What if setting off fireworks isn't as exciting as it once was? Join us, Trish Williams and Tiana Carroll, on this special pre-Independence Day episode of Vegas Realty, where we uncover the evolving traditions of 4th of July celebrations in Las Vegas. From the early thrill of fireworks to the newfound appreciation for professional displays, we share our personal stories and quirky anecdotes. Tiana talks about her dog’s anxiety and the anticipation of fireworks, while I recount my son's surprising disinterest in setting them off. We chat about how our celebrations have shifted from chaotic to relaxed, enjoying the Strip's spectacular firework shows from the comfort of our homes.
We'll also give you the scoop on the fantastic fireworks at the Plaza every Friday night throughout the summer, thanks to their recent remodel. Whether you're lighting up the sky or enjoying a poolside BBQ, we've got tips and stories to share that will inspire your own festivities. So, grab a seat and tune in for a lively conversation about the joys and quirks of Independence Day in Las Vegas. Get ready to celebrate and make this 4th of July unforgettable!
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What if setting off fireworks isn't as exciting as it once was? Join us, Trish Williams and Tiana Carroll, on this special pre-Independence Day episode of Vegas Realty, where we uncover the evolving traditions of 4th of July celebrations in Las Vegas. From the early thrill of fireworks to the newfound appreciation for professional displays, we share our personal stories and quirky anecdotes. Tiana talks about her dog’s anxiety and the anticipation of fireworks, while I recount my son's surprising disinterest in setting them off. We chat about how our celebrations have shifted from chaotic to relaxed, enjoying the Strip's spectacular firework shows from the comfort of our homes.
We'll also give you the scoop on the fantastic fireworks at the Plaza every Friday night throughout the summer, thanks to their recent remodel. Whether you're lighting up the sky or enjoying a poolside BBQ, we've got tips and stories to share that will inspire your own festivities. So, grab a seat and tune in for a lively conversation about the joys and quirks of Independence Day in Las Vegas. Get ready to celebrate and make this 4th of July unforgettable!
Welcome to Vegas Realty Check, the informative podcast that dives deep into the world of Las Vegas real estate.
Our expert hosts break down the complexities of the ever-changing Las Vegas property market, analyze market trends, economic indicators, and unique property features to provide you with valuable insights on timing your home sale or purchase.
Don't miss out on the fun! New episodes drop every Thursday! Stay in the know about Las Vegas real estate with insights straight from the pros . Thanks for watching, listening, and sharing!
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Speaker 1:
Hey Las Vegas. Thanks for joining us back here on Vegas Realty. Check your local Las Vegas real estate news show.
Speaker 2:
I'm Trish Williams and I'm Tiana Carroll. Welcome back.
Speaker 1:
And, if you have not noticed, we are a day early today because we have a big celebration for our country tomorrow.
Speaker 2:
Independence.
Speaker 1:
Day. This is when we celebrate not being a part of Britain anymore. Yeah.
Speaker 2:
So we are filming a day early, so that way we can enjoy our day off, our independence day, with our families, and we can get to you a day early. So thanks for being flexible, guys.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, so you do not have to try to tune into our show while you're trying to light up some fireworks and blow some stuff up or even get that grill going. Get the grill going. I like getting the grill going more. I was all like for fireworks years ago, but now that I have a dog I mean I've always had a dog, but now I have a dog that has anxiety yeah, yeah, you do, yeah Right, he is so sensitive.
Speaker 1:
And in my neighborhood, unfortunately, there's people like to pregame. Yeah, so we're hearing the fireworks already. We've been hearing them for the last couple of weeks and you know, just people I don't know get so excited. They can't wait.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, they can't wait and they have been going off in the valley. There's a lot of HOAs that don't allow fireworks until, like the first, like the first through the fourth. It's part of their rules and regulations.
Speaker 1:
It should be the fourth. I mean why even the first? There's no reason to set them off early.
Speaker 2:
People get excited and if you have kids, you know. If you went out and bought a bunch of fireworks, that is sitting there staring them in the face like, hey, little kid, don't you want fireworks?
Speaker 1:
They are going to be hounding you. Hey little kid, let's go set off explosives. How fun yeah.
