Moving to Vegas

[brokenhourglass]

Hello 2+2ers.

This is not a “where should I move” thread but rather a “how should I move” post.

I will be moving to Las Vegas sometime in the general vicinity of late March / early April.

I feel that I am ready, I have:

- 500X the big bet of the level I play plus two months living expenses and moving costs
- No debt
- Plenty of credit available “just in case”
- Extra money in addition to what was just mentioned
- A very healthy win rate at more than 60,000 hands
- A relatively established hourly rate that I am very happy with

My question to the 2 + 2 community has to do with the best plan for actually enacting this move.

Here is the plan I am leaning towards:

I drive out to Vegas in my car and stay in what will probably be a pretty cruddy cheap motel the likes of which are advertised all over the classifieds such as:

CENT SPECIALS Near Stratosphere. $99/wk; Lg. studio, furn'd. Full kit, cable TV, util. pd.

I plan on getting such a room for two weeks or longer as needed while I find a suitable apartment. I take this time to seriously look for a place without the time pressure of having to find it in a couple of days. When I find it, I fly back to California one way and drive back in a U-Haul with all my stuff.

How does this plan strike you?

How long do you think it will take to find a decent apartment?

How long would you allot for apartment hunting if you were moving?

I don’t like the idea of getting something site unseen over the internet. I definitely want to look around and make the determination myself.

My concern here is that I heard a lot of places run credit checks. How long does that process take? How long does it generally take to get a studio lined up, from initial phone call to move in date?

Any thoughts on the best way to enact a move from California to Las Vegas?

Also, if any respected 2+2 people have any connections that might be useful, please let me know! I’m looking for a studio or one bedroom fairly close to the strip, though I don’t know the neighborhood and hence location preference is subject to change.

Speaking of which, when looking at classifieds, which area should I be looking for?

Any nice areas relatively close to the strip?

What would the little summary be for this area, “CENT” something else?

One more thing, I am shopping for cell phone service before I get there. Any input on which carriers are good / get good reception indoors in some of the big strip casinos?

Any recommendations or warnings on particular carriers?

Thanks in advance for all of your input!