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good morning. This is Monique Buchanan, the host of the welcome home with Monique show. And on this show, I talk all things real estate. Listen, I want to thank you for tuning in. Well, hello, hello, hello, Las Vegas. It's Monique Buchanan, the host of the welcome home with Monique show. And if I sound a little raspy to you, I did catch a little cold. I promise I don't have the cooties, but I do have a little cold. So please forgive my raspy voice is even more raspy than normal. Listen, I've got an amazing show for you today. I actually have a gentleman on that has an amazing listing. And one of my favorite favorite properties, I think is probably most of our favorite properties at the Waldorf Astoria. And I'm saying it wrong. A story. I can't even say it. My voice. Sorry, guys. I want to introduce you guys to Mr. Benjamin Packer. Hi, Benjamin. How are you today?

Unknown Speaker 1:20
Doing well. Thanks for having me on Monique. Absolutely. Thanks

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for coming on. So listen, you've got an amazing listing over there in the high rise. at Waldorf Astoria. Do you know I didn't even know for many years that they sold those properties. I knew that you could stay there, you know, but I didn't know that they sold him. Can you just tell us a little bit about this amazing listing?

Unknown Speaker 1:42
Yeah, so Waldorf Astoria give you a little background of the building. So the bottom half of the building is hotel, right. And then the residences start on the top half of the building. So the residential side has their own entrance, their own valet parking their own, you know, elevator banks and access to all the amenities. So.

Unknown Speaker 2:10
So that's really good for like, like maybe celebrities or something like that. They don't have to worry about it. They have their own entrance where they can come in. Awesome. Yeah, absolutely.

Unknown Speaker 2:18
And, you know, also, you know, just the traffic and then there's just, you know, less, you know, going on there, also. Yeah, it's very private that way as well.

Unknown Speaker 2:33
Jumping in. Oh, go ahead. I'm sorry. I was gonna jump in and say one thing I do love about the property is that although you are on the beautiful Las Vegas Strip, when you go to the Waldorf Astoria, it feels like you are it's like Zen. It's, it's amazing that it's sitting in the middle of, you know, one of the most popular entertainment, excuse me, you know, properties in all of the world, but yet when you walk into the Waldorf, it feels like it's so zen over there. You know, it's almost like everything shuts down. Am I right?

Unknown Speaker 3:03
Oh, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, they, you know, city center. It was a $10 billion project back then they, you know, built it and finished in 2010. But, so yeah, the way they've oriented the building, you really, you know, you're right in the middle of Las Vegas Boulevard, but you're insulated from, you know, a lot of the foot traffic and, you know, they've just really set it up, you know, or oriented the building very nicely so that you have access to everything but don't feel but you still have the security and are protected that way. Yeah. But if you do right action,

Unknown Speaker 3:38
you're only literally five minutes walk away if that you know what I mean? If you're, you know, you're just Yeah, yep. And not to mention,

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there's and Aria right there, right there. I

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love the ARIA as well, but you're just you know, you're so close to the finest dining. You actually have beautiful restaurants right there on property as well. Right?

Unknown Speaker 3:59
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. There's a few restaurants in there. You have a tea lounge. And, you know, it's all with great views. So you know, you know, the pool, you know, a nice bar there. Cabanas. Yeah. And center.

Unknown Speaker 4:18
I think it was their, their restaurants and spas. If I'm not, I'm pretty sure I'm right about this. Forbes three times gave them five star ratings for the Waldorf. Is that isn't that correct? That's correct. Yeah. I mean, so they're not just any ol restaurant and spa. It's the top of the line, right? It is absolutely. Right. So and I love the sky bar on the 23rd floor with the like you said remarkable views of the Strip. It's just breathtaking. But if you want a luxurious life, this is definitely the route to go. Am I right then?

