Congratulations Nutella! Excellent score!
I got about half way through my first practice run and realized I needed a better strategy than just stealing whatever was handy at the time. So before starting my scoring file, I visited each property in build mode and cased the joint, listing all the more expensive items on a spreadsheet. I included the town, property name, household name, description and value. For the larger houses, I also include the floor and room where the item was located. Then I sorted it by value, highest to lowest. It took a bit of time to do this, but I found the list invaluable once I started my scoring file. It was a simple matter to check my list to know where I needed to go next.
I did build a very tiny house, but in hindsight I shouldn’t have spent the money on it since I was rarely home. I also paid my bills like a good citizen, but I shouldn’t have done that either. It just never occurred to me not to. My overall strategy was very similar to Nutella’s, leveling my mischief while I waited out the time until I could swipe my next item, hitting up the community lots on the off hours, luring people outside to stargaze and then sneaking back into the house to steal their valuables. It was frustrating not to be able to get into the unoccupied houses, knowing there were $10,000 and $4,000 computers in the Springscape property, and an $8,200 Suit of Armor and $7,500 painting in the Yuma Heights property that I couldn't steal. This was a very fun challenge.
