read turtorial number one, build one of every building in city and follow the quests till around level 6 or 7, then upgrade your housing so you have idol pop and resource buildings so you will have plenty of resources coming in by level 8 you should have 10k of each resource coming in, then take acouple level 1 and 2 wilds too produce more and always research something also never raise your tax percentage too higher than 50 percent