Any WRE Turnaround Specialists Out There?

[Kekvit Irae]

A good way of getting first-turn income is to sell off your stables, barracks, hippodrome, and any other building that does not directly affect happiness or public health or public order. I suggest you keep your archery ranges, as archers + roman stone walls = murder.
Use that money to pay for ports... lots of them.

[manbaps]

Ports and trading posts are the most important thing in my opinion. Gets the positive income flowing after turn 2 so you dont go into the minuses. Disband all peasant units and sit tight. Once there are revolts, wait and there should be loyalist revolts; the ai nearly always moves the garrison out of the city after about 2 turns. A spy would help if you got one but not essential. Or besiege if it doesnt look like its going to happen the exterminate and presto problem solved.

[rebelscum]

I suggest playing ERE and reconquer all territory lost by WRE.

[SwordsMaster]

give up hopeless provinces. Destroy the buildings and give them to your enemies for cash. You´ll retake them later.

[econ21]

Just out of interest - which provinces are hopeless? Or does it vary?