The quickest path to a large balance in San Diego Border Roleplay is joining the Police team and confiscating illegal money printers from apartments. Each printer you seize is worth far more than routine civilian work, and a single occupied apartment can hold several of them.
Quick answer: Switch to the Police team, drive to the apartments, listen for active printer sounds, confirm a warrant or immigration violation in the Police Database, force entry, and confiscate every printer inside. Confiscated printers reportedly pay around 10,000 each.

Why the Police printer raid pays the most
Civilians earn money slowly through smuggling and robbing, while a Police officer can seize high-value setups that other players spent time building. That difference is what makes the raid loop the strongest repeatable income in the game.
The catch is that the payout only lands when you move cleanly. You need an active server, a real warrant or immigration violation, and enough speed to confiscate the printers before the owner returns to hide or move them.
Note: The 10,000 figure per printer should be treated as approximate. Exact cash per raid, arrest rewards, immigration check payouts, and per-hour rates are not fixed numbers you can plan around.

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Add to Google Preferences →What you need before a raid
| Requirement | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Police team (Cadet) | Gives you the tablet, database access, and force-entry tools. |
| Active server | More players means more occupied apartments with printers. |
| High game volume | Active printers can be heard from outside the door. |
| Police Database access | Needed to confirm a warrant or run an immigration check. |
| Correct username | Check the exact name shown on the door and player list. |
Press Tab to open the player list first. If the server looks empty or nobody appears to be using housing, switch to a busier one before you waste time walking hallways.
How to run a Police printer raid



E on each one to Confiscate. Grab every printer in the room quickly, because the owner can return, pick them up, or leave the game.You know it worked when the Confiscate prompt disappears and your balance and XP update after seizing the machine.

Mistakes that waste a raid
| Mistake | Better move |
|---|---|
| Forcing entry with no warrant | Confirm the wanted level or immigration violation first. |
| Searching the wrong name | Use the exact username from the door and player list. |
| Playing with low volume | Turn sound up so you can hear printers through doors. |
| Staying in a dead server | Leave once apartments read as unoccupied. |
| Stalling after finding printers | Confiscate immediately before the owner reacts. |
Civilian money methods for passive income
If you would rather build passive income, you can run printers yourself as a Civilian instead of confiscating them. This trades raid speed for a setup that keeps paying while you play.
Beyond printers, Civilians can smuggle Black Market goods across the border, rob other players’ safes with a crowbar, or hit a bank across the border. Higher-value smuggled items carry higher detection percentages, so weigh profit against the risk of being caught by Border Patrol.

Buying cash directly with Robux
The cash shop lets you convert Robux straight into in-game money, which is the fastest option if you would rather skip the grind entirely. Prices scale with the amount you want.
| In-game cash | Robux cost |
|---|---|
| $7,500 | 39 |
| $20,000 | 89 |
| $70,000 | 229 |
| $200,000 | 579 |
| $400,000 | 979 |
| $750,000 | 1,799 |
| $1,250,000 | 3,499 |
For most players the Police printer raid remains the best free method, since it costs nothing to start and scales with how many active apartments you can clear. Keep the loop tight, stay inside the game’s roleplay rules, and jump servers whenever the current one runs dry.






