[imported_Horacio]

i also like the idea of having "real estate agents". i would suggest these are people approved by gms to build custom houses for themselves and other players. to become one you would submit pics of a house you previously designed to a real estate comittee (several gms vote on your design skills and decide if you will become a "Certified INX Housing Agent" ).

I was thinking along the lines of RP as well...and you're right Pande, porting people to GA to set up their house doesnt quite fall along the lines of RP, but if it were true RP, people could set up a plot of land and build on it, but we dont want to see empty plots. I love the Real Estate Agent idea and I would be the first in line to sign up, but that may cause issues especially in terms of design agreement with the client. Also i think its safe to assume that the player would charge a fee for this service, which would drive up costs in custom house building.

That may however create balance between custom housing and reg houses. I was also thinking with the empty lots issue...is there a way to add a timer to the lot, so say it remains empty for say 48 hours, a flag is raised to a gm and they can simply go and destroy the property (yes, the player will lose their money for the plot, or the balance can go in their bank if the gm is nice). It might seem tedious at first, but once players realize their plots will be destroyed if not built upon, i doubt people will continue to do it.