you must buy them.
how do you get properties in mafia wars
you can buy properties in Mafia Wars if you have enough money to buy them regardless of the level. you can buy properties from $10,000 to $40,000,000.
if you have rackets, you cannot have properties. rackets is where you can get your income.
you can get properties in Mafia wars upon buying first site on where you need to build the structure and then buy the desired business.
You can only buy properties if you are a Mogul, which really stinks since I was a Maniac... but if you are a Mogul then just click Properties.
You can purchase properties in "Properties". First you have to buy a corresponding land for the property that you wanted to buy. For example you want to buy a Mafia Mike's property, you should first buy a Vacant Lot for you to buy Mafia Mike's and same goes for the other properties.
(22.09.09) If you newly join the game, and have access to Rackets tab & Influence points, you won't have Properties options. Something new Zygna is trying on.
go to the properties/rackets tab in your Mafia Wars there you can see the properties available and the amount. if you have properties, just buy the abandoned lot there and in rackets, you must first click on the button collect your take (if you have any) before buying any property.
There was a glitch where you were able to buy a certain number of properties you normally can't and resell them for more money but the guy who figured it out reported it to Zynga the maker of Mafia Wars.
Go to your NY properties, select :) or buy them with loyalty points, 10 for 200
Rackets is the new way Mafia Wars is setup now. Older users have Properties, but Racksets will be phased in slowly by Zynga. You cannot get Properties in Mafia Wars on Facebook. You might still be able to get Properties on My Space, but I doubt that. They are being phased out. First went robbing, then went Properties.