I decided to go hardmode for a greater challenge with this. That means starting off in the winter with 0 simoleons on an empty off-the-grid lot. I also noticed that the Magical HQ inside of the Magic Realm has several amenities like a full kitchen, toilets, showers and such so I am taking the money earning to an extreme level to compensate. My Sim can only earn money directly from other sims...no careers, no selling from inventory, no royalties, etc. So that means selling things directly from market tables, earning tips from busking, winning competitions and so on. I suppose I could run a business but as I plan to sell items with a street table, I decided to only selling things I can gather or make (i.e. no buying in buy mode and selling it)
Also, since the sim I am starting is a teen, I also added a bunch of teen spellcasters (along with more spellcasters overall) from the gallery to give the Magic Realm and HQ more of an academy feel so he will have more peers starting off (plus combat the game turning random pre-mades into spellcasters...).
