I read all of your posts inhere, and are under the impression, that you all have monye for treadmill, pool, reperations, food, clothes, upgrades etc. How do you earn so much money??? My families can afford do bye food and not much else. Sometimes (in every 2nd or 3d generation) they may buy something else, but that's it.
I praise them fore their work, and I think they work alot, but money is always short....
What am I doing wrong????

hmmm, it's really kind of hard to say what you might or might not be doing wrong -- or even if what you are doing is wrong, really, as there isn't any right or wrong way to play this. At least I don't think there is anyway.

Try to have them pick up the collectibles. You get five dollars for every common collectible that they sell and more for the uncommon and the rare ones. That can actually add up fairly quickly.

Don't buy them too much food, even if they send you an email asking for "different" kinds of food it doesn't mean they really need it. You can click on the fridge and it will tell you how much food is available. Mine will send me emails asking for more food and when I check the fridge it'll say they have 3,690 (just an example, but A LOT, lol!) and I'll know that I don't need to buy more.

Don't buy stuff as soon as you can afford it. Wait and let the money pile up. The more money that is in the bank, the more you get in "interest" so you actually make more money by letting it pile up. When I first start a new family out, I just buy the cheapest food (for most of the 1st generation of that family) and the only "extra" I buy is the radio. I'll buy medicine if they need it, of course, and even buy the doctor's consult if one of them keeps getting sick a lot; but otherwise, I don't buy much during the 1st generation so that the money starts piling up really well. As I said, since you make 10% in interest alone on the money that's being saved, the more you have in the bank, the more you get each day in interest as well. Be skimpy with the first one or two generations and you'll be amazed at how much money you can end up with by the second, third and so on generations.

Hope that helps, good luck!

When the family is just starting out money is usually tight. Don't expect to be able to spend money on upgrades for several days, maybe not until the second generation.

The game pays 10% interest a day on the peeps' bank balance, and it's surprising how quickly it mounts up - provided you keep the balance as high as you can.

Make sure you praise your peeps for working, so that they earn regular career promotions and earn more money. Be careful not to over-praise them, though, or they'll tire themselves out. Keep a sharp eye open for collectibles; a regular income can be gained from selling duplicates online which should usually cover expenses like food or medicine for the more minor ailments. That means that the peeps' earnings should accumulate in the bank to earn interest.

Obviously, you can be unlucky and have a series of events or emails where you have to pay out money, but they usually average out over time with the "good" events where you gain money.

I didn't realize they get interest for money in the bank, that's good to know.

Good point about selling the collectibles. I had a father who kept getting sick, and then couldn't afford the doctor (after I spent all the money on different medicines). I put the kids to work collecting, and they were able to make more money than the mother could working, and were able to pay for dad's doctor visit!

how do i make them have more money? I can not afford anything and it takes for ever to save.

I use a formula of 200 pts of food per person...no more and I only buy the food that is on sale. I have five families and three of them are on the second level of remodeling and have all the special things (bbq pit, treadmill, etc). I am having to control my buying urges to get into the final level because I know that will increase their money. I also try to also select people that have jobs in the same room and build that room up as far as I can. I buy the little books that add to their rates, give them the green glove a lot and give them candy or fruit as a reward. I don't have money at the level some of these folks have lol, but I am managing to get the extras after they have worked so hard PLUS all future generations will have a fully loaded house and can concentrate on just making money lol~