Speaker 2:
Well, who doesn't like big, big things? But if you love fireworks, there's also fireworks that are happening all summer long on Fridays at the Plaza. They do those every Friday night for summer because they just went through their big remodel. Yeah, yeah, so you not only get to enjoy that for 4th of July weekend, but every Friday, and I think it's through August. Yeah, yeah, so you not only get to enjoy that for 4th of July weekend, but every Friday, and I think it's through August. Yeah.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and then the strip always has a great uh firework show on 4th of July. So you can tune in or watch that. That's my intention. I'm not not blowing up any exclusives this year, not even trying, have no intent of doing that. Hang out in the pool, watch it from my beautiful view out back.
Speaker 2:
You do have a great view. You do have a great view of the strip for all those fireworks?
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and that is the plan.
Speaker 2:
So yeah, yeah, I have a good view of the strip from my balcony so I can watch the fireworks there. But I have to say, ever since I've been sort of an empty nester, I don't really buy fireworks and do that whole thing. It's usually pool parties and barbecues and just watching the fireworks. The city or whoever provides the fireworks that happen on this trip, I guess it's the hotels.
Speaker 1:
Thanks guys. You know, a couple of years ago and I want to say my son was probably about 17 or 18. And he had his like you know teenager friends over 4th of July and I'm like, oh, I'm gonna go get y'all a bunch of fireworks and it's gonna be so much fun. And they were kind of not interested and I was like, isn't this like supposed to be fun? Like, isn't this what you guys do? You know, like whatever? And they like wanted to hang out, party whatever. And then I'm like, and then that's when it like dawned on me. I was like, why is it a thing for like to have us out setting off explosives? And like, look at the sparkles. I was like it seems kind of silly.
Speaker 2:
Uh, and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air.
Speaker 1:
Well, yeah, okay, get it. But I was just like it. Just I don't know, just I guess maybe it's a maturity or something. It just I was like it does seem silly, I get it. Why they're not interested?
Speaker 2:
Yeah, and my kids were sort of hit and miss with it. Some of them liked fireworks and the rest were sort of disinterested, especially on the ones that we'd set off at home. They'd want to just go see a firework display or be done with it.
Speaker 1:
Well, when I was little, the sparkler, oh my gosh, the sparkler was the coolest thing ever.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, see for me. I was like I don't want to hold it.
Speaker 1:
I was like I get a star in my head, a live star. It's sparkling.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I think I liked it when I was older, when I was young. I think I liked it when I was older. When I was young, I was afraid of it. Then I was like a teenager. Then I was like I love sparklers or whatever, and now I'm just like. I'm so disinterested. I just like to watch beautiful firework displays. I don't want to set them all off.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and I find myself also in, like, I guess, my more mature years.
Speaker 2:
That's a nice way of putting it. It sounds like you're going into retirement over here. That's not the case kids.
Speaker 1:
But I prefer, in any outing, not just 4th of July, just like anything, any outing, any event, I don't want to be behind a screen, you know, like behind the phone. I don't ever want.
Speaker 1:
I just don't like being the recorder you know, recording, taking pictures, whatever Most of the time and you, you know you probably know this or have noticed this I hardly ever pull out my phone to take pictures. Have you noticed that I record everything? Yeah, I know, but I'm more and I do. I love that because I rely on the other people to send me the pictures they took.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, well, being the recorder is no fun because you're not in anything. I have beautiful videos that I always send people for weddings or events or award ceremonies or whatever and I'm like, huh, not in it, not in it, not in it, not there.
Speaker 1:
We got some good shots of you at the last event, so that was good.
Speaker 2:
But I was like adamant, do you remember? I kept saying you guys make sure you get pictures of me, take pictures, and it felt weird asking that, but I'm glad I did because, a I love that dress and B that was such a beautiful, spectacular night. Anyway, congratulations again for that. 25, top 25 women in real estate from the women's council.
Speaker 1:
Thank you, yes, it was an honor. But yeah, I I like um, I just want to be in the moment and not be behind. I don't want to see the moment through a screen. So that's usually why my phone's tucked away and then. But there's times, you know, like I was out with a friend and I've been out with her a few times and she lives out of state, you know, and then she's like we never get pictures together and I'm like, oh yeah, that's my kind of it's kind of a bad habit, Like or it's good habit.
