Income is especially hard to come by, particularly the further you advance into the game. It can take several days for an active player to earn enough money for anything worthwhile if you only rely on the passive income you get from buildings and the money you get from sending characters on jobs.

Sometimes it takes a little extra boost, and the most popular method is something called “house farming”.

Anyone with free space can begin house farming, though much like real farming, you’re going to have clear some land to plant your new crop. This means removing all roads and decorations so you can clustering all of the unique buildings into a corner of the map. It’s not pretty, but it’s only a temporary sacrifice.

What type of houses should I farm?

This really depends on how often you plan to check your device, as each different type of house generates income at different intervals. For instance, you will probably want to avoid farming Brown Houses, unless you literally check your device every five minutes.

What are the different types of houses?

Since we’ve already eliminated the idea of Brown Houses, lets focus on our other options:

In this chart you’ll get a glance at how much you can earn with each different type of house, as well as its cost, and the time it will take you to recover the cost of one house purchased.

HOUSE INTERVAL COST RECOVERY TIME Purple 3h / $75 $1100 15 Pink 6h / $120 $3400 29 Blue 8h / $150 $1800 12 White 12h / $200 $7700 39 Orange 16h / $250 $24500 98

What house type is the least economical to farm?

Using this data you can see that the Orange House is one of the least economical, as it is the most expensive and you won’t even recover your initial investment until after the first 98 collections.

The White House, while it is one of the smaller houses, is rather expensive and it won’t yield positive results until after the first 39 collections, more than triple the rate of the Blue House. While space is certainly something consider, it certainly isn’t a number one priority.

What house is the most economical to farm?

This ultimately depends on how often you’re going to check your device. If you’ll only be able to check your device a few times a day, it makes more sense to invest in Blue Houses. However if you know you’ll be able to make to log-in every three hours, you’ll get more bang for your buck with Purple Houses.

Pink Houses should be eliminated as an option too, as they cost nearly twice as much as Blue Houses, yet earn income at very similar rates. Ultimately your best bet is either Purple Houses or Blue Houses.

What is the best strategy overall?

Honestly, it’s probably best to have some combination of the Purple and Blue Houses. Even if you know you can check your game every three hours when you’re awake, it’s likely you’re going to get around eight hours of sleep each night. This is when Blue Houses have the advantage.

If you have school, work, or other obligations that won’t allow you to get the most out Purple Houses, then an all Blue House farm would be your best option.

Any other advice?

Try not to place your house farm in the plots of land you see when you first log-in. Neighbors visiting your town don’t want to be greeted to a house farm as the first thing they see, particularly if they are using an older device as this may crash their game. If you must house farm, try to keep it off to the side somewhere.