Rags to Riches Challenge

Start with nothing and work your way to a $100,000 home and a top career.

Rules:

A fully furnished home with:
• At least 3 Bedrooms.
• A Kitchen.
• A dining room.
• At least 2 Bathrooms.
• A family or living room.
• A study with at least one computer.
• An outdoor garden. (If you are using city living you must have a penthouse to achieve this goal)
• A pool.

Have a Family:
• Get married to a sim (you can create a sim or marry one already in game but you must get rid of all of their possessions and money before you marry.)
• Become a grandparent.

Have a career:
• Pick any career of your choosing, you can use Get to Work, or any regular job. You may also run a restaurant, or store.
• Earn the Entrepreneurial lifetime reward.
• Reach level 10 of the career branch of your choosing/Or if you are running your own business earn $100,000 with your business and have your employees be fully trained.

Aspirations:
• Complete at least one aspiration goal for both your original sim and their husband or wife.
• Complete one aspiration for each child you have. (You can do this in their childhood years or make it harder on yourself and accomplish this when they become adults.)

Money Goal:
• Have a home worth at least $100,000.
• Have at least $200,000 in the bank. (If you want a harder challenge raise this goal up to $500,000 or even $1,000,000.)

Mandatory Steps for Building a Home:
• You must have a level 5 in the handiness skill and 3 levels in logic.
• You must pay a fine of $500 to the city for noise disturbances before you begin building.

Mandatory Steps for Building a Garden:
• You must complete the Mandatory Steps for Building a Home.
• You must have your handiness skill up to level 7 and your gardening skill to level 5 before you can begin building or placing items outside.
• You must have at least one bedroom with a bed, a bathroom with a toilet and shower, a living room/kitchen (this can be one room but you must have these basic items) fridge, counter, sink, stove, table, chair, fire alarm and a couch.
• Blueprints cost $500.

Mandatory Steps for Getting a Job:
• You must have a home address before applying for a job. Complete the Mandatory Steps for Building a Home.
• Have one of each in your home: a bed, a toilet, a shower, a sink, a stove, a counter, a chair and a fridge.
• Pay $1000 for a college degree to begin your career.

Mandatory Steps for Having a Family:

• Before you can marry a sim you must have a starter home for them to live in.
• Every kid you have must max out all of their skills as a toddler before they can age up.
• To age up to a teen each child must complete one of these options: have 5 levels in any 1 skill and perfect grades, or 10 levels in one skill.
• To level up to a young adult your sim must complete one of these options: Have 5 levels in any 2 skills and a part time job, or 10 levels in 2 skills.
• You must pay for and host a wedding every time a pair of sims get married.