I tap tiles:
You have to leave at least one "hand shake" where your tile should be. I suggest leaving two because you will eventually accidentally tap on one too many. Leave those two "hands" as long as the game allows. For every 'hands" you tap on above those two, you get a tile saved in your "Inventory". You only pay for that first tile and let it mature for the time required for that one tile but you get multiple tiles. I collected over 200 tiles that way.
I started a new town plus my sister has one now. I'll send an invite for you. I'll tap tiles and hope you do also.