Speaker 1:
I think it's a good habit because you live more in the moment, but I should, you know, like document stuff.
Speaker 2:
Well, I was going to say I love the documentation and I can't even tell you how many times things will like pop up on my memory and I'm just like oh, and you get to relive it and I love sharing it and I don't know, I love everything being documented. My iCloud will tell you that I've got four terabytes in there and it's just bulging at the seams because I've got thousands of photos and videos over the years.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and it is a good balance. I have a very dear friend. She was one of my best friends ever that's no longer with us and again, I've been with her, I mean hundreds, thousands of times. I've known her for 30 years and her daughter was asking me for photos. And I look back and I had six photos of us together and I'm like, oh, this, that, that, that felt horrible. Yeah, like that felt horrible. I was like all these times, all these memories.
Speaker 2:
I didn't have a lot, but because I get in that habit of not. If you're not documenting it and you're not having it, then those moments and those memories get slipped away. They're just trapped with you. Yeah, they are in my head, though, for now, girl, you better hope you don't get something that causes that to go away.
Speaker 1:
Right.
Speaker 2:
But yeah, no, and just looking back over time, because life goes fast and it's very long, so there's things that you'll miss. Like I said, I get things that pop up in the memory and it might be something that I forgot about. That was just like a little festival or a one day thing that I didn't even really remember, and I see the pictures and it all comes flowing back. I love them, yeah.
Speaker 1:
But we are here and we are in the eternal life of our show. So we're documented.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, yeah, yeah. When we're long gone, this will probably be on the internet somewhere.
Speaker 1:
Somewhere it will, it will. We will live forever in this and in this age. I love that.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, I'll forever look like this on this video. Yeah, so back to real estate. In the real world Come back to us what's going on.
Speaker 1:
Well thinking, I'm talking about exceeding in numbers.
Speaker 2:
Amateur 4,017 today of single family homes available in the Valley, that sure is ticking up it sure is, and we are gosh, we're seeing it.
Speaker 1:
I mean, we had an instance this weekend where it's like sellers, you show a house and the agents are like begging you for an offer.
Speaker 2:
They're like give you the cow, the farm, take it all, like please, yeah, all weekend long every showing, listing agents were calling and being like, hey, we're motivated, hey, we'd offer this credit and what do you think about this? Because we'd be willing to work on it. And yeah, the sellers that are out there right now seem very, very motivated.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and I've gotten a lot of. If they did offer what, would it be Right? I'm like, wow, we get to write our own numbers here. So, yeah, buyers, this again you should do. I felt like a broken record, but you should do the opposite of what everybody else is doing, because that is when you have beneficial circumstances.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, yeah, you want to break away from the herd. Yeah, because if these interest rates do drop or there is a flood of inventory on this market, it's just nothing but competition.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and we did get a mortgage news daily I think it's called something of the sort had reported yesterday that they believe that we hit the ceiling on rates. Okay, okay, and I also agree with that. Again, election seasons we typically see rates drop a little bit, so I do think that we've hit our ceiling and we're starting to see them come down. They have a little thermometer of where they gauge rates are going and are at or whatever. And we are all in the green now in the positive outlook section.
Speaker 2:
So that's a well, that's good Cause everything else is looking negative, Everything. Every time I turn around, every time I open my laptop, if there's anything that comes up, it is always the sky is falling, the world is falling apart. Real estate's trash. Get out while you can.
Speaker 1:
Well, yeah, that sells right, right, that's all clickbait. Yeah, so definitely. But again, inventory is raising. We are shifting to what looks more like a buyer's market, even though the numbers are not statistically buyer's market numbers. We're shifting to an environment that looks, feels-.
Speaker 2:
The environment is buyer-friendly, sellers are willing to work and willing to negotiate and you have this little teeny tiny window before buyers are obligated to pay for their own representation. You still have the option of using that MLS co-op right now, or of seeing it Because again buyers.
Speaker 1:
sellers can still offer to pay buyer's agent compensation. If the market stays in trend with where it's at right now, I'm sure that a lot of sellers are still going to see that as a very good idea. Yeah, so you know.
