Become an expert in a skill - from cooking to gardening - and use this to unlock interactions, objects, gameplay and to earn more currency. Use money objects or rent out your skills in the player services economy - repairman anyone?
Be Known For Something
Everybody in Vitare ends up with a thing. The player everyone calls when something needs fixing. The one whose garden is unreasonably good. The chef whose cooking is worth crossing the map for. Yours will find you soon enough - just start doing something and stick at it.
Making Your V$
There's money to be made here if you want it. Work the money objects alongside a friend and it comes in faster. Grow something and sell it. Open a shop. Charge for what you're good at. The economy in Vitare is run entirely by players, so there's a gap in it for whatever you decide to be.
And Then There Are Bills!
Keeping a lot costs money, which is what stops Vitare filling up with abandoned mansions! It also means there's always a good reason to get back out there.
Pick something to get good at - it's free to start.