How to Make Money in San Andreas

 San Andreas offers the player a huge variety of ways to make money. I've collected together some of the best ways. 

I have excluded missions from this list as you are obviously aware that you earn money from doing them. Furthermore, you didn't search for this article in order to find that out. So don't write in the comments that I left out missions

MegaBucks

There are several things you can go in San Andreas which will give you large one off payments which significantly boost your bank balance. Example include:

• $50,000 for completing the freight missions. + earnings
• $13,450 for completing Fire-fighter missions + earnings
• $10,000 completing for completing courier missions + earnings

Dependable Earnings

• Taxi driver. Slow at first but earnings increases significantly with the number of fares in a row.
• Killing drug dealers
• Buying/acquiring assets and collecting the money
• Fire fighter, paramedic and vigilante missions
• Redoing trucking and freight missions
• Burglary   

Spend Less

When your playing San Andreas your not just looking to make money you also want to get your moneys worth. Your biggest expense in the game will be weapons so anything you can do to save on them will make a big difference especially when you have to endlessly retry missions.

• Spray all 100 tags and free weapons will appear at your Ganton safe house
• Collect all the horseshoes and weapons will spawn in front of the Four Dragons
• Complete pimping missions and prostitutes will pay you.
• Eat fatty meals (not too many) and you won't need to buy food as often.
• Get weapons by stealing them from rival gang members
• Keep your weapons after getting wasted/busted by dating Katie Zhan and Barbara Schtenvart
• Learn where to find weapons instead of buying them.

Assets (businesses)

Assets provide a good income over time. However, you have to to collect it which is a pain. You are best to memorise the location of assets and swing by and collect the money whenever you are in the area. For example, every time you land or get a plane from Verdant Meadows collect your earnings.

Asset	Location	How to get it	Income
Johnston House	Ganton, Los Santos	Produces income after Doberman/ Home coming missions. Income increases with the number of hoods you control.	$8,000
Zero's RC	Garcia, San Fierro	Complete Zero's Missions and buy for $30,000	$5,000
Wang Cars	Downtown, San Fierro	Complete driving school and Yay Ka Boom Boom and buy for $50,000	$8,000
RS Hall	Flint County	Complete trucking missions	$2,000
Hunter Quarry	Bone County	Complete quarry missions	$2,000
Vank Hoff Hotel	Financial, San Fierro	Complete valet parking task	$2,000
Roboi's Food Mart	Commerce, Los Santos	Complete courier mission (on BMX outside asset)	$2,000
Hippy Shopper	Queens, San Fierro	Complete courier mission (on Freeway outside asset)	$2,000
Burger Shot	Redsands East, Las Venturas	Complete courier mission (on Faggio outside asset)	$2,000
Verdant Meadows	Bone County,	Buy for $80,000 for the mission “Verdant Meadows”	$10,000

Cheating

The above tips and tricks take time and perhaps your just too impatient for that. So, for completeness I have included a section on ways you can cheat to increase your money.

The following cheats will give you $250,000 when used: R1 R2 L1, X, LEFT, DOWN RIGHT UP LEFT DOWN RIGHT UP on PS2 or HESOYAM on PC.

The other way you can cheat without entering cheat codes is by using what gamers call a “soft reset”. That is turning the console on and off until you get what you want. This can be used to make money in the casinos (need access to third island) or by betting on the horses. What you do is go to the casino or betting shop and bet all your money. If you loose simply turn off the console and try again. When using this tactic your best to play either blackjack to double your money or to bet on a row and colour in Roulette.