Checking Out Las Vegas Vacation Homes

Posted by Nick Niesen on October 29th, 2010

More and more people today are turning to the attraction of purchasing rental homes or time shares. The advantage to this, of course, is always having a place to stay when you decide to come into town, and you can even make a few extra dollars renting it out the eleven months out of the year that you are not using it. If Las Vegas is your home away from home, maybe it's time you considered a vacation home.

A Vegas Vacation Home Can Be a Sound Investment

Think about how many times you travel to Las Vegas in a year. If it's more than a few, think about how much money you have spent on hotels. If you have the means - and most people visiting Las Vegas more than a few times a year probably do - a vacation home can be a sound investment. The real estate in Las Vegas is prime territory because it is the busiest and most popular tourist destination in the United States.

Most individuals who own property there don't actually live in it. They rent it out to tourists on vacation and stay in it every once in a while. So why should you pay any more money into a hotel than you already have when you can own a piece of Sin City and make a little money yourself.

To find a good vacation home in Las Vegas, decide whether you want one on the strip, above the strip or outside of it. None of these places will be very inexpensive to purchase, which is why this is only a real possibility if you have quite a bit of savings or are just wildly successful. Once you find what you are looking for and the transaction is complete, you are the proud owner of a Las Vegas vacation home. Now what are you going to do with it?

Hiring a Property Management Service to Do the Work for You

If you own a vacation home that you visit maybe four or five weeks out of the year, this means it can be a revenue producing commodity for the remaining 47 weeks! However, unless you want to deal with the day-to-day functions of running a rental company, you would be much better off hiring a management service to do the work for you.

They will list your property among all of the other Las Vegas vacation homes and manage the nightly and weekly rentals that come in and out. It's not a bad deal for you or the renters. Most of the time the rates will be less than a hotel, and you will still make more than enough to pay the mortgage, the rental company and have a little left over for yourself.

OK, so buying a whole vacation home in Las Vegas is not really a possibility for the normal person. How can you own a little piece of Sin City and have a vacation home to escape to several times a year?

Timeshares are for people just like you. A timeshare is essentially when a group of people come together and purchase a property (through the help of a management company) and each person or family gets to stay there certain times of the year as they coordinate through the company. It's less expensive than buying property on your own and can still save money over hotels if you use it enough. Whether you plan to rent or buy, Las Vegas vacation homes are the smart move for the regular traveler.