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The Sims

How to become a property owner in The Sims 4 For Rent

It's a decent way to make money.
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Kacee Fay
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Published: Dec 7, 2023 07:26 pm

One of the biggest features in The Sims 4 For Rent is the ability to become a property owner and purchase lots you can manage. This feature can be used to help make other Sims’ lives easier, or you can instead cause some chaos that may result in tenant revolts.

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The property owner system isn’t a very obvious feature, so you may be unsure how to become one and what you can do in The Sims 4 For Rent once you’ve taken on this role.

How to become a landlord in The Sims 4 For Rent

There are two ways you can become a property owner in The Sims 4 For Rent: through your Sims phone or through the Owned Businesses menu.

  • To become a property owner through your Sims phone, open the phone menu and select the Business application, which has a yellow briefcase icon, followed by the Buy A Residential Rental option.
  • To become a landlord through the Owned Businesses menu, click the cash register icon located in the very bottom right corner followed by the Buy A Residential Rental option.
A Sim preparing to become a property owner with the correct buttons marked.
It’s very easy to do once you know where to look. Screenshot by Dot Esports | Remix by Kacee Fay

Regardless of which option you choose, you’ll then be taken to the Manage Worlds screen to select which Residential Rental lot you want to become the owner of. Because of this, you’ll need to have a lot you want to purchase in mind or back out to first create a Residental Rental lot you can then buy.

As soon as you’ve selected a lot to purchase, you’ll then automatically become the owner of it and instantly gain the ability to manage it. This allows you to customize just about every feature of it.

How to manage your owned Residental Rental lots as a property owner in The Sims 4 For Rent

As a property owner, you can freely manage change the rules of your property with the agreement you have signed for each tenant taking up residence in your Residential Rental. To manage your owned lot or lots, select the cash register icon in the bottom right corner and the Residential Rental Menu will then appear.

The tenant agreement screen for a property owner.
You have a lot of power as a property owner. Screenshot by Dot Esports

What can a property owner do in The Sims 4 For Rent?

From the manage a Residential Rental unit page available to property owners, you can select the small scroll icon next to each tenant to view and modify the terms of your agreement with them. As a property owner, you can:

  • Change the rent per day price.
  • Change the length of the lease.
  • Apply special unit rules including No Social Events, No Loud Noises, No Trash Overload, No Pets, No Ghosts, and a limit for Maximum Occupancy.
  • View the overall rating of each unit and specifically see how the size, appliances, environment, and maintenance are rated.
  • Unjustly or justly evict tenants.
  • Fine tenants who break rules.
  • Freely travel to visit any owned units.
  • Perform inspection and maintenance events to help your tenants and increase your rating.
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Kacee Fay
Staff Writer at Dot Esports covering new releases and a wide array of topics including Minecraft, Disney Dreamlight Valley, Phasmophobia, general gaming, streaming, and more. She has been avidly writing and gaming her whole life and now spends her time combining the two. Kacee graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Certificate in Creative Editing and Publishing. She then joined Dot Esports as a Freelance Writer in 2022 before transitioning to a Staff Writer in 2023. In her spare time, she enjoys buying more books than she can read, gaming alone or with friends, drinking too much tea, attending concerts, fangirling over movies and television, listening to music, and spending time with her family, friends, and pets, who are the most important parts of her world.
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