Talk:Friend Points/@comment-174.17.164.25-20140819092103/@comment-25021853-20140829191345

Good point. I figured out the same thing fairly early on too and I now have a farm of brown houses and Kwik-E-Marts right where the game starts up so my neighbors always have something to tap on. I tend to play frequently during the day, especially now with the current Event, but I still have to sleep and not everyone is in my time zone or on the same schedule and I often wake to see I've been visited by neighbors.

A good rule of thumb, if all your brown houses have handshake icons over them each time you come back to the game then you need to add some more, if there are a few still untapped by neighbors, then you have enough. Having a good farm of brown houses is also good for while you're waiting for something else before leaving the game again, you can tap and collect from them while you wait, for some extra cash and XP, just be sure to leave at least 6 untapped for neighbors who may stop by while you're playing.