Unknown Speaker 4:51
Yeah, absolutely. And this unit specifically 3405 that stack of units is you know, and My opinion, you know, one of the better locations for two bedrooms in the building. You're right down Las Vegas Boulevard. You also have, you know, views of the airport and you know, Henderson in the mountains out there, as well as you know, right down Las Vegas Boulevard recently the Cosmo Bellagio right the

Unknown Speaker 5:23
Las Vegas strip so you know exactly what it looks like from your from your unit. It looks like you're just on top of the world. I mean, it's just breathtaking. It's gorgeous. At nighttime, you're seeing the entire Las Vegas Strip. And like you mentioned that a lot of people don't realize Las Vegas is in a valley. We are surrounded completely like my beautiful mountains. And that's one thing about your property that you're you have listed. You can see all of that including the beautiful mountain views. So if you're into views, your property is definitely the one to look at. Checkout.

Unknown Speaker 5:55
Yeah, exactly. Yeah. When you're thinking okay, high rise condo on Las Vegas Boulevard. This is what you're thinking of DUIs?

Unknown Speaker 6:04
Absolutely. Now you did mention that you guys that property has been totally remodeled. And it's beautiful. Very light bright. You know, you want to just on that

Unknown Speaker 6:16
Yeah, so the current owner when they purchased it they lived in it for about a year or so and then they totally remodeled the everything I mean everything is new The only thing original is there's one tab in the second bedroom and that is original just because a very unique kind of cool pool or tub there. But they you know everything you know all the drywall you know they'll flush and very clean clean looking the flooring, you know you have the porcelain tile flooring. The thing with remodeling units like that is it takes quite a bit of time. You know because you're dealing with the elevator and work times

Unknown Speaker 6:56
and so yes, you don't even think about that. That makes sense. Yeah, so I mean just

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the flooring I mean I think he was telling me is just about 300,000 just to do the flooring and so you know there's a few walls a few things that you know just kind of made the flow difficult that they were able to remove and so you know just opened up the living space added more storage they turned you know there's almost a second living room and they turned that into a den slash bedroom they added a closet there wow, they added that they added a an additional bathroom as well. Okay,

Unknown Speaker 7:38
you guys I have to stop being real quick because that's truly amazing because this property only if I'm if I if I know my stuff, it only comes with one or two bedrooms that I know of. There's no three bedrooms. Right? So you're telling me that Ben has literally the only three bedroom that I know of in the Waldorf Astoria for sell luxury high rise right now in the Waldorf. Firstbeat Am I right? Right

Unknown Speaker 8:04
Yeah, traditionally, you know there the larger units have two bedrooms there's a you know some a few passes that have a certain three bedroom but none of the market right now usually the two bedrooms are just two bedroom you know sometimes they haven't been this little more functional they add that additional shower so that you have you know you don't have to you know share you know bathrooms there but that third bedroom could also be a great office as well. Yeah, so

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there's a lot of fun thing that's

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beautiful with these bedrooms is every bedroom has a phenomenal view right down you know the strip spread onto Las Vegas Boulevard you know the master bedroom is beautiful beautiful tile throughout the shower the the showers you know their smart shower so you have a control panel that every time you turn on your shower it turns your profile and it turns on to the temperature that you like every time

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yeah very nice. Our

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heads actually have a smart showerheads

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and then that's when you know you're living now the whole property and and does the whole property have the centralized control system in it anyways? Like where everything is controlled?

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Yes. So a lot a lot of people have done that he also really liked Sonos speakers so

Unknown Speaker 9:35
no I love great speakers. Oh

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yeah. So you know you get nice sound in the soundproofing between each of the units is phenomenal. I mean, you really don't know so you can you can play or your movies nice and nice and loud and be okay, how

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is this property then? This

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one is 2998 square goodness. So

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almost a 3000 square foot house arise with a two bedroom optional third, that you can make it to a third bedroom or an office. Okay, completely remodeled. I believe you're on the 34th floor, which is like, in heaven. Right, right. So when you wake up in your Owner's Suite, I mean, you are just looking out at the most amazing mountain views the Las Vegas Strip if that doesn't motivate you been to be your bedroom, you're all I just I don't know what will?

Unknown Speaker 10:32
Yeah, this is it's one of those units, those special units that you know, when they come on the market, especially if you've had some experience with with high rise, you know, Waldorf Astoria, I mean, it's really unmatched in terms of the service, the concierge, the valet guy, I mean, they're all just,

Unknown Speaker 10:52
we haven't even touched on that. I mean, we have touch, we've touched on the fact that the entire property has remodeled. We've touched on the fact that it's on the 34th floor, it has a third bedroom, which is unheard of in this building pretty much unless you're paying the dollars for the penthouse right? Now, mind you, let's go ahead and mention that this is under five mil. You know, this is under 5 million for everything that we're talking about, which I believe is priced beautifully. Because like you said, you're one of a kind.

