of the drivers have at least one accident.

I have a Ford Mustang. I have been driving for 28 years with no tickets and no accidents. It cost me $400 a year in Wisconsin to insure. It cost me $700 a year in Minnesota to insure. It now costs me $2200 a year in Vegas to insure. That is VERY ugly.

You will obviously find higher electric and water costs out here.

If you have any other questions concerning relative costs, etc., let me know.

Will

[Yeknom58]

So south carolina...gated community...mmmm doing the red neck state housing math..So indoor or outdoor plumbing?

[Yeknom58]

2200 a year...holy F bomb.
I wasn't aware they ranked the driving pool in any given state to modify good drivers insurance rates. I'm think LV is crappy for the car insurance because it's a perennial top fiver on the cities with the most stolen cars.

[TheMetetron]

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/images/graemlins/grin.gif $900/mon is more than the mortgage payment on my 3 br 2500 sft new home in a gated community in south carolina; yeah; in 13 years; i own it frree and clear..

gl

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This needs to be bolded. Sorry, but you still lose. I don't care if it's free.

[Knoler]

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/images/graemlins/grin.gif $900/mon is more than the mortgage payment on my 3 br 2500 sft new home in a gated community in south carolina; yeah; in 13 years; i own it frree and clear..

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I live in Boston and love it. ...but with houses that f'ing cheap, maybe I should buy a second house down there where I can go hide when there's 80 feet of snow up here.

Eh, not gonna happen. But snow sucks.
-Brian

[Spook]

I am moving in two days, and have been looking for rooms off of craigslist.

A few months ago, there were many more 375-450 range. Now rooms in a house run more like 450-550.

[Luv2DriveTT]

I am surprised the Vegas pool is more tainted than Minnesota. Wouldn't snow be a legitimate factor? FWIW when I moved to NJ the first quote I got for my insurance was 7K (never an accident either). I got it down eventually to 1.7k/year by shopping around.

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[Michael O'Malley]

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The one thing that I found cost a hell of a lot more than I was used to was auto insurance. The insurance pool in Las Vegas is VERY dirty. My rep told me that more than 60% of the drivers have at least one accident.

I have a Ford Mustang. I have been driving for 28 years with no tickets and no accidents. It cost me $400 a year in Wisconsin to insure. It cost me $700 a year in Minnesota to insure. It now costs me $2200 a year in Vegas to insure. That is VERY ugly.

Will

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Something isnt right with your situation. I have been driving for 17 years with a few tickets (only one speeding on my record now) and last year I paid $700/year for an 02 Lexus and $600/year for an 02 Tahoe. Neither of those were a multi car policy.
Although Vegas is known to be in the higher range when it comes to insurance, what you are paying makes no sense.

[Scoobytx]

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The one thing that I found cost a hell of a lot more than I was used to was auto insurance. The insurance pool in Las Vegas is VERY dirty. My rep told me that more than 60% of the drivers have at least one accident.

[/ QUOTE ]Only 60%? The drivers in Vegas suck balls. When I go, I make sure to get the insurance on my rent car. It's not the damage that I'm worried about (that's covered by my insurance and my credit card used to rent the car), but the huge daily fee charged while the rent car is out of service (it was quoted to me as $57/day for a cheap compact car).

All I need is to get sideswiped by some drunk Vegas driver and have my rent car end up costing me an extra $2000 because the body shops (which I'm sure do killer business in Vegas) take over a month to fix it. /images/graemlins/blush.gif

[PhatCasino]

could you actually have bodywork done on a rental - sorta like its nobodies business, then the rental place will never know? ? ?

- i thought bodywork places always ask for registration and such

[Scoobytx]

No, the rental company gets the body work done. Since they are making more revenue on a car out of commission ($57/day vs. ~$35/day if the car is rented 100% of the time), I'm sure they don't pressure the body shop to hurry.

Last time I had a car in the body shop (years ago), it took almost a month, and I was on them at least three times a week. I don't know how slow repairs would be if no one pressured them.

[StevieG]

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I am surprised the Vegas pool is more tainted than Minnesota. Wouldn't snow be a legitimate factor?

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Nah, they get so much practice driving carefully, and the road crews are so quick in cleaning thing up that it snow is less of a factor there than you might guess. Black ice sucks, though.

It's more likely that the local % of uninsured is what taints the pool.

[PhatCasino]

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No, the rental company gets the body work done.

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I meant to keep the accident on the downlow from the rental company so they don't charge you THOUSANDS ... you fix it for a few hundred (since you didn't have it insured etc.) Honestly i really don't know.. can someone fill me in on insurance/repairs/creditcard wavier insurance and all that bs? thanks

- i always try to save when i rent and DONT take theyre BS insurance. but now im thinking it may be worth it ..

[Al P]

Wow, rental companies charge you while the car is in the shop even if it's not your fault? That's skanky.

[any2cards]

Michael ...

