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🏠 Real Estate firms

Buy houses, rent them out and sell them on. Houses nobody owns are bought by real estate firms first. A firm becomes the landlord, collects the rent and sells the house on to a player for a profit. Players find a firm's houses at its help desk and buy or rent them at the door.

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Getting started
Fee, registration and your office
$85,000to register: the $50,000 base fee plus $35,000 for the field
No licenseanyone can start a real estate firm
100% - 200%the markup you can sell a house for
Register the firm
Registration happens at the Red County Administration Building front desk with /firmcreate [field] [abbreviation] [name]. The abbreviation is up to 8 characters and the name up to 64. The fee comes out of your cash and you become the owner. Use the field name realestate.
Fund the bank
The firm buys houses from its own bank, so deposit money with /firmbank deposit first.
Get your help desk
Staff place a help desk in your office. Ask an admin once you have one.
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House tiers
What decides prices and rent

Staff give every house a tier from 1 to 5. The tier sets the price the firm pays the server and the range the rent can be set in. A house without a tier can't be bought or rented by anyone yet.

TierTypePrice rangeUsual priceRent range
1Trailer$10,000 - $30,000$20,000$25 - $100
2Bungalow$30,000 - $65,000$45,000$40 - $150
3Small house$65,000 - $125,000$90,000$50 - $200
4Large house$125,000 - $250,000$175,000$75 - $250
5Mansion / villa$250,000 - $500,000$350,000$100 - $300

A rent of 0 means the house is not for rent.

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Buying houses
Stocking the firm
Find a house
Away from a help desk, /propertylist shows the vacant houses your firm can buy, with the tier, price and rent. The one you pick is marked on your map.
Buy it
Stand at the entrance and use /firmpropertybuy, then confirm. The price comes out of the firm bank. It needs both the properties and bank permissions, which owners and managers have by default.
Become the landlord
If someone is already renting the house they stay. Their rent now goes to your firm.
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Renting out
Steady income
  • Set the rent with /propertyrent [amount] at the house, anywhere in the tier's range. 0 turns renting off.
  • Tenants rent a room with /rentroom. The rent is taken from their paycheck every payday and goes straight into the firm bank.
  • Use /propertylock to lock or unlock a house, for example to show it to a buyer.
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Selling houses
Making a profit

To sell a house use /propertyprice [price] at its entrance. The asking price has to be between 100% and 200% of what the firm paid, so the most a house can make is double. Use /propertyprice 0 to take it off sale.

A player buys it with /propertybuy at the door, and the money goes into the firm bank. The house then belongs to the player, who can sell it on to another player with /propertysell.

Players buy at the door. They don't need an agent present, so a firm can sell houses while it is offline.
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Your help desk
Where players find your houses

Staff place a help desk in each real estate firm's office. A player who stands next to it and uses /propertylist sees only your firm's houses for sale and for rent, and can mark one on their map. Use /propertylist mine to see every property the firm owns.

Closing a real estate firm is final. Every house the firm owns goes back to the server and the firm gets nothing for them. Tenants keep their rooms, and the help desk is removed.
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Your crew
Ranks, permissions and the firm bank

A firm starts with room for 10 members. The owner invites people with /firminvite and everyone works under one of four ranks. Each member also has permissions, and the owner can see who has what with /firmmembers.

RankTitleDefault permissions
1OwnerEverything
2ManagerInvite, kick, change ranks, use the bank, field tools and vehicles
3EmployeeField tools only: the job commands in this guide
4TraineeNothing. A trainee is on the roster but can't use the job tools yet
  • Promote or demote with /firmrank [player] [1-4], or /firmorank [character id] when they are offline. /firmkick and /firmokick remove someone.
  • Members clock in with /firmduty. Most job commands only work while you are on duty.
  • The firm bank is shared. Anyone can deposit with /firmbank deposit [amount], but withdrawing needs the bank permission. Owners and managers have it.
  • The properties permission lets a member lock, rent out and price the firm's houses. Buying needs the bank permission as well. Owners and managers have both by default.
  • Only the owner can close the firm, with /firmclose. Closing is final.
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Commands
Everything for this firm in one place
Agents
/propertylistAway from a desk: vacant houses the firm can buy. At a desk: that firm's listings.
/propertylist mineEvery property your firm owns, with its status.
/firmpropertybuyAt a vacant house: the firm buys it from the server.
/propertyprice [price]Asking price, 100% to 200% of what the firm paid. 0 takes it off sale.
/propertyrent [amount]Rent within the tier's range. 0 turns renting off.
/propertylockLocks or unlocks a firm house.
/firmbankPurchases come out of the bank, sales and rent go in.
Players
/propertylistNext to a firm's help desk: its houses for sale and rent.
/propertybuyAt the entrance of a house for sale: buy it from the firm.
/rentroomAt the entrance of a house for rent: rent a room.
/unrentroomStop renting.

Every firm also has /firmhelp, /firmduty, /firmbank, /firmmembers and the invite and rank commands. See the firm guide for those.

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Questions
Common things people ask
Can a player buy a house straight from the server?

No. Houses are sold by real estate firms. Houses without a tier can't be bought or rented by anyone.

What if a tenant lives in a house we buy?

They stay, and their rent goes to your firm bank from then on.

Why can't I set that price?

The asking price has to be between 100% and 200% of what the firm paid.

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