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Whats a good way to make money fast early in the game? I don't seem to be
getting much money from just doing the missions and I want to buy some
safehouses.

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Al Bundy wrote:
>
> Whats a good way to make money fast early in the game? I don't seem to be
> getting much money from just doing the missions and I want to buy some
> safehouses.

drug dealers as has been pointed out. do the 'side missions' of
ambulance etc or taxi driving. There's no real need to have tons of
cash too early as you can't really buy much apart from a couple of
second base houses. The weapons purchases come later and there are
many free ones to be had. There is also, or WAS also a neat little
trick to pull once ammunation is open properly which can save you a
lot of cash. This trick may have been 'fixed' in the newer versions
though

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Al Bundy wrote:
> Whats a good way to make money fast early in the game? I don't seem to be
> getting much money from just doing the missions and I want to buy some
> safehouses.
>
>
as I remember, quite early in the game you can get the van for stealing
from houses, you can get tv's and stereos for cash.....

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Cleve wrote:
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> "Al Bundy" <al@al.com> wrote in message
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> > Whats a good way to make money fast early in the game? I don't seem to be
> > getting much money from just doing the missions and I want to buy some
> > safehouses.
> >
> >
>
> I recommend the fire truck mission. Do it through level 12 and you'll have
> about $50,000 (plus you'll be fire-proof, which helps in a couple of the
> missions).
>
> VC veterans, fear not: the SA fire mission is FAR easier than the VC one.
> You may even have fun doing it. Imagine that.
>
> Get a truck (cause a fire) and save it in CJ's garage. It's an easy
> mission, but with bad luck it may take a couple of tries.
>
> --cleve

I must have rotten luck then )

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"Al Bundy" <al@al.com> wrote in message
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> Whats a good way to make money fast early in the game? I don't seem to be
> getting much money from just doing the missions and I want to buy some
> safehouses.
>
>

As has been posted elsewhere, drug dealers are the easiest source. Now,
when I first heard this I went cruising around looking for them, but only
found 1!

A couple of missions later and they are constantly walking into our
neighbourhood. I'm not sure what the change was, but either way, look for a
white guy in a grey/white hooded top - with his hood up - or a black guy
with a black sleeveless top, shades and woollen cap on. They tend to stand
still for half a minute or so with their hands together, then move on.

Beware, as these guys have pistols and react immediately if you do not
target them from directly behind.

One head shot from behind does the trick and it is easy to rack up $10,000
in 5 minutes play.

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"Buckaroo Banzai" <blackhole34@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "JM" <john@demon.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Al Bundy wrote:
>>> Whats a good way to make money fast early in the game? I don't seem
>>> to be getting much money from just doing the missions and I want to
>>> buy some safehouses.
>>
>> Gambling. Save your game, go to OTB and bet as much as you can on the
>> horse with the longest odds. Reload until you win, and then repeat.
>>
>> I ended up with $600,000 after a few goes that way :-)
>
> Yeah, this is the best way, you can make millions in under an hour,
> depending on luck.
>
>
I read about that here when the PS2 version came out, but the betting shop
is a long way from CJ's house! Is there a quick route there that I haven't
found, or do I have to keep driving to the betting shop all the time?

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"Chris Wright" <nospam@chris.com> wrote in message
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> "Buckaroo Banzai" <blackhole34@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "JM" <john@demon.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:3h8hfvFfqur4U1@individual.net...
>>> Al Bundy wrote:
>>>> Whats a good way to make money fast early in the game? I don't seem
>>>> to be getting much money from just doing the missions and I want to
>>>> buy some safehouses.
>>>
>>> Gambling. Save your game, go to OTB and bet as much as you can on the
>>> horse with the longest odds. Reload until you win, and then repeat.
>>>
>>> I ended up with $600,000 after a few goes that way :-)
>>
>> Yeah, this is the best way, you can make millions in under an hour,
>> depending on luck.
>>
>>
> I read about that here when the PS2 version came out, but the betting shop
> is a long way from CJ's house! Is there a quick route there that I haven't
> found, or do I have to keep driving to the betting shop all the time?
>

Are you talking about the one in Mongomery? There's also one on an
east-west street under the Mulholland Intersection (not marked on the map).
Not sure if it's open near the beginning of the game, but check it out.
(You know that place under the Intersection where the guys stop to wait for
CJ when they're riding bikes home from the cemetery? It's the block just
south of there, midway along the block.)

--cleve

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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:12:02 +1000, "alksjdf@aslkdjf.com" <lkasdjf>
wrote:

>The horse betting one doesnt work.
>I've bet all my money on the horse with the worst odds about 10 times
>and the thing never wins!

I backed the second to worst odds horse and raised loads of money. It
wins about 1 in 5 times.
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yes it does. occasionally you'll have a run where it'll never seem to win and you lose a lot of
money - if that happens then just go back to your last save and try again

bpaukovits wrote:
> "alksjdf@aslkdjf.com" <lkasdjf> wrote in message
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>>On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:12:23 +0100, "Al Bundy" <al@al.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Whats a good way to make money fast early in the game? I don't seem to
>
> be
>
>>>getting much money from just doing the missions and I want to buy some
>>>safehouses.
>>>
>>
>>
>>The horse betting one doesnt work.
>>I've bet all my money on the horse with the worst odds about 10 times
>>and the thing never wins!
>
>
> Just persist with missions! In GTA3, that's the best way to get money! The
> average is about $20,000 on Staunton Island.
>
>