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Old 09-02-2010, 12:27 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas via Minnesota
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Hi again - I'm back with more questions. We finally got the offer from my hubby's former company (refresher: laid off last December, now called him to come back, but involves relo to Vegas. Lived there before 10 years ago). We haven't accepted it yet. Working out numbers, figuring out what to do with our house here, probably will rent it here and then rent there.

Anyway, I'm curious if their price is the price or if they ever negotiate? I've only ever rented apts in the past and that was years ago. Not sure how the house rental market works. We would, more than likely, be a long term renter, 1-2, maybe 3 years.

I've mostly been considering Henderson (89052, 89012, 89074) mostly due to the convenience to hubby's work. He'll be working just off of Sunset directly south of the airport. However, we lived southwest when we lived there before. We do like the west side too, and now some of you all have me intrigued about the NW, which I really know nothing about.

Can you tell me, would that really be an awful drive for DH? Would it be best to take the 215 around or pick up 95 and come down on I-15? Commute time?

Also, can you give me some street names or community names in the NW so I can reference some things on a map? When we lived there before, we never went up that way. I'm thinking the schools are probably in line with Henderson and Summerlin schools too?

Thanks a lot!
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Old 09-02-2010, 12:43 AM
 
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There are alot of houses for rent here and at a good price too. I live off Warm Springs and Stephanie in the Emerald Valley subdivison. I am in zipcode 89014 and 3 minutes from the Galleria. Super walmart and All the restaurants on Stephanie between Warm Springs and Sunset. My daughter has a 15 minute walk to Green Valley High School. I like this area.
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Old 09-02-2010, 01:17 AM
 
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NW may be worth considering if you are buying, but renting almost always should be targeted for your commute. As for negotiation, its like everything in life it can't happen if you don't ask. In reality what landlords will do is the obvious thing, they will put it up at one price and if nothing works out they will slowly lower their price until it does. If you find a property that just got listed don't expect much leeway, but if its been there a month you can easily negotiate.
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Old 09-02-2010, 08:28 AM
 
Location: Camarillo
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Rent is definitely negotiable, though some landlords are less inclined to stray from their price than others. When I moved to Las Vegas, I had a specific price limit in mind. My potential (and eventual) landlord was asking a higher price. I offered to pay six months' rent up front as a compromise, and that was enough to result in him agreeing. It probably helped that this was a single-family house, not a corporate-owned apartment or condo. Fortunately I was in a financial position to make that offer. I realize not everyone is.

Sometimes it takes a little creative thinking to make it work, but it definitely can work.
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Old 09-02-2010, 10:49 AM
 
Location: Nebuchadnezzar
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Absolutely negotiate. In some of my smaller condos I usually start dropping the rent about $25 every two weeks until rented. In my high rise condos, I am little more firm. As usual, it depends on market conditions. Moreover, I certainly would be more willing to negotiate if you present yourself as stable income, high credit, and longer lease.
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Old 09-02-2010, 10:52 AM
 
Location: southern california
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i have not done well in negotiating rent with landlords what i have a high opinion of is taking a moonlight handyman job or manager or receptionist/clerk job for rent free or greatly reduced rent. this has worked well for me.
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Old 09-02-2010, 08:39 PM
 
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Yes you can negotiate, vacancies are high all over the valley for rentals with leases.
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Old 09-02-2010, 09:19 PM
 
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I had asked a similar question before I got my apartment recently. I took it upon myself to negotiate in different forms at the apartments I looked at. I even went as far as to ask if I payed several months ahead of time would there be any discount. Not a single place took the offer even though they are dealing with people all over defaulting on leases. I would have to say that the only way you are likely going to get anywhere negotiating is with individuals and not apartment complexes owned by management companies. There are some good deals out there though. At the place I ended up, water is already included in the rent which is the lowest rent I have ever paid and I got 1 month free. I would have had no security deposit but I put a fraud alert on my credit report about a year back when I thought there was something fishy on there. They said they automatically assign a $250 security deposit when there is a fraud alert because they don't know what it's about.
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Old 09-02-2010, 10:51 PM
 
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If someone wants to negotiate with a future landlord just make sure you know the rates/amenities/sq footage on the other rentals around the area you are looking into. Best to have a knowledge of the competition which you can easily use as a bargaining tool.
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Old 09-02-2010, 11:28 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
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Real Estate is always negotiable.

Apartment complexes certainly negotiate with the spifs they offer. In general they will not negotiate the individual lease.

PMs and private owners will negotiate more freely. They negotiate more when the place has been vacant a while. They negotiate more when offered long term leases or large pre-payments.

The range is limited. This is not a bad rental market. You are not going to get a large discount from the going rate unless something is wrong.

Knowing the going rate in an area is needed.
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