Out of the box money making ideas

[Schipperke]

I've found that the beekeeper's box from Supernatural turns up a nice profit. My Sims are able to harvest it everyday (I think) and typically receive two honey jars and one beeswax. Depending on the quality of the beeswax and honey, both items can bring over $100 into the household. I got four beeswax from the box once, and they sold for almost $300! Beekeeping may not take the place of a job, but the extra cash is a nice addition to the money made at work. 

Yes, and the nice thing is that your Sim can harvest honey from the beekeeper's boxes at the Elixir Shop, so you don't even have to own a box if you don't want to. 

[Justin2108]

Complete a lifetime wish and buy collector lifetime reward. You just select gems and metals and instant money. I have a room full of gems.

[LordMagikarp]

Money-Making Methods that do not require a Skill:

1. Venue Partnership/Ownership
- Own the venues in your town; make money every week
- If you forget to collect profits by the end of the week, don't worry; all weekly profits stack

2. Collecting
- All collectibles are sellable
- Note: The best way to make the most $$$ out of Collecting is cutting/selling Gems
- However, to do this you would need to use a Skill (Martial Arts); you would break Space Rocks; your sim can find Tiberium which you can get cut (once you get your cut Tiberium from the mail, place them on the ground; ALL Tiberium grow into Large Spire Cuts eventually on the ground); Tiberium with Large Spire Cut sell for 35-50k each

3. Mooching
- It's a Sim Trait
- If you don't have it, use your Lifetime Reward Points to purchase "Mid-life Crisis" under the Lifetime Rewards and pick new traits (obviously get Mooch)
- You can Mooch things (money) from your friends/neighbors
- Note: I've never tried this personally, so I don't know how much money you can make

4. Hacking
- No Skill is needed
- Note: However, having Logic will improve results
- Note: Hacking can only be done during a certain time of day (I think 9PM to 7AM)
- Note: Hacking has an income limit; it doesn't matter how many time you have hacked; it hits a cap; this cap is around 4500-5000 simoleons a night if you have Logic and all beneficial Sim traits to help aid with Hacking

5. Stealing/Swiping
- Swiping items from other Sims and the Sim world
- Maximum of swiping THREE items per day if you have Kleptomaniac trait
- Can only swipe between 7PM and 6AM
- Sell the stolen goods for $$$

[CorruptedBride]

I made about $9000 just from picking flowers at the festivals.

Also another money maker is using a witch Sim to conjure apples then convert them into something.
You could strike lucky and get something worth allot.
(Need Supernatural)

Also, a way to earn $300k is to either find or buy (in life time rewards) a genie lamp.
You get three wishes and one is basically 'make me rich'.
You can repeat the same wish for all three.
It could appear cheaty, but It will take allot of work to do. Unless you get lucky in the mausoleum or tomb.
(Need Showtime for this I believe).

[jesirose]

4. Hacking
- No Skill is needed
- Note: However, having Logic will improve results
- Note: Hacking can only be done during a certain time of day (I think 9PM to 7AM)
- Note: Hacking has an income limit; it doesn't matter how many time you have hacked; it hits a cap; this cap is around 4500-5000 simoleons a night if you have Logic and all beneficial Sim traits to help aid with Hacking

I just wanted to add when it comes to hacking, you need the Computer Whiz trait, and sometimes you will get "Caught" and get a virus that breaks your computer, and you'll have to repair or upgrade it.

[Sherry]

With the latest expansion pack- ITF, your could buy lottery to increase your fortune with varying result depends on the advance technology skill your sim have, but the skill is not a must.

Oh yeah, and another one : hatching dragon egg. Need absolutely no skill at all.
With the DV, you could either got the egg for free or if you've run out the free one, you could buy it with 300-ish simoleons.
The dragon could be sold at 900 simoleon or 1000 (if armoured).

[Acustical]

Creating your own horse farm: breeding, training and selling horses.

[Sherry]

Being a member of book club. Once in every week there will be a book sent to your mailbox. The book usually worth at least about a few hundreds simoleons and you could sell those books for money.

[Trip]

As a note, joining the book club requires the Bookworm trait.

If you have Showtime, you can DJ for tips. This does require having a community lot with a DJ booth, though. DJing is also a hidden skill that spawns ops. I don't know if the ops pay (haven't completed one yet).

[Joria]

What about building on a tiny lot and selling the house, or remodeling a cheap house?  Of course, you'd have to have some cash first but not that much.  You all have inspired me!  I'm going to try out some of these great ideas.

Oh, and if you don't mind cheating, you can always do a build/buy on this lot, (after tce), and then go around hammering cars parked everywhere and random stuff.  The big fountains are nice.