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Windows are just too powerful right now and something needs to be able to disable them. (not just break them)

I definitely see the ability to cover a window as something that needs to be implemented though.

Spend the first 5 minutes scouting houses with no tools. You have a 5 minute window where your house doesn't show up on the server. Find a house that seems like you might be able to rob it and then go get your $2000 in tools and try the house. You can then either spend the money you steal on a house or chain-rob and buy more tools and go for a bigger house. This doesn't obviously work everytime but over the course of a day or two you will get a big score and be able to build a sweet house. You will probably end up getting robbed pretty quickly but that is the game's play cycle.

Yea, I feel you. The only two options I see right now in the game are:

You scout houses with no tools when you first start out (you have a 5 minute buffer before your $2000 house appears on the server). You can then find a house that looks good and still be able to re-enter it in your same life with your $2000 in tools.

OR

You spend the $2000 on building and wait FOREVER for people to enter your house because its in the >$500 list.

You CAN move the pitbull without repaying. Just make sure you have the pitbull selected in the tools first then click on the pitbull and move it. It is free.

Maybe the brick could just "crack" the window making it un-see-thru-able? (what a word!)

I agree with you on this but it is just the way that the game has evolved over the last year. Early on in game development you COULD NOT stack tools. You could ONLY carry 8 tools, which made brute forcing IMPOSSIBLE. But it also lead to EVERY house having 9-think walls. Stackable tools were implemented for this reason.

At this point spending 2000 on tools and then chain robbing until you get enough to Brute Force a high value house seems the best way to play. That being said, I just had a house in the top 3 pages yesterday by finally robbing a house worth $55,000 and then only to be brute-forced myself later in the evening. There is a problem with the current state of the game as well as all the influx of new players being polarized but we'll see. The game has constantly evolved over the last year and its at a pretty good, well rounded state right now.

nobody knows the official time? It seems to be pretty low, like 5 minutes?

I have never used one and will never. And although people can do what they want and I support their choice I will not be using them. They are a complete bore to me, BUT they are a good way to make ALOT of money and this is why people use them. They basically require brute-forcing or EXTREME luck.

Yes. I am curios as well and just double checking that I didn't miss an email about when payouts will be sent?

No rush I just want to make sure I didnt miss any announcements?