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    Press these three keys together: Ctrl, Shift, and C.

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    Type in "motherlode" and hit Enter.

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    Repeat as wanted.

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    Press down Ctrl, Shift and C.

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    And type in 'kaching' and press enter.

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    Repeat as wanted.

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    Press Ctrl, Shift and C

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    Type in TestingCheatsEnabled FamilyFunds (Name) 99999999

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    Repeat as wanted

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    Set it so that your sims live long lives. This can be done by either a.) turning off aging in the game options b.) or setting the age timeframe as long as you can (also in the game options).

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    Get as many (young?) adults sims in your household as you can. They will all be able to work full-time jobs to help your family become rich. If you are getting them into your household through creation, decide which careers they will be working in beforehand (business and medical are suggested), and then try to give them as many traits that will help them with the job you have in mind for them as you can.

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    Live as inexpensively as possible. If you like buying your sims houses pre-built, then use the freerealestate cheat by doing CTR+SHIFT+C and typing in freerealestate as you're on the screen which is asking you to move in your sims. If you like building houses on lots, then after you buy the lot, just build the things they need to survive, some things to help them in their careers and nothing else. You can go pretty far with this: to know just how far, take a look at the photo.

    • For living daily life inexpensively, check the tips.

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    Employ them. This is really not so hard, since in the Sims 3, there is always an opening in the career of your choice. If it doesn't show up online or in the newspaper, just go to the site of the career to get the job.

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    Work, work, work! This may seem pretty obvious to you, but let me elaborate on this a bit more. If you work for hours during the day, and then do nothing to help your career in the evening, you won't get too far. You will succeed somewhat, but only with super long periods of hard work, which could be sped up by some experience in the required skills or relationships for that career.You should keep them helping their work constantly, especially for the ones you won't keep (This'll be explained soon.)

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    After you've gotten pretty rich, then decide who your favorite 1-2 sims are, and kick out the rest. You can move them out for free by selecting one of your non-favorite sims, using the option on their cellphone that says "Move", having the other not wanted sims move out with them, selecting the option that's labeled "kick out", and finalizing the decision by clicking on the check mark.

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    Enjoy your new rich household! Moving out of the place your sims will be living in currently, and then moving to a mansion may be what you want to do. Then, enjoy how good it feels to have worked so hard for your riches!

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  • Question

    Can I kick rich people out of my city and keep their money?

    Community Answer

    You can move in with rich people, take their money and kick them of your household, but not from your city.

  • Question

    My computer froze when I pushed ctr shift and c. What do I do?

    Community Answer

    Type in the command, and then after you press enter, press the escape button, and you should be out of it.

  • Question

    What if I press SHIFT + CTRL + C, but it only takes a picture?

    Jani Tiainen

    Jani Tiainen

    Community Answer

    Just try again. If you accidentally miss one of the required buttons, but still hit C as told, it will just take a picture which is most likely what happened with you.

  • Question

    How can I move in with rich people while keeping my money?

    Community Answer

    You can't, unfortunately. When you move in, your new funds will be the same as the rich people you moved in with.

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  • Try to cut down on buying stuff you don't need much of.

  • If you are going to do it the old fashioned way, don't use any cheats. If you use one cheat, you may as well use a money cheat.

  • To cut costs you can:

    • Eat quick meals
    • Mooch some money from other people, by creating a sims with the mooch trait, getting a bit friendly with a sim, and then using the mooch interaction. This works especially well with friends and relatives.
    • Repair your own broken household items. DO NOT try to repair anything electric at first. However, contrary to what some players believe, it is perfectly safe to attempt repairing non-electrical items. There's a very small chance it won't work, and you'll gain the Handy skill while doing it.
    • Refuse your sims luxuries! Reserve any dates to socializing, deny any wishes that involve socializing, and when you absolutely must buy something, buy the cheapest version you can.
    • Make some money on the side. When doing this, keep it as short as possible so your sim can get back to work. Some good ways to make money are by collecting and selling rocks, butterflies, etc., for sims with the genius trait,

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  • You might get kind of bored doing it "the old fashioned way". To prevent this, try to keep looking forward at your goals, and looking back and celebrating your accomplishments.

  • Doing this could lag your game. Use at your own risk!

  • The testingcheatsenabled true cheat only works for The Sims 3 for the PC.

Things You'll Need

  • The Sims 3 on PC
  • Computer/Laptop

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