[DoEE] The Q1 House

Day 2,747, 02:43 Published in Australia Australia by Aus Ministry of Finance





Today, we will explain one aspect of a fundamental part of the game - how to make money for nothing. For those of you who have not yet realised, a Q1 house is an investment that can make you money. All we have to do is some basic maths. We know you all hate it, but we can walk you through it. With pictures even.



The most important thing to realise is that each house you activate earns you something called an overtime ticket. You get one every hour and they don't expire. Collect 24 tickets and you can work an extra shift. No penalty rates, just your base salary... The house will last for a week (7 days). So, you can earn up to 7 days extra income for each house.


Activating more than one house of the same quality will extend the duration, not give you a double helping of overtime. If you activate both a Q1 and a Q2 house at the same time, you will get extra overtime (three work shifts each day in total).






To see if buying a house is a good idea or not we need to do some research. Firstly, and just like the real world, it is important to know how much money you make. You can see your current employment salary (pre-tax) under My Companies.



You'll wind up seeing something like this.







This screen will show you how much you are paid for each work shift after the thieving government get theirs hands on it. $58.80, in this particularly highly paid case - she must be a valuable employee! 😉



Next, again just like the real world, we need to know how much a house is going to set you back. Completely unlike the real world, a bank is not waiting in the wings to sell you into middle class slavery for 30 years - you're going to need the cash up front. You can find what a house is worth by clicking through the Marketplace screens. I'll assume you can do that - if you can't then please post in the comments below and we’ll talk you through it.


Look for a Q1 house, and you'll wind up seeing something like this.







Now, a house lasts for seven days. Some simple maths tells us that if our net salary (that is, salary after tax) multiplied by 7 is greater than the price of a house, well, you win. In the example case, $58.80 x 7 = $411.60. The house costs $295, which is a winner.



In this example, we can collect $116.60 extra money every week, just by purchasing an item. Your employer will win too, because you will be producing twice as many goods which will, of course, be sold at a profit.



Oh, and just in case you weren't convinced, you get 50 extra energy (so 550 usable and 550 stored) thrown into the bargain. Look how much energy centres cost to buy, and see if you can find the better value product!




The below are links to valuable sources of information for eAustralians young and old, so please feel free to use them as they are there to help you.