how to get more money for my sims

Just a slight correction. 😕mileyhappy: The cheat is spelt motherlode not motherload. It's a fairly common mistake, so don't worry about that. As said above, motherlode gives you $50 000. 

There is also another cheat called: kaching. This will give you $1 000. To set an amount for your sims, you can do the folowing:

• open the cheat box by pressing ctrl, shift and c
• type in: testingcheatsenabled true (to turn this off afterwards retype it, changing true to false)
• Press enter
• Open the cheat box again and type in: 
• familyfunds (family surname, like Smith) (amount, $100 000)

To see more info on familyfunds check out this link: http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Money_cheats#familyFunds

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