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4 months ago

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How to fix "Sims can only purchase unowned or unoccupied residential lots"

When I click on the apartment I just created for my Sim to buy and own it, it says "Sims can only purchase unowned businesses or unoccupied residential lots." But it's empty and unowned. I tried tak...

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celinanananah
4 months ago
I already bought it! It seems that I could have bought from the start because I thought if I click on the floors, I would only buy one apartment unit. So one of the family members came to the lot and then I saw I can access all the units. Thanks for all your help, CGrant56 !

CGrant56

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4 months ago

celinanananah From your description, it sounds like you are trying to do it the wrong way. First, you can only buy an entire residential rental (RR) building, not individual apartments in one. To do that, there is a panel on the far right of the sim panel what has the RR management functions. It is the icon furthest to the right and looks like a cash register. Use that to first buy a residential rental apartment building, then manage it as the landlord. You can't buy and own the apartments in San Myshuno, Evergreen Harbor, Cuidad Enamorada or Ondarion. You can only rent them.

Hope this helps.