Creative ways your sims have gotten around being poor

I also tried (and failed) a challenge - I think it was by LilSimsy, where my sim had to live alone on the island in Brindleton with six dogs and one raccoon. The only way for the sim to make money is by selling whatever the dogs can find. The challenge ends when the racoon dies of old age, or something like that. It was a tough challenge, and kind of turned me off pet dogs in the game for good, lol. I think even LilSimsy ended up cheating on her own challenge as it was impossible to complete.