[LuparKoor]

In an effort to remove money frim the economy, how about putting into effect house rentals. Currently we pay a huge amount for a house then we don't pay anything else. How about making rental housing that we could use. Rental housing would be the same happiness benefits as the normal houses, but you'd pay 5% of the cost of buying the real house, but instead would get the rental house for 1 week.

This would be a pretty good way to pull money from the economy, while giving us a way to boost stats alot more at times than we'd regularly be able to afford.

Off the top of my head, I don't know the cost off the houses or the happiness ratings, so I'll make up a scenario:

House for sale - 500k gives 500 happiness
Same house, rental version - 25k to live in it for a week and during that time gives you 500 happiness.

At the lower levels this doesnt seem so great, but at the higher levels you could finally get access to some of the huge houses, at least temporarily.

Currently you buy a house and can sell it for almost as much as you paid for it, so houses aren't actually a money sink, but if you incorporated this, then you could pull a lot of money from the economy in the long run, while helping the players gain skill and not actually screwing anyone over.