Best way to make money in the beginning? (sandbox)

[Saetur]

The last time I played tropico was back on the xbox 360 days, thought I'd give it a go and play this before I purchase tropico 6.

I'm having trouble making money and when I do make money it's hard to keep a balanced profit.
What's an easy way to gain profit? I did try placing ranches and trading from multiple docks but only generate around 1k or even $500.

[tb803]

You should build lots of cash crops like cocoa and coffee. Bananas and pineapple are nice too since they give you food for the people. Food has a nice property of keeping them from revolting and destroying things before you can build your military.

Then you should invest in entertainment buildings too. They are give you a good return on investment and keep the unrest down too.

Keep good relations with foreign powers so they'll give you money every year.

Then, you should also build lots of mines and oil wells to get another source of income.

You should be making good money. Invest that in cannerys and rum/cigar factories too. This will make an even more valuable product.

Next, you should build a cheap power plant so you can build pharma companies. These are very lucrative. Investing in tourist buildings can be a great idea too.

[tb803]

Also get lots of teamsters and pay them the full rate. Without them your economy will not function like it could.