by Thunkd
Buildings are a wash in terms of victory points if you buy them (as money = vp), so you're only buying them for bonus symbols which can increase the effects of other buildings, or to get the rents when other people use them. Or to be able to sell it at the right time so that you can guarantee you'll be able to use it even if it is already occupied.In general I would only worry about it if it's a really cool building (which typically make more sense to build than buy) or if I happen to be set up for it. I wouldn't devote time in the early game towards going out of my way trying to buy buildings... That's taking too much effort away from more important things you should be doing.