Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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The American Dream

The American Dream

Purchase your first house

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How to unlock the The American Dream achievement in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - Definitive Guide

For help on money for this achievement and the Metrosexual and The Horse betting achievement I have a helpful solution

Use the Inside Track Betting Shop (located under intersection of freeways in Los santos, closest save house is grove street until you purchase one near glen park, which would bag you this achievement)

Save before you go bet, then bet everything on the highest odd, in my experience you have to lose and reload twice before hitting the win on third try... It make take less or more attempts

Just save, go bet, if you lose then reload save and repeat

I made just over 2 million in 10 mins, so worth it as you'll need a lot of ammo and armour for the gangs and main story

Hope this helps
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I used this method to max it out at $999,999,999 wink
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By BPBPBPBPBPBPBP on 27 Oct 2014 04:03
I've known about this since maxing the money on my PS2 master save file. Just letting you know it's the method I use wink
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By BPBPBPBPBPBPBP on 28 Oct 2014 03:22
I used to do this back on the original Xbox version back in the day :)
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By EDDS on 28 Oct 2014 12:32
Is there any other place to save than your house?
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By on 30 Oct 2014 04:21
Awesome stuff! Tried this and on the first go I made $140K off my little over $12K total. Will do it two or three times more so I have no money worries for the rest of the game.
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By on 07 Feb 2015 23:10
Great trick, my horse won on the first try
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By GsO Light on 20 Jul 2015 01:33
I had to bet 6 or 7 times before winning.
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By Moe GZ on 08 Mar 2023 21:25
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I found that early on in the game ambulance and firefight missions give you lots of money, playing them enough will allow you to gather enough money to buy a house.
It should be noted that you can start these mission right after you have completed the first mission.

i have made a quick map for the locations of Firetruck, Ambulance and the house i bought.
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The Yellow square: Firetruck
The blue square: ambulance
The Red square: is the house i bought

the House i bought costed 10 000$, so you will have to do the ambulance or firefighter missions until you get enough, that will be about 10 levels of them. (might depend on what you do, and you will get more money each the more levels that are stacked.) it won't take very long.

There are no cheaper Houses on in the starting area, there are a few more houses that cost 10 000, so this is your best bet.

if you anyways want to buy another safe house here you got the a full list:
http://www.gta-sanandreas.com/guides/safehouses/

when you have 10 000$ go to the place marked on the map and buy it. Achievement unlocked!

if you want to keep the money you can save the game right before you buy the house and as soon as you get the achievement you can dashboard or load that manual save and you should have all the money and the achievement.

if you think there are any improvements to be done to this solution, please post in the comments.
Any questions? ask below, i will reply as soon as possible.
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26 Oct 2014 16:53

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There is a house closer, 3 streets south of CJ's mom's house. It is in a cul de sac but costs the same amount, $10,000.
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By LuckyKant on 26 Oct 2014 17:09
The area is Willowfield.
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By LuckyKant on 26 Oct 2014 17:10
do you know if maybe every house costs 10 000?
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By itz waz me on 26 Oct 2014 17:20
I doubt it.
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By LuckyKant on 26 Oct 2014 17:21
i will take a closer look at it as soon as i'm done with my session.
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By itz waz me on 26 Oct 2014 17:27
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Easily obtained after a few story missions, a property can be purchased once you see a green “House” icon on the map. The cheapest ones encountered are the Hotel Suites in Las Venturas, or the $10,000 house near Cesar Vialpando's house.

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The achievement is obtained by completing the initial tasks of the plot, you don’t have to bother.
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30 Nov 2015 05:12

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So, our goal is to buy a house in the Jefferson area for $10,000. Where can I get the money?
The best way to earn money at the beginning of the game is by killing drug dealers and completing fireman missions.
In the first case, if you kill one drug dealer, you will receive about $2000 bucks. Then look for another and so on until you get 10k.
In the second case, it is enough to take a fire truck next to the hospital and complete a couple of levels. They are very light, believe me.
Well, that's basically it.
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By TeMkA169 on 06 Dec 2015 19:19
We play on the sports betting (reboot if necessary), get a bunch of dough and calmly go buy all the houses. Although for a trophy, of course, buying one house is enough. I highly recommend first of all buying a modest house not far from the betting shop, this way you will earn money faster.
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By Kazuma-2 on 24 Apr 2017 21:12
If you complete a medic and a firefighter in the first city at once, then 100+ thousand will be in your pocket. You can simply smear yourself with all the trophies associated with purchases(=
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By MeJloman on 08 Mar 2021 11:04
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We need to buy a house. A house naturally costs money. How to get them? Everything is very simple. We go to the bookmaker's office "Inside Track" (here is a map of these offices: https://gta.ag.ru/sa/map/betting.htm ) and bet all the money on the last or penultimate horse. If you are unlucky, then load the last save and go there again...
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05 Dec 2015 20:39