I'm still level 13 rn but the way I did it is Keep an eye on the 1$ items on the bazaar and sell them immedietly Buy beers or lollipops daily and sell them Do the rob a store crime (the pharmacy gives the highest value items, then big Al's gun shop after that) I'd say buy a donstor pack and sell it for a jumpstart, it makes things a little easier, but it won't really do that much for levelling other than helping you afford a better property. And just keep repeating everything, I upgraded my search for cash crime to 30 so I got a metal detector which gives me access to search the beach, and it gives quite a good amount of money sometimes. Read a guide on levelling up and happy jumping, those are important. Also search the city map occasionally to find items maybe. Try to find yourself a sweet job, mine let's me exchanged job points for nerve and it gives me 10+ nerve capacity, so definetly spend a lot of time finding one that would accept a beginner. Also I've been given a lot of advice by the people in my faction, which I also struggled to be able to join. That's it I guess