I'm kinda new to this Sims thing...

Well, u have to take good care of your sims. So to avoid taking care of them all the time so u can't build relationships of something use this cheat "maxmotives" (without the quotes). to eanter the cheat bar hold down "control" "shift" and the letter "c" at the same time. :) hope that helps your future simming!

It's really fun & addicting. I could play for like seriously the entire dag without getting bored! u probably should start with just one sim so u won't have to worry about too much, cuz a whole lot of sims can be really hard to handle! Especially with school & work and all their needs and all that... of just make 2 adults, its easier to handle the adults. And also get a smaller house too, just buy only the things your sim would need. I havent played TS2 in a while but since Ive played the game for such a long time, its easier for me to pause the game & tell each of my sims what to do, then i just press play on the 2nd speed and everything just plays out how i planned... im used to playing on a faster speed
also when u first verplaats on to the lot, every sim will have to use the bathroom, they will need to eat, they wont have a job, and the only clothes theyll be able to wear are the ones u selected when u made the sim
i hope i helped...

There are lots of cool cheats. I would suggest using motivedecay off and maxmotives so u can build up your sims skills and stuff