yea, Ive seen that when I google searched the topic... but I would rather not cheat. Thank you though!
As it is now, this seems to be a major gate/grind that I hope is balanced-out.
Money is mostly passive in this game. It's extremely rare that I hear anyone have financial issues in Harem Hotel. In most cases of feedback I've received, players end the current story at around $4k - $7k extra.
It's likely that you waited a very long time before you purchased and upgraded the bar, which becomes your main source of income later in the game.
For active sources of income, you can sell pinups, which will make in a day what your other sources of income will make in a week.
Thanks dude! Consider this for any future balancing. Maybe give more incentive to start the bar sooner... have Ellen push MC more. Just a thought. The way I like to play gated/progression games is to finish the current "tier" before moving on. So, YES, I did wait... I assumed some stories may be broken/wonky if I progressed some further than others (which still happens, Android made a cameo on another girls quest-line when she was locked in her room, "splitting" and Maria just made a cameo when she is currently... MIA, in my game (no spoilers).).
Lovin this game!
Dunno about the Pixel one, but didn't visit the Bar much (didn't think it was gonna give me much and was just a passive source of income, so it sat there for a while... After Maria goes MIA, I was kinda desperately trying to get $ to buy something expensive [that necessary purchase to get her back], so I visited the Bar and she was there, talking to Moon.