spent ages "running" a bunch of businesses and staying broke. the fix was stupidly simple

been playing on and off for years but only properly got into the whole business thing recently. for the longest time i'd log in, bounce between like 5 businesses, resupply one, go sell another, never sit still, and somehow finish the session barely richer than i started. felt like a second job and i was still broke lol

what finally clicked is most of the stuff i was frantically managing is supposed to just tick in the background while i do ONE actual money activity. nightclub + acid lab going, do a heist or some agency work, come back and sell, done. soon as i stopped babysitting everything at once my bank actually started moving.

kinda annoyed it took me this long tbh. what's the money lesson that took you way too long to figure out?