For one thing its difficult looking for houses because my computer cannot bring up the windows for .rar it cannot downlode from tsr anymore. And my sims3 crashes
You could always visit the ChinafanSims Houses thread at The Sims Cave. It's a huge collection of houses by Asian designers that aren't always available for Western players of the Sims 2.
Since you didn't specify whether or not you were looking for houses for the Sims 2 or the Sims 3, you could visit Just Another Sims Site or LifeStyle4Sims for both types.
And, though I'm sure you know this, .rar files can be opened by downloading WinRar, which is free and available in most languages you speak. It also can be used for an unlimited time
not the best you've ever had, but you say I'm pretty close ...