Player guide

CRE Tycoon is a career, not a sandbox. You start as a broker with no clients and a little cash, earn commissions, buy buildings with them, and try to finish month 120 with the biggest net worth you can. These guides explain each part of that loop in the game's own words.

• Getting startedYour first month, the five tabs, and how a month ends.
• Career and score120 months on a real clock, your final score, and the perk you carry forward.
• BrokerageScratch tickets and prize wheels for leads, then clients, listings, offers and escrow.
• Buying and financingOffers, down payments, interest-only loans, and closings at month end.
• Upgrades6 tracks per building, stars, tiers and set bonuses.
• Refinance and sellThe two big windfalls: tax-free cash-outs and sale cheques.
• RanksAll 14 ranks, the XP each needs, and what each promotion opens.
• DistrictsThe 4 districts, when they open, and what they sell.
• The marketThe cycle, the benchmark rate, drifting districts and rival brokers.
• Skill tree and missionsGems, three branches, respecs, and missions that bank bonus months.

New to the terms? The Learn section explains cap rate, NOI and the rest in plain English, andBuildings lists every property you can buy.