Speaker 2:
I agree there's going to be a high percentage of sellers who are going to be like if it's not broke, don't fix it, and they want the most amount of traction and they want the qualified buyers.
Speaker 1:
So yeah, yeah, definitely.
Speaker 2:
So I don't see that going away, by any means, I don't see it going away either, but we do have to inform the consumer that it's possible.
Speaker 1:
It is, it's possible, and everything's negotiable like we've always said yeah and again, that's an agreement that you make with your realtor and after um and once you make that agreement, if the seller offers to compensate that, then you know, hey, that's a win, but you still have the agreement.
Speaker 2:
Yep, Um. And these sold numbers are showing like a strong buyer's market too, because things are moving 647 sold homes.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, that's a good number. Um, decreases they're a little bit. 647 sold homes yeah, that's a good number. Decreases they're a little bit less than they were last week. They're at 473. Yeah, they were a little over 500 last week and 637 under contract.
Speaker 2:
Yep right in line with those sales. So yay that.
Speaker 1:
A little bit more inventory, but we still have activity, which is good. Yay, we love activity. But we still have activity, which is good. Yay, we love activity. Yeah, I feel like um, since we've had so many um alternative shows lately that we haven't um talked listener questions in a bit.
Speaker 2:
Oh, what do you? Oh well, I was gone one week. You had the coaching corner.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and then we had a market report or market update.
Speaker 2:
Before that yeah, we had a community spotlight.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and Rick's been great. I actually got him to do some stuff for myself, and great great guy.
Speaker 2:
Oh yeah, I looked over your trust.
Speaker 1:
I looked over my trust and worked on some other things for me, and that was Rick Cosgrove, who was a guest on this show. Definitely, putting my money where my mouth is, he was, uh, definitely did very good by me. Okay, cool, um, I, I would. I would recommend him.
Speaker 2:
All right.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, so, uh, let's start with uh, carmen, oh, I didn't know whose name it was?
Speaker 2:
Did I not send you her name? No, it just said so it's Carmen who said uh, my daughter wants to purchase a home in the United States, but she is not a resident of this country. Is there anything that is different about this purchase that she will need to know? Yes, yes.
Speaker 1:
Yes, there is A little bit, so on the purchase side it doesn't sway much.
Speaker 2:
It doesn't sway much, but there are things that you need to be aware of if you are purchasing in the US.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, that come around when you sell. Be aware of if you are purchasing in the US. Yeah, that come around when you sell. But one thing that is a factor on a purchase when you are not a resident of the United States, in most cases you can't qualify for a mortgage. Mortgages are of the United States. You have to be a resident to qualify for most of the mortgages out there.
Speaker 2:
Not most of them. All of them. As a foreigner, you can get a US loan.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, there's an ITIN program that if you have an ITIN number then you can look into that program. So there is an option there. But other than that, no residence, no ITIN number you can't get a mortgage loan, so it would have to be a cash purchase.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, but I don't want to say you can't get a mortgage loan because you can. They usually tend to be higher down payment and higher interest rates in that program than what we're offering to residents of the United States. It is possible, but most of the time you'd want to get financing in your home country to purchase outside of the country or be a cash buyer.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, or have it be a cash purchase, which most of the time with people that are purchasing foreign in the US, we typically see those as cash transactions.
Speaker 2:
Usually, yeah, usually they are.
Speaker 1:
You do need to be aware that there's something different when you sell. You want to talk about that.
Speaker 2:
Well, yeah, if you do purchase in the United States, when you go to sell a property, a foreign energy, you're going to trigger FERPTA, which is our Foreign Tax Act here, and typically that is the responsibility of the buyer to make sure seller's proceeds are withheld during this transaction and paid within like 20 days to the IRS. And those aren't the taxes that are conveying with the property or the sale. Those are part of the tax act. So that's your cost of doing business in the United States, usually about 15% of the sale price.
Speaker 1:
And the title company withholds. They withhold the funds from your proceeds and they will hold it there to assure that it gets paid.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, and then also when foreign investors are coming to the United States, we're much more litigious than other parts of the country. So making sure that the assets are protected, that you have insurance and that it's put in an LLC is always advisable, because we do get sue happy here. You also have to make sure there's ways of getting out or not ways of getting out. There are some exemptions for taxes, but usually you'll have to pay taxes, file your tax returns for the property as well. Absolutely.
