As we have roughly 5000-7000 people moving to Las Vegas every month, the real estate market is not far from recovering, but how about the trauma incurred during the joyful moving process (sarcasm)? I know how stressful the whole moving experience can be and when I saw this great post on Moving Tips from our friends at Cool Tools, I could not resist writing about here.
Boxes are just fine and if you have to use them, by all means figure out how to create handles for you and your …

This is one of the best posts from one of the best writers on the net when it comes to blogging.  I am always in a constant struggle to manage the overwhelming information flow that comes my way.  I really like the way Maki has put together his priority list.  1) Breaking News and 2) Must Read are really the only two categories he spends a good amount of time on.  The rest he sifts through quickly.
This is really an important concept when you get down to it - for all …

Land values are beginning to drop as the housing bubble is busting the house in Vegas.

Definition:  The power of the federal or state government to take private property for a public purpose, even if the property owner objects. The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the government to take private property if the taking is for a public use and the owner is “justly compensated” (usually, paid fair market value) for his or her loss. A public use is virtually anything that is sanctioned by a federal or state legislative body, but such uses may include roads, parks, reservoirs, schools, hospitals or other …

Bob Potts over at UNLV works in The Center For Business And Economic Research.  He and his team provide absolutely invaluable information for guys like me trying to figure out what to tell clients about the Las Vegas real estate market and our general economy.   His website shares all of his research and if you are a professional in this Vegas real estate market, investor or agent/broker, you better be looking at his data on a regular basis.
 
The following is a snippet from one of his latest research jaunts.  It …

One of my large investment clients (who spends a ton of money investing in land here in Vegas and other places) asked me something rather unusual the other day.  He has a need to find comparables in Henderson, Nevada of houses that have closed below $100 per square foot.  This was a little unusual, as I mentioned, so I asked him what it was for.  He told me he was looking to do some refinancing between companies and actually needed to find some low numbers.
 
I am fairly smart and know …

Here is a post I made on March 25, 2008. When you think about what is happening in the Las Vegas real estate market, this information is essential in understanding how to react to the constant barrage of news clips. When you hear about the 000’s of Las Vegas foreclosures on the market, just think of these facts.
Also, please don’t listen to someone who said they were able to score a foreclosure for $70/SQFT and they can get those all day long since the “banks are just looking …

Here is another post I made shortly after creating the old site. I was pondering the question of a recession or not. This is something that the talking heads on television and the radio have to fill up airtime with, but seriously, who cares about the definition or whether or not we are officially in a recession.
All I know is that here in Vegas, if you are in real estate or the gaming business, WE ARE IN A RECESSION!!! Enough with the debate. The folks in …

I made this post on my other blog site www.financialanalysisguy.com.  This site is now defunct and I have moved everything over here, but make no mistake about it, this still holds true today - just a few months after I posted it over there.
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Living in Las Vegas and being part of the Vegas real estate market has been quite an experience.  I came here in 2005, right at the freaking top of the market.  We bought a house the right way, though.  We bought a house that needed tons of …

My first post.  It is finally here.  I am so excited to share whatever I can on this blog with anyone who wants to read and contribute.  I hope to have a very long career doing this since doing so would mean that I was successful in my profession – Las Vegas Real Estate.
 
My name is Kevin Bushbaker and I did not start my career in Vegas Real Estate.  My past is a long sorted one that had me journey all the way to Las Vegas from Detroit, Michigan – …