How to make Caps efficiently?

I once got over 4k from the Mysterious Stranger. Not bad at all.

Anyway, With the recent upgrade, things are a bit different. From about a week's play since then, here are my thoughts:

• We get less outfits and weapons from the wasteland. Caps I think are about the same.

• Quests are a nice way to make money, but mostly items. We get far more money from just wandering the wastes.

• I'm not entirely sure, but I think we get less lunch boxes. But, there are also the pet carriers and (could be plain chance) I got more Mr.Handies.

• There is also crafting outfits and weapons. First, we get less of them from the wastes. We then need to spend money on the crafting rooms, plus the cost of crafting (caps and junk). I also don't sell outfits and weapons anymore, but rather recycle to get more junk.

All in all, I find it harder to get caps now. Not that bad, since there is more to do in the game now.

Having people explore with high stats in all categories will increase the gear and caps you get

There's also the method of finding and clicking on the Mysterious Stranger that appears about every 5 minutes who has random amounts of caps on him every time. Just listen to the mysterious song segment that plays that indicates he's appeared. If your volume is off, then feel the vibrates. 2 vibrates means he's appeared and 1 vibrate means he disappeared. You have to search immediately though cause he vanishes in about 10-15 seconds. His caps range from 200 to 4000+. I once got over 2000 caps twice in a row