What makes the most profit?

[Bizolwig]

so, I have a question. When flipping houses what makes the most impact to profit? and what should I ignore?

should I paint? Does buying expensive furniture increase profit, or should I just purchase the cheapest stuff? Should I panel the outside? Should I sell the junk furniture that the house starts with and replace it with better furniture, or can I just use the stuff that is already in the house?

[Kathykins]

To be honest, I never really care about high profit, as long as I GET some profit on a sale. After doing all the jobs and flipping all houses (as getting the "Game over" credit roll) I have millions of simole....ehh euros that I can't hope to ever spend. Unless I buy every house (at least once) and never sell any. There is a lack of obscenely expensive houses, even in the Luxury DLC, or even ridiculously priced luxury items. Anyone else want expensive cars to place in all those garages?

Anyway, I always strip a house completely, paint/panel and lay new floors. When I get sick of the buyers complaining when I start selling the junk furniture, I let them keep it. Complaining will get them nowhere with me. They can keep the old crap. Until the team change how buyers are (and for DLC furniture to count for buyer needs), I will only do basic furnishing and decoration.

I only change the outside paneling if it looks very bad, or in some cases missing (like not fully painted etc).

[tatiana]

1. The four key rooms in any house are: living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom. Living room with kitchenette counts as living and kitchen; a bathroom only needs a toilet and a sink; kitchen and bed is a multifunction room (kitchen + bedroom). Check the room requirements guide on Steam.
If you don't have at least one of these key rooms, the buyers wouldn't pay much. On the other hand, even a commercial property can be profitable if you squeeze in rooms with these 4 tags.

2. If the house has only the 4 key rooms, or even has some of them missing, it's cheap.
If the house has only one or two rooms in addition to the 4, it's inexpensive.
As above + built- in wardrobes and en-suite bathroom = middle-class.
Middle class + multiple reception areas, balconies, dressing room = luxury.

If the house is cheap, save as much as you can; inexpensive - don't buy any expensive stuff. Middle-class - you'll be ok if you don't buy 1,000 USD furniture pieces. Luxury - safe to spare no expense.

3. No buyer explicitly asks for new furniture or cares about paint, inside or out. However, there are probably hidden algorithms affecting the price. So it is best to paint any discoloured/scratched/uneven walls, and replace any discoloured/scratched furniture/doors/floors.

4. Tips: for the 2 cheapest categories:
Paint the outside rather than panel. When painting the outside, stand on a paint tin - to reach higher and avoid buying a ladder.
Make a tin of paint last longer by painting one strip at a time. This way, a small tin is enough for 15 sq. metres, a medium one for 30, and a big one for bigger rooms or outside walls.
In the cheapest category, paint the bathroom walls instead of tiling them,
Sell plumbing systems (particularly radiator ones) to save money. You may even sell some windows.

5. Put in additional rooms where you can, especially in basements/attics. Extra bedrooms and bathrooms are particularly valuable. Use upper half-walls to subdivide big rooms where a full wall isn't practical.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Slap each room with plant, rug and picture. That gets the interest of several buyers who will bid more.
Make sure everything is clean and there is no dirt on the map.
You can easily get +25% of value with minimal effort garden contest if you have Garden DLC, choose american garden and put down swimming pool, grill, two sun chairs, table and sofa and put down at least 20 of those cheap solar lamp balls. Make sure to move the lawn too when you are doing this.

[Nite69]

Number of bedrooms is the best way to make profit I turned one of the Pet DLC houses into a 10 room hotel and had a 300K profit