Speaker 2:
Absolutely so, yeah, and then there's also things that you know, like in Nevada. We don't have any rules that regulate foreign buyers from coming into Vegas. But there are certain states, like if you're buying in Texas and it's agricultural, you buy agriculture if you're a foreign investor. So there are some other things to consider when purchasing. But in Nevada we're very foreign investor friendly because we don't have laws that deter that. We just need to make sure that when people come to purchase in this valley, that they're aware of A of our process, that they're aware of a of our process, that they do have some sort of tax advisor or financial advisor, because they not only want to take care of taxes properly in our country, but how's that affect them in their home country and how that money is being used. And then, um, just make sure that they are, uh, set to pay that FERP at the end, that they know that that's happening when they go to sell that property yes, absolutely.
Speaker 1:
Um, that's always. Whenever I talk to somebody that is looking to sell from another country, that's the first conversation I have, because you would think it's common knowledge but it's not. It's not. There's many times I've spoken with somebody that did not, was not aware of that, and once we go through that, you know definitely sometimes it can change the outlook of what their plans are.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, and these are all just conversations that you have to have. Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 1:
So um, pam, um, let's see, okay, Okay.
Speaker 2:
Pam says, I have heard about fire starting in buildings and all of the other ones burning down. This makes me very scared to move into a condo or townhome. Does this happen often? Often, I would say no. I would say definitely no, because I looked up the statistics for it and I was shocked at we were like 38th down on the list of states that have just fires residential fires, not even specific to townhomes or condominiums.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and I did speak with Pam when she had asked this question. We had a long conversation around it and one of the things that we were talking about she was looking to purchase in Henderson a new home, new construction. Well, henderson code is to have fire sprinklers in the units on any multifamily. So that and I'm seeing that more I don't know if it's, I really don't know if it's code now across the valley for multifamily, but I see almost all multifamily has the fire suppression systems built into the unit Right Now. So on newer construction, I wouldn't really and she agreed wouldn't really see that as a concern because not only do they have the fire suppression systems, they also have the fire rated insulation between the buildings. Right, yeah, so that lets it. It has to burn for a certain amount of time before that fire can breach that wall Before it can get through. Yeah, so you know that lets it. You know it has to burn for a certain amount of time before that fire can breach that wall.
Speaker 1:
Right before it can get through, yeah, so that is not a huge concern, and Vegas is pretty firefighter friendly.
Speaker 2:
I mean we have like three battalions and 32 stations. That's pretty well covered in the valley.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, there's some communities where I have heard of. There's one community I know in particular has an assessment in place now because their insurance rates have spiked tremendously, because it's a townhouse. Community Association governs the building, the exterior of the building and a whole building burnt down with three townhouses there.
Speaker 2:
So it can happen. It can happen, it does happen. We're not saying that it's not going to happen, but it can happen anywhere in the country. It's not specific to Vegas and we don't have, like, builders that don't follow codes and they're not putting up buildings that aren't as safe as they can be.
Speaker 1:
Right Yep, and that community in particular was built in the 80s. So, you know, maybe the I'm assuming the fire suppression systems were probably not installed there.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, Not at that time probably.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, so I think we've come a long way with that and I wouldn't see it as a big concern. You, you know, definitely research, research, research.
Speaker 2:
That's always a good thing, definitely research, and if you are purchasing a property, you have your um due diligence, where it's your time to do the homework on the property and find out all the information about that unit, so you're comfortable purchasing.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and another thing if you are dealing with like an older unit, um, you know, like a much older unit, um, sometimes like, um, for instance, in Las Vegas country clubs. Some of those units are so, so old it was before it was regulation for the smoke alarms to be in every room, um, and so they're not there. But you can add those very easily.
Speaker 2:
You can add those. And then if you're like, well, not so much Las Vegas country clubs, I believe those are condos that you're talking about. Um, the condos there, yeah, um. But if you're getting like any kind of FHA loan for a single family or townhome or anything, they have to have those um smoke alarms in place before purchase. That's a loan contingency.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, yeah, so, um, so definitely you can um, even if you're not in the middle of purchasing but you know that you have an older unit. You don't have smoke alarms very easy to get. You can get those in the, you know, under $40 at Home Depot, battery operated. Pop them up there is super easy, super easy problem to fix. So those are good.
