I am going to show you an easy way to get high levels in Mafia Wars legitimately.
First chose the class Maniac. Download the IE toolbar RoBoForm. This utility is used to auto fill in forms. After you install and setup roboforms then start up mafia wars. Go to the godfather tab and find free surveys to take. Choose ones that say “points awarded on valid contact info” These take the least time to fill out and require less work. Use roboform to fill out your contact info, then do the surveys or whatever requirements you have to complete. Do as many of these as possible. Now start doing jobs. Each time you level, put all of your points into energy. Everyone. You should do the jobs that give the most experience per energy. Don’t worry about anything extra till later. All you want to do is invest your points into energy. Keep your godfather points and save them. Go to the mafia wars forums and add every person you can as a friend. You want a big mafia as soon as possible. Along the way try to complete achievements, and master each tier of jobs. These give you extra points to put into energy. The really important job tiers are the one that give you reduced timer for energy and the boss tier which gives you 2 energy on each regenration. After you reach higher levels(I recommend 100+) start using godfather points to refill your energy. Try to use them effectively. If you only need a few more points to level, try waiting the timer out and doing jobs to finish the level. Energy is the most effective way to level. If you go with stamina it takes way to long to level. Plus you have to invest 2 points for stamina, and invest points into attack and health to be effective.
The money you get from jobs invest it in property at first. Once you get a steady income then start investing in items. Put things like the camera, false docs, illegal transaction record on your wish list. Maybe someone will send you some and they will make you boost a lot faster.