Resort Style

Looking for a place to live in Vegas ended up being a unique experience. We were looking for a one bedroom to rent for the first year while we save up money to buy a house. Since neither of us knew the area very well, we decided to get one of those apartment guides (which was about 300 pages long). It was quite overwhelming and we weren't sure where to start looking. We ended up going to about 10 or 12 places. It wasn't easy deciding on a place.

I've never experienced apartment shopping of this sort. Not only are the apartments cheaper than in CA, they have all sorts of crazy perks. We don't have to pay a security deposit to move-in or pay the first months rent. All of the complexes have resort style pools and fitness centers. But that's not all...below are some of the crazy features we actually saw at various places while looking. No joke.

-Free breakfast and brunch for all tenants every Sunday morning

-Cabanas and waterfalls at the pool

-Free massages in the cabanas for tenants

-Lounge areas with plasma TVs and pool tables

-24 hour smoothie machines with free drinks

-Two accent colors of tenant's choice in the apartment...and they will paint for you (all free)

-Free tanning bed

-A trash shoot inside each unit so that tenants don't have to take out the garbage. You simply put your trash inside the trash shoot.

Basically, all of the apartments we looked at felt like resorts. It was kinda weird, but I guess that's Vegas for you.