About doorbells and bathroom objects, I nearly had a fit when I couldn't figure out why I wasn't able to change the doorbell at first, but after I put the toilet outside I chilled out.
The sink stayed where it was though - a lonely room with nothing but a light that I stole from City Hall and a sink which may also have been lifted from somewhere. On a random note, the quickest doorbell upgrades for me were standard and joker at roughly 90min each, with occasional posh upgrades in between queues and motive mobile breaks. It wasn't always consistent, but that's how it mostly worked out - haunted seemed to take the longest at 2.5 to 3hrs.
I am also curious where everybody got their money from and which world you chose?
My money also came from Midas Touch, with a little help from the klepto trait in the beginning.
I played in Riverview out of habit, though I wish I'd gone with Appaloosa Plains - besides being able to upgrade the horse trough without having to buy it (not that it mattered by the time I got to that point but I have the frugal trait), I haven't played much there and since this wasn't a challenge where I felt like I really needed to know the town, it would've been a good opportunity to explore it at least somewhat.