Thinking about moving to Vegas - thoughts?
Quote: DieterQuote: rxwineUsing Google maps "street view" you can wander through prospective neighborhoods.
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This does not give the same insight as walking around from an hour before dusk until an hour after dusk.
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The freaks come out at night.
Quote: DieterQuote: rxwineUsing Google maps "street view" you can wander through prospective neighborhoods.
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This does not give the same insight as walking around from an hour before dusk until an hour after dusk.
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The freaks come out at night.
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If you like the Green Valley area I would search Zillow for 3+ bedroom houses, condos, and townhomes under $550k in the zip code 89074 and see if anything catches your eye.
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That's what I am doing, but the question is, are there some parts of Green Valley that are, er, "better" than others?
For example, here are three that come up:
One just south of Pittman Wash, just east of Valle Verde Drive
Another that's just north of that one, on the other side of the Wash; it appears to be near some railroad tracks - how active are they?
A third near the SE corner of Windmill and Eastern
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I prefer south of Pittman wash, between Pecos and Valle Verde.. I would be comfortable in all of the area between south of Windmill and North of I-215 between Valle Verde and Pecos. Things south of I215 are also fine but may be a little more expensive as you get closer to Green Valley Ranch casino. I believe Green Valley Parkway had bus service if that is a consideration. I lived pretty much in the center of those boundaries on Wigwam and Green Valley Parkway for eight years and liked that area.
If and when you get some leads feel free to PM me addresses or cross streets and I will give you an opinion if I have one.
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Quote: billryanQuote: DieterQuote: rxwineUsing Google maps "street view" you can wander through prospective neighborhoods.
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This does not give the same insight as walking around from an hour before dusk until an hour after dusk.
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The freaks come out at night.
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About two decades ago, I neglected to do some dusk research on a home purchase. Accordingly, I didn't realize that the neighborhood independent pharmaceutical sales representatives parked just beyond the penumbra of the streetlight and took meetings most of the night.
Fortunately, they were fairly courteous neighbors.
Real estate agents won't mention that.
Quote: billryanI noticed in the Valley that there are so many HOAs that all the group homes, sober houses, and independent living houses are bunched in relatively small areas.
Real estate agents won't mention that.
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When I bought my last house in Green Valley it had a $30 HOA fee. I thought, wow that is cheap and it turns out even better. It was $30 for the quarter, so $10 a month. It did go up to $11 a month over the eight years that I was there.
Quote: DRichQuote: billryanI noticed in the Valley that there are so many HOAs that all the group homes, sober houses, and independent living houses are bunched in relatively small areas.
Real estate agents won't mention that.
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When I bought my last house in Green Valley it had a $30 HOA fee. I thought, wow that is cheap and it turns out even better. It was $30 for the quarter, so $10 a month. It did go up to $11 a month over the eight years that I was there.
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I've nothing against HOAs. Many people don't want to live in one, and it limits where you can live in the Vegas Valley.
Quote: billryanQuote: DRichQuote: billryanI noticed in the Valley that there are so many HOAs that all the group homes, sober houses, and independent living houses are bunched in relatively small areas.
Real estate agents won't mention that.
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When I bought my last house in Green Valley it had a $30 HOA fee. I thought, wow that is cheap and it turns out even better. It was $30 for the quarter, so $10 a month. It did go up to $11 a month over the eight years that I was there.
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I've nothing against HOAs. Many people don't want to live in one, and it limits where you can live in the Vegas Valley.
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My HOA was very minimalistic and really seemed to only groom the road dividers and parks. I also think it was huge, thousands of houses maybe even 10,000.
Quote: calwatchThose kind of HOAs are the ones which will prevent you from painting your house purple but otherwise don't do much. But if you want your house to remain stock, will pay for the same landscaper that everyone else on the block uses, and generally don't have loud late night parties HOAs are fine. I would want to be on the condo or HOA board though to protect my investment, although for associations of hundreds or thousands of properties that gets impractical.
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I've owned a condo and been on the condo board, as an officer.
It was one of the most distressing and stomach-turning experiences I have ever had. We had to coax people to join, nobody wanted to be on the board, but the people who gravitated to it were the least qualified, most fascistic, (Literally, in the case of two members. I spent a lot of time worrying about them saying or doing something to get us sued and they eventually did.) least intelligent and most dishonest people you could imagine. Violated laws and ethics in meetings and considered falsifying the minutes to be an acceptable remedy. Was challenged to a fight by another member and I had to leave the meeting and call the police because I was armed and must avoid being in a fight at all costs in that state. Talked to a lawyer about it and he told me don't quit the board or I will be a target for everything, and I ended up selling with no warning to anyone just to get myself out of that mess.
That experience has left me with a dim view of anything with any kind of a HOA. They can't all be that bad, but the fact that any are that bad is enough to make me very cautious.