Speaker 2:
But do you remember that apartment, that the apartment complex that burned down off of the 215 in 21?
Speaker 1:
Oh yeah, yeah, so wasn't that under construction though it was under construction.
Speaker 2:
Nobody was living there, thank goodness, but it did rank in one of the top 10 costliest fires of the United States. It was number six, wow, and I think it was $35 million in damage for that Jeez, and it wasn't even built yet I know, I know, yeah, well, they, yeah, something went wrong with construction there apparently. Yeah, but thank goodness nobody was hurt and nobody was living there. That was all under construction.
Speaker 1:
Yeah.
Speaker 2:
And now it's down to the dirt. They've completely removed it. It used to be like the four towers standing up the elevator stacks.
Speaker 1:
I hate to see their insurance rates.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, speaking of insurance rates, I was looking at that fire insurance for Spring Valley, north Las Vegas, and what was the other one? There was three areas. No, it wasn't Henderson, but they were older areas of town. It was North Las Vegas and Spring Valley, for sure that had higher insurance rates.
Speaker 1:
Okay, that's interesting, yep. So Mike, mike, my boy, mike, yes.
Speaker 2:
He's worried about rattlesnakes. Are there rattlesnakes in Las Vegas. Is there something I need to look out for when I move there?
Speaker 1:
This question made me laugh because, again, this was someone that I was speaking to when he asked the question and I was like huh, well, I mean, yeah, I guess there are.
Speaker 2:
Well, they are native. They do survive in the desert. They usually thrive in the warmer months. So you're thinking like March, october is when they're active.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, Do you ever? Do you ever talk to people and like, when they're asking you a question, like I don't know, it's just the way my brain operates. I've like run. It's like this little cartoon runs through my head of the question they're asking and I'm just like seeing someone in a house with rattlesnakes chasing them and I'm like that's funny.
Speaker 2:
So on a day to day basis. You're not going to see rattlesnakes running around the streets of Vegas.
Speaker 1:
So I've lived here my entire life. I've never seen a rattlesnake. I mean, I've been to the. Can I knock on wood somewhere Because I don't want to see a rattlesnake here you can use my head, yeah there we go on wood somewhere, Because I don't want to see a rattlesnake here you can use my head. Yeah, there we go. I mean, I've never not at Lake Mead, not at, but they're there, I know they're there.
Speaker 2:
They're absolutely there. They absolutely are living in this environment. They're native to the valley. Now, with all of the development over the years, and because we started in the center of the city and sort of moved out, the more congested it is, the natural habitat has been destroyed. Now if you're in rural areas then of course you're going to be more apt to see rattlesnakes, but they're, from what I understand I'm not a snake expert but they're not just out there trying to bite people. They usually will stay quiet unless they feel that they are being threatened Right, and they hide like in shade, tall grasses, behind rocks. So if you're out hiking and you're an outdoorsy person, then they'll always suggest that you look before you sit, step or grab at anything to make sure. And of course they're the same color as our natural sands and stuff out there, so they blend right in. You may have walked past them and never even noticed them. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:
And I would say that if you to see them in your residence or around your residence would likely most likely be if you're like on the outskirts, and a new development out towards you know, branched out towards the city, which we see a lot of now, are branched out away from the city, closer to the mountains.
Speaker 2:
Those definitely we approached on their area.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, so you know there could be some coming through there, but then again we do have those random one-offs right when they're somewhere in. There was a mountain lion in central Las Vegas.
Speaker 2:
Well, yeah, that's the thing Like, wherever you go in the country, you can randomly have a bear walking down the street or a tiger that escaped from a zoo walking down the street. And I was going to say, you're most likely going to see a rattlesnake in the valley if it has escaped from some sort of domestic situation. Right, and even though it is illegal to have things like cobras and mambas and things in Vegas, there is certain the illegal reptiles are pit vipers, which, uh, rattlesnake is a pit viper, is it? Yep, and so they. They are, um, illegal in our Valley as well to hold them, except for if they're indigenous species, and our indigenous species are the Sidewinder, the Mojave, the Speckle, the Western Diamondback and the Great Basin Rattlesnake. So you could actually apply to have one as a pet.
