Welcome to the Lori Ballen Team Real Estate Blog. Everything you want to know about real estate, home values, featured listings, home maintenance, home repair, and so much more.
Moving to the valley? Here’s your Las Vegas utilities setup list: who provides power, water, gas, trash, and internet across Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson, with the numbers to call.
The most romantic restaurants in Las Vegas for 2026, from Joel Robuchon and Picasso to the Eiffel Tower Restaurant and Hugo’s Cellar, plus a note on a few date-night classics that have closed.
The best pools in Las Vegas for 2026, from Circa’s Stadium Swim and Mandalay Bay Beach to the locals’ favorites in Summerlin and Henderson, plus a quick note on the hotels that have closed or changed names.
The center-Strip hotel you may know as Bally’s is now Horseshoe Las Vegas, and its Blu Pool is still here. Here is what to know about the Blu Pool at Horseshoe Las Vegas, one of the few Strip pools open year round.
The Slide the City giant slip-and-slide event no longer runs in Las Vegas. Here is where to cool off and make a splash in Las Vegas now, from Cowabunga Bay and Cowabunga Canyon to Lake Mead and the Strip pools.
Costa di Mare at Wynn Las Vegas (formerly Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare) permanently closed in 2021. Here is where to find that same whole-fish, flown-in-daily Mediterranean seafood in Las Vegas now, from Pisces at Wynn to Estiatorio Milos.