"TheStarHermit;c-16730018" wrote:
I like the idea of banks, I would also like to see the financial statement system from TS1 return to the game. I'd also like to see rental of homes as an option instead of purchasing them, sims could always buy their home when they had saved enough for it.
For new sims I almost always use the free real estate cheat so I can have them move into a slightly better home with some extra spare cash to start their lives, if I could choose to rent a house to start with then I wouldn't feel the need to use that cheat. I suppose I could always choose to rent an apartment in San Myshuno to start them off (I do irl) but I'm not keen on that city and would prefer them to start off in a house. :smile:
The game simply lacks creativity on this front. If your created household has $15K to start, you should be able to rent a fairly nice place at $1200 per week, with maybe a $5,000 to $7,500 down payment (depending on whether you want the place furnished). But currently the game forces you to pay cash for a $14K starter home or rentals require you to pay the value of furniture, so you end up spending nearly all your money regardless. There's no distinguishable difference between the two features (Owning & Renting), which is rather mediocre.
