Although we made our decision about potential Presidential candidates with a caucus, Nevada does have a primary election for other positions coming up in a couple of weeks.  Here’s a little more about who we will be voting for/against. The intersection of real estate and politics is right here, in this item from the IHT [...]

Yesterday, the International Times Herald ran a Bloomberg article called Defaults in Las Vegas turn investment banks into decorators. I can only imagine the number of signatures that have to be gathered to actually change a paint color! Here’s an excerpt: Since January, when Ian Bruce Eichner, a New York developer, defaulted on a $760 [...]

Some time back I mentioned that many countries do not have the same level of regulation for real estate agents that we have here in the United States. Did you know that many states model their rules for real estate salespeople and brokers in part on the National Association of Realtors’ Code of Ethics? Well, [...]

Most people have never heard of Ivanpah. No, not the “ghost town“. The proposed solar power farm? Well, that’s closer. I am referring to Ivanpah International Airport — currently a hunk of desert near Jean, Nevada — a facility well supported in Nevada and almost unanimously supported by Congress. It is supposed to take some [...]

No Crown for Vegas: Back in December, Clark County approved the Crown project, which would have been the second tallest structure on the Strip. This week, “Company officials said the recent upheaval in the world financial market caused the plans to be scrapped.” Furthermore, they will stop making payments towards purchasing the land for the [...]

Alex Edelstein of Frothing Developer is on a tear about what he feels are inaccurate numbers of high rise condos under development being reported. And he should know — he’s the developer behind a bunch of those condos!  It turns out that the Las Vegas Review Journal reported total condos being built as just high-rise [...]