Before You Buy the House: The Las Vegas Property Due-Diligence Center

The big-picture questions every Las Vegas buyer should ask before writing an offer, plus the free property research layer Lisa can request for you.

• What Should I Research Before Buying a House in Las Vegas? The complete due-diligence checklist, start here.
• How to Research a Las Vegas Property Before Making an Offer Seven steps from basic records to a smarter offer.
• Get Property DNA Free property research layer, available through Lisa.
• Should I Get Property DNA Before Making an Offer? How the free report adds a research layer before price and terms are set.
• What Can Go Wrong After You Buy a House? The post-closing surprises worth preventing.

Research the HOA before you fall in love. Fees, reserves, documents, litigation, assessments, rentals and short-term rentals.

• How Do I Research an HOA Before Buying? Start with your lifestyle, not just the monthly fee.
• How Do You Read HOA Documents Before Buying? What matters most in the CC&Rs and rules.
• HOA Reserves: Why Home Buyers Should Care Low fees are not automatically good.
• Should I Buy a Home if the HOA Is in Litigation? Investigate, do not panic.
• Should I Buy a House With an HOA Special Assessment? Amount, purpose, who pays, and the bigger question.
• How Do HOA Rental Restrictions Affect Buyers? If you might ever rent, check before buying.
• Can an HOA Restrict Short-Term Rentals? HOA rules, local law, zoning and licensing all matter.

Easements, encroachments, property lines and surveys. Boundaries are a professional question, not a guessing game.

• What Is an Easement and Why Should a Buyer Care? Utility, drainage and access rights on the property.
• What Is an Encroachment? When a fence, wall or structure crosses a boundary.
• Is the Fence the Property Line? Not necessarily.
• Should I Get a Property Survey? When exact location matters.

Unpermitted additions, converted garages, casitas and solar. Determine what the structure legally is before you value it.

• Should I Buy a House With an Unpermitted Addition? Investigate before treating the space as legal living area.
• Should I Buy a House With a Converted Garage? Is this legally recognized living area?
• What Should I Check Before Buying a House With a Casita? Permits, utilities, legal use and rental plans.
• What Should I Know Before Buying a House With Solar Panels? Who owns the equipment and what are the obligations?

A pool is a system. A tile roof still has components. HVAC matters more in Southern Nevada. Get the condition evaluated before you buy.

• Should I Get a Pool Inspection? A system, not just a hole full of water.
• Should I Get a Roof Inspection? Tile does not tell the whole story.
• What Should I Know About HVAC Before Buying? Old does not mean broken, but budget realistically.
• Should I Get a Sewer Scope? The camera sees what a general inspection cannot.
• Full Inspection Library Why home inspections matter and how they work.

Insurance quotes early, flood exposure that surprises people in a desert, title and escrow, and the financing side of the purchase.

• When Should I Get Homeowners Insurance? Early, so it never becomes a closing-day emergency.
• Does Las Vegas Have Flood Risk? Yes. A desert can flood.
• Title & Escrow How a Nevada closing actually works.
• Financing Center Mortgages, down payments, closing costs and more.

Airplanes, road noise, future development, zoning and vacant land. What you hear and what could be built matters as much as the kitchen.

• Will I Hear Airplanes at This Las Vegas House? Do not decide from one showing.
• How Do I Check Road Noise Before Buying? Visit at the times you will actually use the house.
• How Do I Find Out What Will Be Built Near a House? Research the parcel, not the seller's guess.
• Why Should I Check Zoning Before Buying? Zoning affects your property and the land around it.
• Should I Buy a House Next to Vacant Land? Never pay a premium on 'that land will always stay empty.'