I find the rates that you are paying incredible to say the least (not doubting you, just surprised). I received quotes from 5 different major vendors, and all of them were within 1-2% of each other, all around $2200 per year.

It is possible that my level of coverages and/or deductibles are significantly different than yours. This obviously would make comparing our situations difficult.

I consulted All State, State Farm, Progressive, American Family, and Geico. Would love to hear who provides your coverage.

Will

[Dynasty]

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Average rent for a 2 bedroom right now is around 800-900, now this is in a descent area, toward henderson and what not. The closer you live to the strip the rent is in fact cheaper, but you are living in lower class unfortunetly.

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Damn. I must be getting screwed. I live just half a mile from the Strip and pay $1,104/month for my two-bedroom place.

[Vlorg]

I pay 1k for a 3 bedroom apartment in a commmunity on the northwest area and I don't even live in Vegas yet... (long story) I'm still in State College, PA paying a $600 rent for a 3 bedroom townhouse and $550 for another 3 bedroom townhouse. [censored] , why am I paying for 3 places?

Vlorg

[smb394]

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I pay 1k for a 3 bedroom apartment in a commmunity on the northwest area and I don't even live in Vegas yet... (long story) I'm still in State College, PA paying a $600 rent for a 3 bedroom townhouse and $550 for another 3 bedroom townhouse. [censored] , why am I paying for 3 places?

Vlorg

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So I assume that you share the PSU places with 2 other people at each place? BTW, where are they at?

My place senior year was 1500/4 (2br apt. at Greenwich crt.)

[Vlorg]

Yeah you undergraduate students get [censored] !. Both my $550 (misleading anyway add $70 association fee, $20 insurance, and $80 taxes) mortgage and $600 rent are neighboring 3 bedroom townhouses. No sharing. I have 2 3 bedroom places all to myself !! (well with my 2 year old son and 3 year old daughter most of the time). Forest Edge apartments on West Aaron Drive. I could make a killing when I eventually rent out the one I own if I rent to undergraduates. But that's the thing, undergraduates students TRASH houses ( and they often don't pay rent on time or at all) so I probably just rent it out for 800-900 to a family.

Vlorg

[smb394]

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Yeah you undergraduate students get [censored] !.

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But that's the thing, undergraduates students TRASH houses ( and they often don't pay rent on time or at all)

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I think these two are connected, mostly the 2nd being the result of the first. I know that any place I got while in State College, every person was required to have parents cosign. I only lived in places owned by the bigger members of the rental cartel, so they could get away with it.

I'd probably rent it to a family, although the rent students pay during the summer when they aren't usually there is tempting.

[Ed Miller]

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The one thing that I found cost a hell of a lot more than I was used to was auto insurance. The insurance pool in Las Vegas is VERY dirty. My rep told me that more than 60% of the drivers have at least one accident.

I have a Ford Mustang. I have been driving for 28 years with no tickets and no accidents. It cost me $400 a year in Wisconsin to insure. It cost me $700 a year in Minnesota to insure. It now costs me $2200 a year in Vegas to insure. That is VERY ugly.

Will

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Something isnt right with your situation. I have been driving for 17 years with a few tickets (only one speeding on my record now) and last year I paid $700/year for an 02 Lexus and $600/year for an 02 Tahoe. Neither of those were a multi car policy.
Although Vegas is known to be in the higher range when it comes to insurance, what you are paying makes no sense.

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Do you live in Henderson? There is a major premium difference between some Henderson zip codes and some Vegas ones.

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Yeah you undergraduate students get [censored] !.

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But that's the thing, undergraduates students TRASH houses ( and they often don't pay rent on time or at all)

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I think these two are connected, mostly the 2nd being the result of the first. I know that any place I got while in State College, every person was required to have parents cosign. I only lived in places owned by the bigger members of the rental cartel, so they could get away with it.

I'd probably rent it to a family, although the rent students pay during the summer when they aren't usually there is tempting.

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You guys both got jipped. I had the apartment above the Brewery bar and paid 300 a month...had my own room, a bar in the living room, and a balcony. And I was a block from campus.

Man was I cool...

...it was so easy to get laid when I was at the Big sleazy and would tell a girl my apt was literally across the street.

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Yeah you undergraduate students get [censored] !.

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But that's the thing, undergraduates students TRASH houses ( and they often don't pay rent on time or at all)

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I think these two are connected, mostly the 2nd being the result of the first. I know that any place I got while in State College, every person was required to have parents cosign. I only lived in places owned by the bigger members of the rental cartel, so they could get away with it.

I'd probably rent it to a family, although the rent students pay during the summer when they aren't usually there is tempting.

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You guys both got jipped. I had the apartment above the Brewery bar and paid 300 a month...had my own room, a bar in the living room, and a balcony. And I was a block from campus.

Man was I cool...

...it was so easy to get laid when I was at the Big sleazy and would tell a girl my apt was literally across the street.

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That sounds like a sweet setup. I had a pretty short walk from the Saloon. Otherwise I hated that place.

Gonna be nuts OSU weekend.