Here and there

Las Vegas home purchases by Roma and Alan Haynes:

■ 1979: Duplex near Flamingo Road and Decatur Boulevard

■ 1982: House at Twain Avenue and Lindell Road

■ 1989: House off Rampart Boulevard near Cheyenne Avenue

■ 2003: House off Alta Drive near Desert Foothills Drive

■ 2012: Condo off Canyon Run Drive near Rampart

■ 2014: House off Sahara Avenue and Fort Apache Road

■ 2017: House near Fort Apache and Oquendo roads

house hunters should “bite off more than you can chew” — buy a nicer place at the higher end of your price range. She said wages usually tick higher over the years, helping buyers afford a more expensive place, and nicer, larger homes can fare well on resales.

Location also is critical when buying, she said, but so is timing.

When the market was booming last decade, people all over Las Vegas were flipping houses and buying and selling at bloated values. After the market crashed, unemployment soared, home prices plunged and buyers lost their home to foreclosure or were deeply underwater.

“Sometimes,” Roma said, “it’s just a lot of luck.”

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