How do low stakes poker players even afford hotels in vegas anymore?

I went to vegas a few years back. Once i stayed there for less than 3 months and stayed at hotels. Basically i stayed at imperial palace during the weekday and at weekend went downtown. I don't exactly remember how much i spent total but it was 800 dollars a month total a bit more or bit less. Some weekends i did get to stay at IP so i didn't have to go downtown which was nice. And yes i know how everyone here hates the IP. I know its called the quad now. Back then with my total rewards card, many times i get comped rooms at IP... but most of the time it was discounted which was really nice though for most people here wouldn't want to ever step foot into IP.

Well i heard about the resort fees that are added into vegas hotel rooms. I mean some of these hotels charge more than how much i paid for discounted days back many years ago. So basically its not even possible to stay a week and pay $200 anymore in a hotel in vegas. Since many people want to go to vegas and play poker and many like to do this for a month or so to see how its like, how is it even possible to do this anymore with how much hotels cost now with those resort fees? Even the downtown hotels charge resort fees now. Now if you play higher stakes like 5/10nl and higher thats a bit different. However even playing 2/5nl you can't really afford to stay in a hotel for a month. So obviously anyone that wants to come to vegas for a few week or 1 month or 2 and want to play 1/2 or 1/3nl can't really do this.

I'm curious how do people who want to grind low stakes poker for a few weeks to say 2 months even do this anymore. They can't really rent an apt unless they are paying a lot of money for it and of course people who play low stakes well thats a lot for them. I'm guessing for people like that they only option really is one of those extended stay places or rent a room from someone? I recalled those extended stay places aren't exactly cheap. I had a friend that stayed at one where he paid 1400 a month for the 1st month, then after that paid 900 a month which was the discounted rate which seems very good. I was at his place and it was pretty decently furnished with internet, tv and small kitchen etc. However im sure the price of that is much more. And of course most extended stay places are not in good areas.

Im curious if there been people who has went to vegas and stayed a few weeks till up to 2 or 3 months and how did they manage their apartment/living situation. I'm guessing if you have a friend and you split the expenses for hotels, thats at least decent. The other thing that i never understood was people always ask about the poker rate at poker room like if u play 6 hours at aria, venetian, wynn etc. First off... it still cost you at least $120 minimum a day. I mean unless you are playing 5/10nl... isn't it always not profitable no matter what for the poker room rate? I recalled there was a guy who plays high stakes poker at commerce who said not even he would pay 120 dollars a night for a hotel room at commerce and there was a guy that said he had no issue paying that poker rate for one since his winrate at a 3/5nl game was so high... that guy said he played 10/20 and 20/40nl but of course this was back a while ago.

Since most people who to play poker for a bit and many like to go to vegas to do that, very curious how people do this after the resort fees? I haven't went to vegas in a few years. And im sure most ppl aren't renting short term apartments for 1 or 2 months since if they do that, well its going to cost a lot.