Privately Owned

[MDLambert777]

I was curious if anyone new exactly what triggers growth in privately owned resources, sometimes they grow like weeds sometimes I'm forced to buy them for ridiculous amounts of cash then manually pump them up. I know it has to do with demand but ive had wheat farms stay at 1 while my trsins take 1 or 2 wagon loads away like hot cakes. It seems like price is not affected much but size its way cheaper to buy a lvl three then pump on from level 1. Thanks!

[Mudfog]

I think the 'trigger" is all goods they are producing are immediately taken and their workload is 100% for a month or two.

I have found that setting the minimum wagons to 8 when picking up from a rural privately owned business seems to speed up the upgrade process. Even better have two trains waiting to load.

[joewagner501]

If you want to buy them at fire-sale prices, do what the robber barons did and bankrupt them. Stop picking up whatever they supply. After a couple months of no business, they sell for dirt cheap.