[Dead Money]

Just got back from 2 week trip painting, general fix-up, and remodel of my newly purchased vegas condo.
It is gated and guarded in the meadows area of Decatur Rd.
It is a 55+ community, no kids, no noise, no maintenance...the tiled roof is also covered for replacement costs.
HOA fees are about 2 bills a month.

I found out my condo was owned by a crazy 93 year old who answered the door nude most of the time.
Her name was Tony Brown.

I am told by her nephew whom lives next door that she homesteaded near Vegas, lived in a tent, and was granted 5 acres in the late 1940's.

She was given a reverse mortgage on the condo by wells fargo bank for $235,000 and blew it all on Casinos and caring for her 2 Pomeranian dogs.

I purchased it for about a third of the price.
It needed interior paint, some plumbing and air conditioner work.

I am 6 minutes from Downtown casinos and 12 minutes from Strip.

I was impressed with the multitude of good inexpensive eateries in the area, all locals.
Blueberry Hill, was my personal favorite.

I checked out non-mainstream casinos and fell in love with Jerry's Nugget...about 10 minutes away
local casino, family owned built 1964, 1821 LasVegasBlvd North.
Middle of nothing, north? of downtown, near Satin Saddle and Palomino strip clubs.

Seemed like every local old time football better was here in the cigar smoked sports book.

They offer a little more than the norm on all parlays and had lower limit craps and single deck blackjack.

The video poker odds were higher than I had seen anywhere, and the machines seemed loose to me.

The food was great, they have an all the time 8 ounce NY strip, spud and salad for $7.85

I noticed 2 security guards patrolling the parking lot, a short distance away neighborhoods looked pretty seedy.



Lots of good stories but here is my favorite...away from the strip there is a lot of pan-handlers, grifters, street people.

We were driving home from the Orleans (about 10pm Friday nite) and stopped at a traffic lite at Decatur and Flamingo I think. There was a Terribles gas station on the corner.
Anyhow I notice a really dirty street person male, late 40's, long hair, bearded, just suddenly drop his pants and take a dump in the well lit corner of the Terribles parking lot, wipe his butt with a napkin, and continue his journey.
I figure Terribles booted him out when he asked to use their toilet.

My brother-in-law reached for his cell phone camera, but had forgotten it....he said it was "You Tube Gold"



My wife and I plan on using it as a winter get away, guys WSOP hangout....one of my new neighbors is from Montana...he escapes the icebergs every year.

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[Woodson]

Congrats bud. I hope to hear how you do out there. Will definitely look you up and I'll be an 1.5 hr plane ride away from Vegas for a spell. Definitely getting out there this fall.

[LetsMakeMoney]

u fell in love with jerrys nugget?? really wow its a shit hole w a bunch of smelly bums hanging out in there and the stirp club across it chicas bonitas formerly known as satin saddle,becareful u might catch something in there

[Dead Money]

Originally Posted by LetsMakeMoney

u fell in love with jerrys nugget?? really wow its a shit hole w a bunch of smelly bums hanging out in there and the stirp club across it chicas bonitas formerly known as satin saddle,becareful u might catch something in there

Guess it is a matter of personal preferences.
On Sunday gameday seemed very hospitable, clean and recently remodeled...albeit, the surrounding neighborhood looked depressing.

Please post your preferences for local Vegas action, I would very much like to hear them.

[LetsMakeMoney]

Well i watch games at hilton (won't really call it local) or boulder station....green valley ranch and red rock is nice local places. Besides them all local places to me is a shithole including most of the downtown joints. Vegas besides henderson,summerlin and the strip to me is a dump,if there was no sports gambling here i'd move away in a heartbeat

[Terryray]

sounds like fun LetsMakeMoney, enjoy!

Jerry's Nugget has the best payout schedule in town on parlays...

The condo market peaked in 2006 with average price bit over $200K, now the average is $59K.

And we read here that average may plummet more with the FHA condo lending rules looming over this distressed market.

[yyz]

If you can roll out there, good for you.

I think there are probably some GREAT stories just a block off of the Strip out there, and have always wondered why no one has done something along those lines?

I rent a car when I'm out there, and you really see some shit just minutes from the glitz.

[PocketAces]

We seriously considered buying a condo with another couple or two a year or so ago.

I'd be very interested to hear how this goes for you.

Good luck.

[Terryray]

Originally Posted by yyz

If you can roll out there, good for you.

I think there are probably some GREAT stories just a block off of the Strip out there, and have always wondered why no one has done something along those lines?

Folks do like writing such stories up, you can read such stuff in nearly every issue of the two free weekly LV publications. This here is the latest book covering this territory. Good book. I lived at the "Par-A-Dice" motel for a 1.5 months across the street from the Blue Angel a few years back and only got a few good stories, mostly from hangin' in Swede's Bar at The Angel.


here's pics I took of some eccentric who has a "Munster" themed limo and performs his duty while doing an excellent impersonation of Al Lewis' "Grandpa" character from the show:

[LetsMakeMoney]

Originally Posted by Terryray

here's pics I took of some eccentric who has a "Munster" themed limo and performs his duty while doing an excellent impersonation of Al Lewis' "Grandpa" character from the show:

Last december during christmas i had to get something from home depot and went early in the morning with my 8yr old....We see this car in the parking lot,take some pics and as soon as we enter the store he walks out and scared the hell out of my daughter