[prg909]

my wife and i are considering buying a condo in vegas as a vacation home but also as our home when we retire in about 10 yrs,with the prices so low we would like to pay cash roughly 25000-35000,anyone have any advice as far as areas to avoid ,eg. crime areas or hidden fees such as high property tax areas,maybe tell us what we could expect to pay as far as hoa fee's, thanks in advance any input is appreciated

[airics]

At 25-35k, you are in a 1br in a "fair" location. 50k for 1br puts you in a better location (aliante etc)

[Tires]

Originally Posted by prg909

my wife and i are considering buying a condo in vegas as a vacation home but also as our home when we retire in about 10 yrs,with the prices so low we would like to pay cash roughly 25000-35000,anyone have any advice as far as areas to avoid ,eg. crime areas or hidden fees such as high property tax areas,maybe tell us what we could expect to pay as far as hoa fee's, thanks in advance any input is appreciated

You will not find anything that you would want to live and retire in for $25K-$35K. You might find something very small under $40K that could be nice with another $10K of fixing up.
How did you come up with that price range?

[hannaranch]

Try looking in the southwest section. I am looking at Coronado Palms.

[jhiker1o]

Check out Spring Valley condos/townhomes/duplex, single story, 2 story units old and new. With your price range you may be able to find 1 br units and if there are 2 br units, it may be old and it need lots of work. Goodluck!!

[bledsoe3]

There are some 2 bd. 1 ba. condos in your price range at Mar A Lago in Desert Shores. They may need some updating, but from the pictures, they don't look too bad.

[Tires]

Those were ones I meant. Neighborhood and complex seems nice enough, but they mostly all need interior rehab and likely all new appliances, water heaters, a/c, furnace, new floors, paint, countertops and more. The cheapest units likely need all of that plus cabinets. If you do all that, you might as well replace all the lighting and plumbing fixtures while you're at it. Easily another $10K+ over purchase price to get them comfortably nice even if you go with low end cabinets and laminate counters.

[eventusstultorummagister]

Originally Posted by Tires

Those were ones I meant. Neighborhood and complex seems nice enough, but they mostly all need interior rehab and likely all new appliances, water heaters, a/c, furnace, new floors, paint, countertops and more. The cheapest units likely need all of that plus cabinets. If you do all that, you might as well replace all the lighting and plumbing fixtures while you're at it. Easily another $10K+ over purchase price to get them comfortably nice even if you go with low end cabinets and laminate counters.

I actually want to do a complete reno and decorate it to look like an exact replica of the Jungle Room in Graceland. I think chicks would dig it!