The Sims 4's recent expansion pack, For Rent, centers on property management, emphasizing relationships between tenants and landlords. The introduction of paying rent to a specific landlord offers an immersive way of living while collecting rent can serve as a promising passive income strategy for some players. However, since its release, numerous players have reported game-breaking glitches and concerns related to the pack.
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The Sims 4: For Rent brings a unique aspect to residential lots, with being able to build apartments, become a landlord and more.
Developers have acknowledged some of these issues and have them slated for resolution in a forthcoming patch. Notably, a common problem involves challenges with collecting or paying rent. While not everyone encounters these problems, fortunately, there are temporary workarounds available for those experiencing difficulties, providing a solution until an official fix is implemented.
How to Pay Rent?
Paying rent in The Sims 4 resembles paying bills, and under normal circumstances, players just need to wait until they become due. Rent and bills can be paid either together or separately through the mailbox, computer or the Home tab on phone, following the same methods as before. It's important to note that while players receive information about the daily rent, payments are made on a weekly basis, not aligned with the remaining tenancy period.
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The Sims 4's new lot type, rental residentials, allow players to have multiple units and households in the same lot.
Therefore, players should check periodically for when payments are due. Notifications will prompt players to pay rent, giving them a 24-hour window to do so before it becomes overdue. Those that are unable to pay the rent even when it becomes overdue can try below steps:
- Ensuring that there are no broken mods that might be interfering.
- Try paying through the mobile phone / computer, in case there is a glitch with their mailbox.
- If the landlord is homeless, try moving them into a lot.
- If all else fails, use the cheat: households.force_bills_due after enabling cheats by testingcheats true to force the bill and rent.
How to Collect Rent?
Just like paying rent, collecting rent also occurs over some time, roughly a week, despite daily amounts being displayed on the property management tab. In most cases, players need to be patient and wait until the collection takes place. Players will then receive a notification specifying the amount received for rent payments.
However, if players encounter issues such as not receiving any payment or receiving a significantly lower amount than expected, they can try the following steps:
- Ensuring that no mods are interfering with property management or this gameplay function.
- Getting tenants through the property management screen instead of moving them in directly from Manage World interface.
Players might observe that when attempting to move households into rental units through the manage world feature, the Rent amount is displayed as 0 Simoleons, although this corrects itself to the accurate rent amount in other relevant screens. The aforementioned step is intended to prevent this issue, as it could be the reason why the rental profit appears much lower than expected.
The Sims 4
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 70 /100 Critics Rec: 26%
- Released
- September 2, 2014
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Crude Humor, Sexual Themes, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Maxis
- Publisher(s)
- Electronic Arts
- Engine
- Proprietary Engine
- Cross-Platform Play
- Xbox, PlayStation, and computer versions of Sims 4 are all separate games incompatible with each other
- Cross Save
- no
WHERE TO PLAY
Unleash your imagination and create a unique world of Sims that’s an expression of you. Download for free, and customize every detail from Sims to homes and much more. Choose how Sims look, act, and dress, then decide how they’ll live out each day. Design and build incredible homes for every family, then decorate with your favorite furnishings and décor. Travel to different neighborhoods where you can meet other Sims and learn about their lives. Discover beautiful locations with distinctive environments and go on spontaneous adventures. Manage the ups and downs of Sims’ everyday lives, and see what happens when you play out scenarios from your own real life. Tell your stories your way while developing relationships, pursuing careers and life aspirations, and immersing yourself in this extraordinary game, where the possibilities are endless
- Genre(s)
- Simulation