Unknown Speaker 11:21
Yeah, and you really it would be very difficult to replicate this unit just because you know, what the supply chain issues and you know, the cost the labor is a lot more now than it was you know, two years ago, right? So you know, so you're really getting something that like if somebody were to try and buy a unit and redo it so you're to do two years down the road before you're getting to enjoy your place well with this one already, you know, been it's a new year, you can move in, you can start enjoying everything that you know, our wonderful Las Vegas has to offer.

Unknown Speaker 12:01
You know when you're here, absolutely, absolutely. And so listen, I want to talk about the amenities of this beautiful unit as well and like we already mentioned, if you're a celebrity client, then you've got all the security that you'll ever need with this property and like you said, and all the privacy as well is done for you but what about these amenities? I know that they're awesome want to touch a little bit on the amenities that come with the property?

Unknown Speaker 12:25
Yeah, so you have two pools that you know there's a spa a polar plunge pool you know the exercise gym they have a Pilates and yoga room they're all available is cabanas that you can you know reserve you know there's and then the staff there to support you. You know, while you're there, you have a great time. I mean, it's it's a

Unknown Speaker 12:57
I think you guys have laundry service right and also the business center and the conference space that they can can rent out I believe it was it up to 12,000 square feet and conference centers are huge, right? Yeah,

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so you have the they have a board room that you can reserve and each unit has what's called a valet closet. So you can just if you have a dry cleaning you know they have a bag for you can put your clothes in there and hang it up in there and

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in my language I hate laundry.

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I know when they're done they'll bring it and hang it in your valet closet that's right next to your unit so they don't have to gain access to your to your residence. They can just you know hang it in there and then you can open it from the inside.

Unknown Speaker 13:46
I mean that is just amazing not to mention one of the best amenities which is the Las Vegas Strip. Yeah, exactly tame it and wonderful restaurants that come with that. Right right

Unknown Speaker 13:59
like you know a lot of times you know I tell people my hair there's lots of places you could go and you know buy but you're gonna end up driving here so so a lot of times if you have the option just to you know you can buy here and go downstairs and everything's right there right

Unknown Speaker 14:16
in our market is hot Am I right? Bam like they're not gonna lose on this purchase not by any means.

Unknown Speaker 14:22
No, like I said, I mean, you know to replace a building like this, I mean there's no there's just not another city center. I mean, they you know, if they were to build you know, another high rise that would be off the strip or a little further away down on Las Vegas Boulevard. So to be able to own something like this that you it's really I mean, it's really very challenging to replicate, you know, city center again. And then to have a unit like this, that's really a brand new unit that if you were to try and do this as well is going to cost you a

Unknown Speaker 14:59
lot more Not to mention the years it would take or the time that would take like you said it would be a year or more before you'd be able to enjoy your property. Well guess what, Ben has it ready to go for you. And it is breathtakingly beautiful. If you want to see this property, you can jump on my website, welcome home with monique.com. And you can go ahead and take a look. The address is 3750 Las Vegas Boulevard. Sorry. 3405 is the unit number. Also, if you want to schedule a viewing, you can reach out and schedule at 702984 3700 702984 3700. And we will get you out there to take a look at the beautiful high rise. totally remodeled at the Waldorf Astoria, right then. That's exactly right. Best way to see it is in person and for yourself. And I've seen it you guys it is breathtaking. We gorgeous. Okay. So if you have anyone that you may know of that is thinking about purchasing a high rise in Las Vegas, they can get one of the best or the best Waldorf Astoria. Thank you, Ben, for coming on.

Unknown Speaker 16:08
Hey, thank you for having me. It's pleasure to speak with you, Mike and your listeners.

