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One of four aspirations added withThe Sims 4: For Rentexpansion pack centers on your Sim acquiring rental properties of their own and being the very best landlord they’re able to be. Buy a property or two, find some tenants, build relationships, and help your units thrive.
You’ll be handling several types of emergency or maintenance, though, and boosting your rental rating and being a good landlord can be much harder than it sounds. In this guide, we’ve got a handful of tips to help you complete the Five-Star Property Owner aspiration as the best landlord you can be.
Five-Star Property Owner Aspiration Overview
The major attraction with The Sims 4: For Rent expansion pack is the new ability tobecome a landlordand experience the ins and owns of passive income via property ownership.
The Five-Star Property Owner aspiration encourages any Sim who chooses it to explore the glorious world ofproperty management.
You’ll bebuying rental propertiesacross the new world of Tomarang (or elsewhere, if you’ve tweaked the lot traits elsewhere), dealing withfinding and managing tenantsfor your units, and handling anymaintenance or emergency eventsthat come along with being a landlord.
Best Traits And Tips For The Five-Star Property Owner Aspiration
Since the Five-Star Property Owner aspiration deals quite a lot with your tenants as you move through the milestones, it may be helpful to have theOutgoing traitto maximizeall that socializing.
Additionally, properties are liable to experiencemaintenance eventsthat break items in the home, flood it with plumbing issues, and more. In these cases, aHandy Simis likely to shine over others with their Handiness skill.
It’s worth being mindful thatbuying rental properties can be pretty expensive, so you may also want to haveanother career in mindfor your Sim before they buy any properties other than their own.
In these cases, unless you’re willing touse cheatsto secure the funds or have been playing in alegacy family, it’s best toearn as much money as you can before investing in rental properties.
Every Milestone Of The Five-Star Property Owner Aspiration
In the table below, we’re detailing the entirety of the Five-Star Property Owner Aspiration. This includes each milestone individually, every goal for that milestone, and some helpful tips and hyperlinks to our The Sims 4: For Rent guides to help you check off each task.
Property Pupil
Have a Unit Occupied by a Tenant.
After buying your first residential rental property, you’ll likely have a couple of people already living there, If not, then for this goal, you need to fill a vacant unit with a tenant via the"Fill Vacancy" menu.
Handle a Maintenance Event
When you receive a notification about a maintenance event taking place at one of your rental units, head over to the lot to check out the problem. From there, either fix it yourself if your skills are high enough or call one of two professionals to come over and take a look at the issue. Handling it yourself requires the Handiness skill, as you’ll be fixing broken appliances just like you would at home.
Perform an Inspection Pass
Visit one of your rental units and head inside. While there, interact with any major appliance that can break (stoves, ovens, toilets, showers, etc.) and check them for maintenance. Anything that breaks at your home and must be repaired or replaced is liable to be checked for this milestone.
Shrewd Manager
Handle an Emergency Event
Separate from Maintenance Events, these are larger-scale issues that present a larger danger to the Sims in your units. Either send a Contractor Crew out to fix the issue, or go over to your rental property and address the problems on your own with your Handiness skill.
Have a Unit with a Rating of 3 or Higher
By improving your rental units in Build/Buy mode before leasing them out, maintaining good relationships with your tenants, and handling any issues that come your way with the property, you’ll increase your rating. Have at least one unit that ranks above three stars.
Have Two Units Occupied by Tenants
Own a property with at least two distinct rental units, and have both of them filled with tenants at the same time. If you’re playing in Tomarang and have purchased the Sungai Point property, there are two families living there when you buy the building, so this milestone completes automatically.
Perform 3 Inspection Passes on Rentals
Return to your units again and, like before, perform maintenance and inspections on appliances throughout the home that may be liable to break.
Proprietary Legend
Achieve a 5-Star Rating on a Unit
The best units are typically the largest and will be decorated with expensive, high-quality furniture. You’ll also need to be sure to stay on top of maintenance or emergency events and foster good relationships with your tenants. Rent can’t be too expensive for the space, which should be in a well-decorated environment and offer the highest-quality amenities.
Become Good Friends with a Tenant
After meeting any Sim that lives in one of your rental units, progress their relationship to Good Friend or higher by normal means of socializing. This can be done during maintenance visits, if your landlord Sim has time to chat, or you’re able to dedicate time to spend with them like normal social relationships.
Have Three Units Occupied By Tenants
These don’t need to be in the same building if you own a few rental properties. You’ll need to have three tenants simultaneously to complete this goal.
When you complete the final task in the Five-Star Property Owner aspiration in The Sims 4: For Rent, your Sim will earn theHome Manager Maventrait.
On the whole, this vastly improves your ability to be a good landlord! You’ll handle maintenance or emergency events with more success, leading to higher unit ratings and better relationships with all your tenants.
