Cutting to the chase: I am thinking about setting up a themed sim on an island. Now, I have read the start-up costs, and the monthly expenses to run it, but I wonder if anyone has any inside experience they would like to share with me.
First of all, the cold hard numbers:
As I understand it, my fixed monthly expenses are the Island maintenance fee, and then wages for estate managers and staff, and possibly also advertising. Am I missing anything here? There is also a sizeable start-up expense related to purchasing the island and then terraforming and building it, and the incomes will need to repay these in the medium term.
My incomes are from renting plots of land out as well as vendor rental. Are there other any sources I should factor in?
Those aside I would really like to hear any input from anyone who has actually run a themed sim, whether RP, Furry, Gorean or whatever (I am not interested in the theme they represent, but rather the experiences they have of operating and running an island)
I look forward to your input and experiences!