At the very beginning of the game you should be following the quests, because they will give you some extra money whenever you complete one of the tasks. You can find the quests in the upper right corner of the screen, and they will ask from the beginning easy requests, such as build a second dining table in the restaurant, or build a double room or so. Try to do what they ask because once you complete one of the tasks, a new one will show up in its place and give you new requests which will give you better rewards. If you want to skip the quests altogether, you will need to manage your money early in the game quite well, because during the early stages of the game it's really difficult to get into making thousands and thousands of dollars because hotels have expenses, and in the game as well. Even though I am not one to go for quests all the time, in this game I prefer to do so because they give some quite good and useful rewards and early on you will need every little penny if you want to keep your staff working.