How do you play rich families?

[Execution]

I never noticed my Sims to have the 'Rich' thing below 100k. I just didn't. Sure, it could be an awkward coincidence that I finally noticed it when my Sims got to 100k net worth, but I highly doubt it.

[Sportsfan]

I never noticed my Sims to have the 'Rich' thing below 100k. I just didn't. Sure, it could be an awkward coincidence that I finally noticed it when my Sims got to 100k net worth, but I highly doubt it.

I was wondering what a mount of money was needed for a family to be declared 'rich'. I never have 100k on hand, I always spend it all on my house. I think it's a little sad that I work so hard for my sims to finally be rich and have a nice home, and then rich sims are boring to play because there is no money managing.

[Sophie98]

I'm really horrible to my rich townie families. I either kill them off, or build them a basement and let my Sims have the house. And the money.

[CarlosLordofTacos]

With Generations, I spend the money on gift giving!

"Hey you there, you look like you could use a sports car!"
"Why yes, yes I do, crazy rich person, thank you very much!"

[Execution]

I always force my Sims to be money-making machines or something of the sort. For legacies, I kick everyone out except the heir and some spare with good traits. The heir gets married. The spouse gets a job, either suiting their LTW, skills, or traits. The heir goes to work maxing skills (most skills make money. Examples of skills that don't make money include Athletic, Charisma, Handiness, and Cooking. You can still make money through opportunities, though). The two stay-at-home Sims usually max two skills each (sometimes three). With this scheme, my Sims are millionaires (or thousandaires) in an instant.

[Leto85]

I always force my Sims to be money-making machines or something of the sort. For legacies, I kick everyone out except the heir and some spare with good traits. The heir gets married. The spouse gets a job, either suiting their LTW, skills, or traits. The heir goes to work maxing skills (most skills make money. Examples of skills that don't make money include Athletic, Charisma, Handiness, and Cooking. You can still make money through opportunities, though). The two stay-at-home Sims usually max two skills each (sometimes three). With this scheme, my Sims are millionaires (or thousandaires) in an instant.

In combination with martial arts, athletic really does make money. With cutting out, collecting and selling precious gems, you need both athletic and martial arts.

[Execution]

I don't have any EPs; I wouldn't know about Martial Arts. And by making money, I mean ranking the skill while making money. For example, using the telescope can both make money and raise the Logic Skill at the same time.

[Deluded Genius]

When my Sims get rich, I spend a couple of hours giving their entire home a complete overhaul to fit their personalities, set up a permanent nursery, and expand to a couple of unoccupied rooms in case of any new family members showing up.

Then I abandon them to their own devices and move in a new family. Soon everyone in Bridgeport will be descended from people I created. 

[Execution]

There's like what, 50? Premade Sims in a town. You'd have to have all of your Sims Trying For Baby like rabbits. If you have story progression on, the game will automatically move in new Sims into the neighborhood.

[Deluded Genius]

There's like what, 50? Premade Sims in a town. You'd have to have all of your Sims Trying For Baby like rabbits. If you have story progression on, the game will automatically move in new Sims into the neighborhood.

And? I didn't say everyone was descended from my Sims now, nor that they wouldn't have links to premade Sims [that's usually where the mothers come from]. Story progression doesn't delete my Sims as far as I've noticed, nor their offspring. When I eventually hit the point where there are no more houses for me to move new families into, I'll search through existing families and arbitrarily delete one with none of my created Sims in the family tree. Eventually, barring freak accident or glitches, it will happen that you can glance through every living Sim's family tree and discover someone I personally set into the town.

It's hardly impossible, or even improbable. It's just not something most people do.

[Sportsfan]

It's hardly impossible, or even improbable. It's just not something most people do.

That's actually a cool idea, I should try it sometime.

[Rebecca88]

I never play the pre-made rich families, but usually I have static needs and work my sims until they reach the top. I like the rich sims in Bridgeport, but they always want a butler and it's such a waste of bedspace in those small high-rises. Plus the butler always makes food that goes to waste. Generally, though, I play until the family has a kid that I want to start somewhere else (I play with aging off) and will either play that sim in the same neighborhood or a new one.

I am really big on the vacation homes, and if I have writers, painters, nectar makers or sculptors, I send them to vacation homes to work. It usually results in even more of a payout when they come back.

[xFezIsAFreakx]

Well I have only ever played one family  - my legacy family - because my laptop isn't very good at handling multiple game files. This family have always, always been multi-millionares because I use cheats. (I'm hoping to change that and discover new ways to play when I start the 2012 Challenge Tournament. ) I adore playing rich sims, but then I don't have anything to compare it to, yet!
My sims spend their time skilling and playing with their top-of-the-range gaming consoles and watching their high-definition TVs and dancing to their state-of-the-art and fully upgraded stereos! As well as socialising with their uber-rich family members, of course.
I love playing rich sims because you can just buy anything and everything! They aren't scroungers though, all my YAs and Teens are employed in perfectly good jobs and will be until the Elder stage!
My favourite part of playing rich sims is being able to have such a beautiful place to live in and constant moodlets for how nice everything looks, and being able to go travelling at any time as well as being able to buy everything when you get there!

As you may be able to tell, I love having money, which isn't often, in real life, too - Shame there's no familyfunds for reality!

[nredmond]

Rich families is kind of boring and not really gives you that full experience of the game. Though it would be a great sort of trial ground for you to be able to experience the game itself and try new stuff out, like careers and skills. 

It is great that you will be able to try things out, which you are not usually able to play, which is similar to what happens to Dynasty as well.

[Leto85]

Rich families is kind of boring and not really gives you that full experience of the game.

Well, I agreed with you on that if you're talking about playing sims who are rich from the very beginning I find that boring too. But to get rich (or die trying ) is much more interesting. What I like about rich sims is that they do have more time to collect the things you could collect in the game without the daily struggle of surviving and paying bills normal sims have to do.
Saying that, I still let my rich sims pay the bills. I mean with that: no "No Bills Ever'' LTW for my sims (that came with World Adventures) as that will take a difficulty level out of the game I prever keep in.
You know what the big difficulty is of having a house worth multiple millions of money? Paying the 30.000 dollar bills every three days. Well, that will keep your sims writing, painting or sculpting!