Speaker 1:
You know that, uh, interesting topic, because someone's told me recently that, um, you know they were looking to move to Vegas and uh, they heard that, um that that we can, um get permits to have camels we can, as a pet, and I'm like wow, we can.
Speaker 2:
Oh, do I have.
Speaker 1:
I haven't met anybody with a camel with as a pet yet, but I would love to. If you have a camel with a pet as a pet, I want to meet.
Speaker 2:
I want to meet your camel, wait. So let me see if I. I don't know if I have this up, but I have a whole list of oh, here it is, I do have it up. So, in las vegas, uh, some pets that are legally owned in las vegas, like hang on to your hats, kids. You can have a tiger. Well, you can have a ferret and gerbil, which is fine, you can have monkeys.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, my mom used to babysit monkeys when I was a kid.
Speaker 2:
Lions- hedgehogs, parrots, elephants, camels, alpaca, ostrich, toucans, bison, zebra and ducks and geese. You can have an elephant and I love elephants, I love elephants. I love elephants, but like who has one?
Speaker 1:
I don't know, I just is there someone in Vegas? I want to know, Is there someone in Vegas that has a camel or an elephant? I want to meet you.
Speaker 2:
Because I've shown houses and I've shown up and I had one have an albino kangaroo named Snowball and they had a whole habitat in the back and they had an electric igloo. So it was always cold in there for them in the Vegas sun. Not that kangaroos need cold, but they just had an air conditioned space and it happened to be in the shape of an igloo Totally cute.
Speaker 1:
Wow, that is really amazing, really amazing.
Speaker 2:
But as for our illegal, we have all sorts of illegal mammals that you can't have here. You can't have wild dogs or raccoons, or mongoose or meerkats, which are the wild European rabbit I don't even know what that is Rats, bats, coyotes, foxes, raccoons. You can't have a cute little coyote, but you can have a lion. How is that even right? That is kind of weird. You can't have a skunk, but you can have a tiger, okay yeah, a moose, and all sorts of yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, me and my pet moose yeah.
Speaker 2:
Well, you know, this is my emotional support moose, leave me alone.
Speaker 1:
That is amazing, Amazing Vegas really.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, but again, there are snakes in the valley. We don't see them a lot and especially because we are really really really dense in our city right, we've got residents all over the place. But if you do have any questions about rattlesnakes or living with rattlesnakes, you can always defer to the Nevada Department of Wildlife ndoworg and they'll give you all the information and what to do if you do get bit, who to call if you see one, how to avoid them. All of that information's on the website.
Speaker 1:
All right, well, good, and if someone wants to contact you for real estate not a snake bite you want to talk about elephants?
Speaker 2:
that's fine. You want to talk about real estate? That's fine. You can call or text me 702-379-9948. And what about you, trish? How did they get ahold of you?
Speaker 1:
You can call me at 702-308-2878. And I'm telling you, if you have an elephant, I want to meet it, me too.
Speaker 2:
I love elephants.
Speaker 1:
Yes, yes, that would. That would be interested. We could bring you in the elephant on the show.
Speaker 2:
I don't know if that elephant would fit through the studio doors, but maybe we could shoot remotely.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, that's awesome, we can get your elephant on our show. But, yes, give us a call and guys, have a happy and safe 4th of July. Yes, be safe out there, you guys. Yes, and we will see you next week.
Speaker 2:
Mind the drinking and the hydrating and the heat and be careful with fireworks, especially if you've been in drinking enjoying some levations. Don't drink and drive, guys. Don't drink and drive this day and age. That's a ridiculous thing to do Absolutely.
Speaker 1:
Oh, and the new. There is billboards all over town right now. It says drive high, get a DUI. So hey, pot smokers, none of that. Don't get behind the wheel, let's not have any of that. Yeah.
Speaker 2:
Yeah, no, this day and age that's ridiculous that people would still be intoxicated driving with the Ubers and the taxi cabs and stuff. That's a shame. Don't put yourself or anybody else in danger. Have a great holiday and we'll see you here next week, all right.