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January 20, 2008

Vintage Homes Sometimes Have Wheels – The Invasion Of AirStreams In The Historic Las Vegas Neighborhood Of Marycrest

Googie, or Jetsonesque, or Space Age design wasn’t limited to homes and commercial buildings. One of the signs of middle class upward mobility was the Airstream travel trailer. There were 3 families on our block when […]
January 20, 2008

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day – Silly Rabbit, Trix Are For Kids

I studied this picture a long time, and still haven’t figured out the rhyme or reason or theme, or anything else. It’s nautical with a hint of crystal chandelier and roman goddess elegance. It certainly […]
January 18, 2008

The Most Important 2 Things You Can Do To Get Ready For Buying Your Home In An Historic Las Vegas Neighborhood

  Right now we’re at 3 year lows on interest rates. Historically, there’s not much difference between now and anytime in the recent past.  When I bought my first home it was 1980. Look at the […]
January 18, 2008

Vacation Rentals Are A Great Way To Preserve Vintage Las Vegas Homes

One of the topics that’s often raised by out of town buyers is the concept of having their vacation home rented out as a vacation rental. The City of Las Vegas recently passed an ordinance […]
January 18, 2008

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day – Exciting Outdoor Living Area

It’s the only picture, so I don’t even want to imagine what the inside looks like.           The only thing worse than a bad picture is NO PICTURES AT ALL!
January 17, 2008

Jack LeVine Is Pleased To Get Corrected Regarding His Las Vegas Real Estate History – The Oldest Tract Homes In Las Vegas Were Not Huntridge

Our very own VVV cultural historian Brian Paco Alvarez emailed me this afternoon to correct something I wrote. I’ll let him tell you himself.     Hi Jack, I wanted to mention that I read […]
January 17, 2008

Uncle Jack’s Least Favorite Home In All Of Vintage Las Vegas

Regular reader Vince asked for some better shots of the imfamous “Dome Home”. Not much to say.                         What ever I had to say, […]
January 17, 2008

Worst MLS Photo Of The Day – Give Them Their Money’s Worth When Doing Product Placement

                  3 shots from the same listing. I won the trifecta! And number 3 even has a vacuum and broom that cleverly got hidden in shots 1 […]
January 16, 2008

Uncle Jack Gets His Photography Pimped

Yesterday we subtlety asked ATHOL KAY (Kay is his last name, not his first, so the apology is now official) to do some of his post production PhotoShop work on one of our photos. My […]
January 16, 2008

Huntridge Cottages Can Be Among The Cutest Homes In Vintage Las Vegas

One of the goals this year, is to do posts on each and every one of the neighborhoods in Vintage Vegas.  As we do these new descriptive posts of each neighborhood, we’ll be pulling it […]