Are there cheap sims to own?

[LuciaRiley]

I'm highly doubting it, but do any of you know places where sim owning is semi-cheap..??

[Cinnamon Lohner]

Best place for your post is in the Wanted: Full Sim  forum.

--Cinn

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Wanted-Full-Regions/bd-p/WantedFullRegions

 

[Peggy Paperdoll]

The "highly doubt it" part of your first sentence is pretty much spot one.  All sims are ultimately provided by Linden Lab.  And LL charges real life money for each and every sim owned by anyone (other than the sims LL operates.....which is mainland sims).  The price for a full sim is $295.00 (USD) per month and for homestead sims, I believe, is $195.00 per month..........but you must own, at least, one full sim to purchase a homestead sim.  So, if you want to own a sim someone is going to have to pay LL either $295.00 or $195.00 per month.  If you "purchase" a sim from someone other than LL then the real life money obligation to LL is transferred from the sellers name to your name and you must pay LL the real life money each month.  If you rent the sim from someone they may take the SL currency (L$) for payment......but that amount will certainly equal, in L$, the real life dollar amount due each month to LL.  About L$73,750 for a full sim and L$48,750 for a homestead sim.  That's based on $1.00 USD equaling L$250.  That's also not allowing any profit for the owner........and that is probably not going to happen.  If you buy from LL you will be required to pay in real life money the equivalent of the monthly fee for the type of sim you purchase.

You won't find "cheap" sims.  You'll only find sims at the same price for everyone who owns a sim.  Bargains are non-existant in SL.

[KarenMichelle Lane]

Lucia,

Below are the details as published by LL in regards to Buying Regions [sims] in SecondLife including all current pricing information.

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Buying-Private-Regions/ta-p/700045

If you need a Full Region you can buy existing regions that are up for sale from private parties. These are much more affordable than purchasing a new region from LL. They usually are for sale for a "sliding value" depending on when they are sold and when the next schedule tier die date to LL is due. The parties will then have to agree on who pays the $150 USD transfer fee to LL. Full regions can have up to 100 avatars on them at one time but the practical limit is between 65-70.

Mainland regions are more affordable but they have a 40 avatar limit on each.

If you do not need a full region then there are fabulous market price deals on parcels for lease all over SL.