Article: Buyers hit jackpot with real estate in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS After living for 19 years in Southern California, Bert and Phyllis Zimmer wanted to retire someplace else.

"My husband thought it was just too expensive to live in California as a retiree," she said, "so we looked, but only for a couple of months, because we made up our minds early where we wanted to be."

They chose Las Vegas.

"We enjoy the night life, and Las Vegas is close enough to go back to California to see our grandchildren," she said.

"And we were able to get a bigger house than we had in California for less money," her husband said.

They sold their 5-year-old, 1,900-square-foot house in Thousand Oaks, 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles, for $350,000, and bought ...

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