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Starting can be tough. But I find that suicide robbing higher value houses with 2k worth of tools usually works. Most of the times there seems to be a house in the 5-15k range that is easy enough to "solve". The five minutes before your house gets listed will also give you some time to scout without spending the starting cash. A benefit of suicide robbing is that you learn a lot about traps and how to circumvent them.

Building a simple starting house is also viable. I find that building a cheap death trap with a non obvious "commit gate" can be very successful. The key is to keep your house value on a level high enough to be interesting to rob for new players without tools. I have had luck attracting robbers with houses in the 800-1000 value range. And while waiting for robbers to die, I scout and rob other low value houses.

Ahhh the wonderful brick - always bought in even numbers. Saved me many times from the evil cats and their traps. I only wish I was stronger so I could throw them further than four tiles.

I don't think that I have ever used a crowbar. I remember wishing I had one once or twice though when facing powered doors.