I've been thinking of starting over (again) because I just did NOT enjoy this first generation at all. I want to play again on 'long'.
And find a less ugly mate for my founder - I started over once before, with the same guy, and both times she had daughters that were so ugly I'd rather put them in her inventory as fish bait than go on with them... LOL!!!!
I find the 'rich' Sims rule is useless. A single Sim in a house brings in all his money plus what his house and furniture is worth, while a 'rich' Sim from a larger family only brings in something like 2,000 Simoleons and a few books...