Unknown Speaker 16:13
Yes. Well, we appreciate you and we'll have you on again, if you have us. Absolutely. All right, Derek, thank you, wishing you all the best. Hope to see you soon. Bye now. Bye. Well, guys, I hope you enjoyed our luxury listing portion with Mr. Ben, I plan on bringing you more of these listings and letting me know what is currently on the market out there in all different price ranges. Okay, just so you guys have an idea of what Las Vegas has to offer. Once again, I am only you can if you are local Las Vegas Real tour. If you are relocating to Las Vegas, I would love to assist you. If you are thinking of upsizing your property or selling your property. I would of course, love to assist you as well. You guys hang in there with me, my voice is slowly coming back. So listen, I know I've been telling you guys a lot about the rates, rates rates. Well, for one, I want to just say that my heart is with the Ukrainian people, I don't get into politics. But listen, what they're going through, I'm so proud of them for standing up for themselves. And in my heart and prayers are with them. So I want to give that shout out. But I also want to say with this all going on, it's going to once again affect our market at least that's my prediction. Okay, so why am I talking about this? Well, listen, when it comes to selling your property, you want to get top dollar, right now is literally the best time to sell your property. I will be once again hitting you guys over the head with this now, you know, all these years, you've been listening to me I've been telling you buy, buy buy. And here we are. Now it's at a point where if you have not bought bought bought, you're in a position that you're like, oh my goodness, what's going on? The rates are so high now. And to be honest with you, the rates are still lower than they were in 2018. Now we are up. We're up to over fours, which is crazy, because just in December, you know, we were threes or high twos. So my prediction once again, is coming true. And the feds are saying they're going to raise the rates three more times. Monique, why are you always talking about rates? Well, this affects not only my buyers, it does affect my sellers, my people that are listening to me every week, and thinking and on the fence about selling. Listen, it's time to jump off that fence because I'm here to help you list that property and get top dollar. The reason I say that is because as we lose buyers because of the rates, that's going to affect my sellers, that's going to affect how many offers we get in on the property. Right now if you have a property over in the southwest community, or area, I should say, in many cases, we're getting 20 Plus offers that is an extremely hot area. So as Henderson so as Summerlin, you know, so these are some hot areas here in the city. But pretty much if you have any property at this point. You're gonna get multiple offers. Like I told you guys, I was selling a little townhome that was actually out north. And it went quickly because there's nothing not just it was a nice little townhouse. Don't get me wrong, but there's no inventory. When I pull properties for all of the Las Vegas Valley. Right now. There's under 2000 properties for sale. You know, every day it changes but it's been pretty much fluctuating from like 1900 to 2200 tops that I've seen recently. So like I said, that is extremely low, you guys. What does that mean for a seller that means that people are pretty much going to be competing for your property, because there's very little for them to choose from out there. There's many buyers we are in a very strong seller's market. We say that because there's an influx of buyers, if it was the other way around, if there weren't a whole lot of listings, but very few sellers, then it would be a buyers market, okay, where the buyer has a little bit more of an upper hand, when it comes to negotiating right now the sellers, which is hopefully you that's listening, you have the upper hand, which gives me the ability to negotiate different things for you, if you need a rent back, if you're planning on moving out of the state, and you need to, I actually want to give a shout out to one of my listeners, Miss Bonnie, she's a sweetheart, she's going to be moving out of the state to go ahead and get with her grandbabies. So she called me I'm going to be listing her property with my team member. And she's going to go ahead and move with her grandbabies. But we help you figure it all out, you know what I mean? So we'll give you the ramp app, we'll negotiate that for you, we have moving partners that we can refer to you, you know, we usually usually try to give you about three, so you can make your own choice. Of course, if she's going to probably go with renting a pod, I believe that will help her to make that transition, we don't just take the listing and drop your hand. Okay. So that's, you know, that's what we do, we try to help you figure it all out, give you your options of selling your property, cashing out that, you know, equity. And then if you need the equity, in other words, if you need to get the money first, we can go ahead and do a rent back, okay, my seller needs to go ahead and secure the 250,000 they're going to make on on me selling their property. So they can use that money to go ahead and go wherever they're going. Well, we can go ahead and do that. That way, you have the money. Now you've got the money to go ahead and get the movers do this, do that you know with ease. So there's ways that we can negotiate many different things. All it is is a phone call, and some advice coming straight from me. And my team to help you figure this all out. You don't have to be by yourself when it comes to selling your property, we'll hold your hand through the whole entire process. That was my place you guys 70298 or 30 700-702-9430 700. You can also go on my website to request a home evaluation. So you can see about how much your property has an equity or basically how much the other homes around you are selling for that are like yours. To give you an idea of what you'll walk with 702 94 3700 Welcome home with monique.com is my website. Welcome home with monique.com is my website, listen, it's free for us to come out, take a look at your property and give you your options on what what we think would be best. Okay, and then you make your decision. Easy peasy. Right? Okay. Like I mentioned before, on my previous shows, if you are thinking of selling because you would like to invest in another a couple, I don't know round properties or multi units, then you would typically have to put not typically you will have to put 20% down on that next or that investment property. But if you are thinking of just maybe upgrading your property, getting a bigger house, or downgrading, okay, because maybe I don't know some family members have moved out, then you can simply rent that property out and not even have to sell it, you can rent out that property, or you can sell it, and you only have to put down 3.5%. Okay, so you don't have to come up with a huge chunk. You don't have to, you know, take all your eggs and throw it at the new property is my point. Okay, so that's good news. If you want to purchase a vacation home, maybe in another state, you only have to put 10% down on that vacation home. Okay, I always try to give you guys some breakdown so that you'll understand and if you never can, or if you ever not quite sure or understand what I'm saying or talking about, listen, I am only a phone call away. 702984 3700. I'm here to help and advise you I am your real estate adviser. So that's what I'm here for. So listen, let's recap real quick because I've only got a couple more minutes left of the show. And I know that if you first heard us when we first came on the show, I had a colleague of mine, Mr. Ben on discussing his beautiful high rise at the Waldorf Astoria. I hope you did not miss that but if you did, I'm going to recap that really fast because that is a one of a kind property guys it's breath taking. Trust me a lot of just beautiful open floor plan white finishes everywhere. Gorgeous home. I mean when you're talking about living luxurious, this is it. So you know like I said not you know just celebrity clients but whoever is thinking about purchasing here in the Las Vegas Valley and they would like a Las Vegas high rise with is basically a piece of Las Vegas in my opinion, right there in on the beautiful strip in city center, right next door to the ARIA guys, in case you're not familiar, you are going to have the best of the best. That property was listed for under $5 million. Now, you know that is just it's amazing because it's completely remodeled. It is one of the only properties in that building that offers that third bedroom option. Like he said, the only other one that does offer is the penthouse. Well, listen, you're on the 34th floor under 5 million. All right, the penthouse is they go for over 7 million. So that's an amazing deal, basically. Right? So listen, it's got floor to ceiling windows, you've got the

