Money making issues

[BesnikdrownTTV]

My wife plays a lot of this game and has recently come back to replay it once again, She is not making money like she used to in the past and is getting frustrated. I was going to buy her the new DLC but she is almost to frustrated to play. Has the game mechanics changed that much or is she missing a new mechanic? Thanks in advance.

[Nemesys9999]

You can get 6 million profit just by doing 3 empty, undecorated floors the full size of Spruce Hideout (biggest empty plot), quickest way to make money in game now. But you have to own farm dlc to gain this ability (get your skills higher).

[tatiana]

What DLCs does your wife own? Generally, the bigger the property, the bigger the profit. The biggest ones are in the Farm, Pets and Luxury DLCs. Ever since the new DLC came out, the profits seem to be even more dependent on property size than before.

As Nemesys mentioned above, extending existing properties with the Architect tool, or building them from scratch on empty plots, is the easiest way to make a profit, but you need the Farm DLC for that.

Does your wife have the Game Over achievement yet? It allows to re-do properties she's renovated before.

All Farm, Pets, HGTV and Garden properties, all non-apartments in Luxury and over half the base game ones are Architect tool compatible.

[Lilykatze]

The real money making starts with buying and selling the houses. The jobs don't pay that much, but they give you all the tools and skills you need for renovating those properties later on. So perhaps that's what frustrates her a bit right now after starting over?

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Nemesys9999:

You can get 6 million profit just by doing 3 empty, undecorated floors the full size of Spruce Hideout (biggest empty plot), quickest way to make money in game now. But you have to own farm dlc to gain this ability (get your skills higher).

Yep and also need about 2 million to build the 3 floors, so if a player doesn't have that they just can just build smaller sections up to the money they have, sell it and repeat the process with that profit until they can do 3 big floors

[OneMadNugget]

Man, I've finished all the jobs which has given the money for the freedom to have multiple bought properties so if I ever get bored renovating one, I can switch to another.

House on the Moon was one of the first houses I sold and had a lot of fun on that one, ended up making $266k profit.

[MichaelTheArch]

Gardens were the only way to make money before Farm DLC now You can do Gardens and make a 3 story building to massively boost your funds. If you don't use those methods you are honestly going to make the most by simply cleaning up and selling the place without putting anything more than the bare necessities to make specific rooms.

[THEone88]

I am like your wife, I stopped playing for awhile, and then picked it up. On a 300k home, I could easily make 100-250k profit. Now, I am being offered 1500 profit. I think something is broken, and I too, don't own the Farm DLC.

[CyberDiva]

Profit for houses you buy and flip is all in how you appease your buyer. While doing a garden competition helps and can raise the value of the house, pay attention to the buyer likes. I easily make big profits on all houses by catering to the highest buyer from the onset, and I have been doing this both before and since Farm DLC.

For example, the artist that hates children loves art and plants. A lot. So much so that she will keep giving you more boosts to her Likes beyond a single painting or photo or plant in each room. You will know when you max out how much she will give you, though, when she simply stops giving you any at all for that item you put into one of the rooms.