I have discs of Sims 4. Followed instructions and everything installed fine. I started up the game and had to create a sim before anything else. I did so. That's where I'm still stuck. After creating the sims, how do you actually get in the game to find your house, etc.? I'm really confused. Thanks for your help.

When you were finished with making your sims did you click the check in the lower right corner?

I didn't have a check. I had an X that said cancel.

There's a check to the right of that X that you can click to finalize your sims and move on to choose a home.

There should be a check in the lower right corner. After that select a starter home. Or just press Control+Shift+C then type FreeRealEstate On to make all the homes free. When you exit and save, once you launch the game again just press the play button bottom right, find the green plumbob in the world and click the play button.

Thank you to everyone that helped me out on this. Problem solved. It turns out that my resolution was off, cutting off the far right of the screen. Therefore, I couldn't see the check mark to accept the Sim and move on to the game. This site has some really nice and helpful people. You are appreciated.