Unknown Speaker 25:47
you know, centralized control panel units, beautiful brand new flooring throughout. Open, like we said open floor plan, brand new kitchen, the entire unit has been remodeled guys, laundry service comes with this new unit. You've got access to the business center, they've got conference spaces that are over 12,000 square feet, okay? It's just luxurious. And we'll just leave it at that panoramic views of the Strip mountain views. If you're into views, this is it. Like I said, waking up in the owner suite every morning looking at that beautiful view of the Las Vegas Strip, and the mountains. If you're not inspired, I don't know what would inspire you. You've got top notch security, of course, privacy when it comes to like the entrances and elevators. So if you need that, definitely have it for you. So if you know of anybody that you know, is thinking about purchasing something like that here in Las Vegas. Hey, I'm here to take them out and see that unit. Listen, it's also what less than five minutes away from the Raider stadium. Not to mention Las Vegas has the most wonderful entertainment the world knows. Not to mention. Yeah, our restaurants and our chefs here in Las Vegas are world renowned. So listen, once again, if you know someone that would like to take a look at that gorgeous high rise on the 34th floor at the Waldorf Astoria, they can schedule that viewing at 70298 board 37007029843700 Okay, guys, well, I pray that you guys enjoyed this show. And like always, I want to dedicate this show to my beautiful mother Sheila Simpson. We will always love you mom. And I pray that you're looking down and smiling. Love you. You guys enjoy your weekend. Bye

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Thank you for listening. This is Monique. You can and my license number is S 1788 46 and I am part of EXP Realty Tune in next week.

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