Properties and making profit

[Orpheus148]

So I'm looking at the list of properties and some of them are quite expensive. And take as long as 500+ weeks to break even. Do you guys usually buy properties after you do all the assassination missions at the end of the game so that you have a sh*t ton of money? But how does that work on the other hand with time passing so slow. I cant imagine how long 500+ weeks takes in gta v, because time stops when you're not playing right?

Edited April 19, 2015 by Orpheus148

[thc_404]

Better to just look at those "properties" as money sinks, rather than money making businesses.

[Shadowfennekin]

What I do is do all the Assassinations, buy the properties I didn't get yet, then go do the Random event that affects Twinkle. BAM, money back to max and income for when I buy stuff.

[S1N0D3UTSCHT3K]

the only one I've even close to broke even on after 200 hours (and I usually sleep to pass time at night) is Smoke on the Water... it has the best return on investment

 

technically it's at $195k return so far on a $204K price tag.. so hopefully before the story DLC, it'l break-even, and then it's riding the pure profit waaaave.... or at least covers my impound fees haha

 

only other decent one for making actual money is the McKenzie hangar... your alternative is mostly just armoured cars, so doing smuggling runs is a good way before the Heists (Especially for Trevor) to get a little spending cash for mods...

 

so far that's up to about $143K for me, and it also close but not at breaking even with an original price of $150K. that's a lot of smuggling though that I've done.

 

 

at about 200 hours on this file, all the other missions are barely 3-12% made back so far hahaha it'll take years for some of them

 

 

 

for reference, my biggest PS3 file was is about 250 hours and Smoke on the Water has made back about $320K (on $204K) and McKenzie has made $277K (on $150) so bigger return on that file mostly because I passed time by sleeping more (role playing) and I spent a lot more time doing smuggling missions... I'm surprised it's that high haha I forgot... that's about 46 smuggling runs quite a few. I did one pretty often whenever I logged in and I played that file basically all of last year (casually every week) until the PS4 release

 

all the other businesses though, not even close to making make their returns yet... even with Smoke on the Water at $320K on $204K.... Countyclub has still only made back $9.8M and the biggest cinema also exactly $9.8M.... so break even is a looooong way away even at 250 hrs played and probably months (I bet over 200 days in-game have passed likely even more than 250 days of game time) so the returns are sooooo slow haha

[redpoint]

Don't buy properties to make money, you'll be disappointed.

[Homicidal Hipster]

I know this May seem like a dumb question but how do you check how much profit you've made?

[Haha365]

So I'm looking at the list of properties and some of them are quite expensive. And take as long as 500+ weeks to break even. Do you guys usually buy properties after you do all the assassination missions at the end of the game so that you have a sh*t ton of money? But how does that work on the other hand with time passing so slow. I cant imagine how long 500+ weeks takes in gta v, because time stops when you're not playing right?

I usually buy a couple for each character, for RP purposes and to have some steady income coming in. It's not about making a profit as much as it is having income coming in at a regular basis. Story missions, that pay, are few and far between and a good portion of the heists lack payment as well.

Edited April 22, 2015 by Gigs84

[thc_404]

I know this May seem like a dumb question but how do you check how much profit you've made?

It's somewhere in the stats, not sure which tab it's filed under though, sorry.

[Homicidal Hipster]

 

 

I know this May seem like a dumb question but how do you check how much profit you've made?

It's somewhere in the stats, not sure which tab it's filed under though, sorry. it's all good I'm sure I'll find it. Thanks

[razmat]

I bought smoke on the water and they keep texting me to make runs and stuff but how do I get the jobs? I tried answering a text and going to the shop but nothing does anything. am I missing something?

[Alvarez]

I bought smoke on the water and they keep texting me to make runs and stuff but how do I get the jobs? I tried answering a text and going to the shop but nothing does anything. am I missing something?

Drive to the P marked on map. P like Property.

[razmat]

thanks i'll give it a shot. so if the properties give some extra missions then at least that's something.

Edited April 25, 2015 by razmat