[BH] Lot not recognized for small business

Problem solved! I read the comments and saw someone mention selling the small business in manage worlds then rebuying the lot, and that worked. My home lot is still set as residential rental to keep it off the lot assignment list, not sure if that helped. Thank you the commenter  who shared the tip about going to manage world! 

There are two lots in Windenburg and one in Oasis Springs where I could not setup a small business properly. It seemed to be on lots that were not natively residential where this issue occured.

Having this same issue. I haven't started playing the business at all. First I bought the empty park lot [Small Business VENUE] in Nordhaven, then registered a small business. Then I bulldozed the empty lot and made a building there, assigned the rooms and furnished. 

When I open the business panel it only has the Sim's HOUSE listed as [Small Business Residential], and the [Small Business VENUE] that I bought was no longer listed. I went to the lot and it says no business assigned. I read in here that you'd have to re-sell then buy it again but the lot costs quite a fortune now that it's a full-fledged building. Help? 😕

I am having this exact same issue, I have never had CC or mods installed and have tried every single work around. It makes the pack super useless to me and is deeply frustrating. 

I tried this and it didn't work.

Think this has already been covered in other posts but basically I'm unable to setup a small business on a Residential lot.

Basically it says there are no valid lots available. This is on Magnolia Promenade, which I think before I bulldozed the previous lot was a retail lot (This was ages ago, so can't be sure what was original).

I had built a cupcake/bakery/residential lot, but this was way before the Business and Hobbies expansion and I think I had it set as a retail outlet, though my Sim lived at another location. 

• Deleted lot
• Changed lot type.
• Sold the Business (linked to Sim) but as it was not associated with the, likely changed nothing. 
• Moved sim out
• Moved a different Sim in. 
• Removed all CC/Mods I use 
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I saved the lot I build and moved to another location, and it worked first time when setting up a Small Business, so for me it seem something in the background some data string isn't resetting.

Thanks! This worked for me 🙏

I think I solved it! Round about way to fix this issue but here's what I did:

•  I went into build mode on the lot I wanted as my residential small business lot and saved it to my library
• Went to manage world and evicted my household
• Went into build mode for that lot and replaced the lot with a residential lot from the gallery (made sure it saved as residential lot).
• Went back to manage worlds and moved my household back onto the lot
• Went to my library and replaced the residential lot with my residential small business lot I saved
• Then registered the lot as a small business with no issues

I hope this works for everyone else with this issue!

Ran into the same issue today. On a lot in Newcrest, I previously had both a retail store and a restaurant. I changed it to residential and moved a Sim in to start a small business from home, but now I get the message "no valid lots available".  If I change the lot to a small business venue, my Sim can buy it, but they can't live there and start a small business. No mods installed. Is there any more information available?"

To troubleshoot, I started a completely new game with no mods or custom content installed.In the new game, I recreated the same scenario—same Sim, same type of lot setup—and the issue did not occur. Everything worked as expected. This leads me to believe the problem is tied to the original save file, possibly due to corruption or a bugged lot configuration.