I usually keep 2-3 active Fake SINs of decent rating and 3-4 Lifestyles (usually one per SIN and one unconnected and out of the way, like backroom of an old meat packaging plant in The Verge where local thrash bands like to practice).
I treat my real SIN as if it didn't exist for the purposes of just about everything unless i have a family. In that case I get any money I spend with it thoroughly laundered and pay taxes on it as though I had a sporadic job. Something like...freelance writing.
When I ditch them depends entirely on what's happened. I'll usually carry a Meta Link that I leave off with one of the SINs loaded on to it for legit purchases. For everything else, I tend to buy rating 2 SINs in bulk and burn them after I use them. Then again, I do my best to never use a SIN for anything on a job. Certified Cred is a runner's best friend.
Most runs I hand out that involve the group heading out of town or getting into a place using a SIN will have the SIN included with the upfront payment along with relevant licenses. Whether or not the group gets to keep them varies per run.
I thought all runs had that attached to them?
No, no, no. Most runs don't have them and the players manage to screw themselves in the practice of overcomplication or incomplete legwork.
Nothing like a runner going dark before his contacts get back to him only to stagger home barely breathing and find a billion messages to the effect of "shit you need to know NOW!"
As for payout, the only time I have ever seen a six figure payout was in my very first SR game. It was for a Presidential Candidate assassination that took fourteen sessions and three months of Play by Email planning to pull off. Two of us walked away and only one of us actually got paid (although the dumb heavy weapons troll did walk away with the payout for all seven of the PCs that had started the job).
Most of my games stay in the 10-30k range for the most part. There is a lot of extra room for payout if the runners start "greyhawking" every bit of swag they come across to fence out, but in my world stealing corporate supplies is even worse than geeking the security guards. After all, life is cheap.
