GTA 5 has a pretty complex economy. Here you can not just endlessly repeat a profitable mission or bet on horse races to get rich. You need to carefully think through every step, invest, choose the right partners for robberies and do not waste money.

If you do everything wisely, you can make a lot of money. Enough to buy up all of Los Santos, from luxury cars to skyscrapers. In this guide, I'll detail how to accomplish this.

Step One: Plan wisely

Making money in GTA 5 starts long before your first serious income. It is important to follow a few simple, but very important rules from the very beginning.

First, don't waste money. Throughout the game will be tempted to buy a new gun, expensive car or mansion. But if your goal is to maximize your capital, it is better to refrain from it. At the beginning of the game, money will be needed for investment, and if you spend everything on guns and cars, you will regret it later.

Secondly, choose the right partners for robberies. Some characters take a small share, but poorly perform their work, because of which you can lose a significant part of the proceeds. The optimal option is to find allies who are initially cheap, but improve their skills.

Third, do not forget to save. Before every important choice, before investing, before completing Lester missions - always make a save. If something went wrong, you can always roll back.

Heists: the big money is in your hands

Unlike side quests and random events, heists are part of the main plot, so you can't miss them. They bring a solid income, but if you pick the wrong team, you can lose a significant part of the loot.

The first serious case is the robbery of a jewelry store. Here it is better to choose a smart approach to get the maximum profit. The driver should be Karim Denz - he does not have the best skills, but it will be enough. The shooter should be Paki Macriri, who can be found in a random event. His skills are above average and his cut isn't the highest. As a hacker, Ricky Lukins would be best - he's cheap and will pump up over time.

The next big case is a robbery in Paleto Bay. You don't have much choice, but you can use either Paki Macriri or the Chief as a shooter. They have the same share, so there is no difference.

The most important stage will be the final heist (Federal Vault). Here you can earn 37 million dollars for each character. The best team composition: the driver we take Taliana Martinez, she requires only 5% of the loot. Karim Denz is the co-driver and the shooters are Paki Macriri and Gustavo Motu. With this lineup, you can take out maximum money.

Stock Exchange: How to make billions

Robberies bring good money, but you can only get really rich on the stock market. Lester offers a series of missions in which you have to eliminate businessmen, which affects the stock price. We will buy up shares of competitors in advance, complete the mission and sell them at the peak of growth.

• The first mission of Lester is “Murder - Hotel”. Before completing it, we need to buy Beta Pharmaceuticals shares with all the money. After completing the mission, wait a day and sell them with 50% profit. Then invest in Bilkington shares and wait about a week - their growth will be 123%.

• The next mission is “Assassination - Four Targets”. Before it buy shares of Debonaire Cigarettes, after the mission wait a day and sell with 50% profit. Then invest in Redwood and wait a week - in the end 385% gain.

• During the third mission - “Assassination - Panel” - invest in Fruit Computers, and after the mission sell with 25% profit. Then we buy Façade and wait a week, making 33% profit.

• The fourth mission - “Murder - Bus” - does not require investment before execution, but after it you should buy Vapid and hold for a week, getting 100% profit.

• The last mission - “Murder - Construction” - requires an investment in Gold Coast before completing it. After the mission, you just need to wait two days and you can sell the stock with 50% profit.

After all these operations, each character will have 1.5 billion dollars.

Additional ways to earn money

Robberies and investments are the main methods of enrichment, but there are also alternative ways.

In the city, you can come across collection vans. They appear randomly, and if you destroy the back door, you can pick up between $5,000 and $20,000.

There is a special way for Trevor to make money - collecting nuclear waste. Buy the Sonar Collections Dock for $250,000 and collect radioactive barrels, earning $23,000 each. In total, you can earn $690,000 dollars.

Random events can also bring income. For example, you can rescue a kidnapped girl who will later send 60,000 dollars. Or help a businessman who gives a tip on Tinkle shares - their price will rise by 25%.

If you return the bike to a random NPC, he'll thank you with $100,000 in shares.

One of the most lucrative ways is to search for underwater money suitcases. There are containers hidden underwater that hold up to 25,000 dollars. Using save and load game, you can endlessly farm the money as the suitcases will reappear.

By the end of the game, Michael, Franklin and Trevor will have a large amount of money in their accounts! It will be enough for everything: real estate, luxury cars, yachts, airplanes and secret objects. With such capital you can literally buy all of Los Santos!