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Paul Alex | Cop to CEO

@thepaulalex_

Aug 21 • 23 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X

My salary progression as a cop in California 🇺🇸

Year 1: $98,000

Graduated from the police academy and started working as a beat cop in Oakland, CA.

Year 2: $102,000

Worked hard, took lots of overtime shifts, and served my community (I was never a lazy cop)

Year 3: $180,000

Became detective in a special narcotics task force, investigated the biggest dr*g dealers in the USA.

Year 4: $210,000

Arrested hundreds of dr*g dealers and saved hundreds of people from human trafficking, got rewarded with Detective of the Year

Year 5&6: $230,000

80-100 hour work weeks, overworked, exhausted, back pain, excessive caffeine intake…

Year 7: $250,000

Realized a 6-figure salary doesn’t make you financially free if you have to trade your time for your job…

I didn’t want to put my life in danger any longer…

I wanted to prioritize my family and personal life.

Travel more while I’m still young & healthy.

And become the first millionaire in my family.

I took a risk and quit my job…

To become a full time entrepreneur.

Over the next 4 years, I’ve built 3 digital marketing companies that generated over $38M in revenue.

I’ve built a $30,000/month credit card machine business.

I retired my mom from her job at the hospital.

Bought my dream home.

Bought my dream cars

Started traveling more.

Met my best friend and got married to the love of my life.

And now I’m building generational wealth for my future kids and grandkids.

But I’ll be forever thankful for my time in law enforcement.

Those 7 years shaped me and helped me become the man I am today.

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Paul Alex | Cop to CEO

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Aug 11

At 29, I bought a brand new $120k Porsche.

A year later it was worth $90k.

3 years later I sold it for $85k.

It was the dumbest financial decision I ever made.

Knowing what I do now, here’s what I’d do BEFORE buying a luxury car:

I didn’t grow up with much.

So when I finally started making good money from my ATM business…

I thought, “I deserve this.”

It felt amazing to drive it around.

But financially it set me back years.

If I could go back, I’d do it differently.

If I had invested that $120k instead of buying a car…

Today I’d have:

→ $268k in the S&P 500
→ $600k in Apple
→ $1M in real estate
→ $1.86M in Bitcoin
→ $2.51M in Nvidia

Instead, I bought something that lost almost half its value in 3 years.

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Paul Alex | Cop to CEO

@thepaulalex_

Jul 8

Former police officer reveals why he’s leaving the U.S. after 37 years…

I’m a proud American.

I was born in 🇺🇸
Worked as a cop in 🇺🇸
Became a multimillionaire in 🇺🇸
Built 3 multimillion-dollar companies in 🇺🇸
Found & married my best friend in 🇺🇸

Leaving this country was a tough decision.

But it has to be done because I have enough…

I have had enough of paying crazy high taxes.

I happily pay my fair share.

But too much is too much.

To give you some context…

I used to live in California.

Californians who earn over $1M in net income as self-employed single-filing individuals are taxed almost $500k.

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Paul Alex | Cop to CEO

@thepaulalex_

Jun 18

UBER doesn’t own any cars.

Airbnb doesn’t own any homes.

Spotify doesn’t create any music.

You can copy their model to build a $6,000/month side hustle:

These companies aren’t special.

Uber connects drivers with customers.

Spotify connects creators with customers.

Airbnb connects landlords with customers.

It’s genius.

But you don’t need to create the next Uber, Spotify, or Airbnb to become a middleman…

You can start a small credit card machine business.

-> Buy 30 machines for $9,000
-> Place them at restaurants
-> Make $6,000/mo in processing fees

You don’t create a product or sell other people’s products.

But what if every location already has a credit card machine?

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Paul Alex | Cop to CEO

@thepaulalex_

Jun 17

Jason Derulo owns a car wash business.

Beyonce owns a meal delivery business.

Steve Carrel owns a gift shop.

Here’s why celebrities invest in boring businesses:

(they know something that you don’t)

Your active income isn’t guaranteed.

One day you can be a famous actor…

The next day you can wake up with an illness or injury and say goodbye to your career.

That’s why smart celebrities use their active income to build passive income sources and secure themselves financially.

The most boring businesses bring in the most consistent money.

That’s why Jason Derulo invests in a boring car wash business.

“But it’s easy when you have money”

That’s a cheap excuse, respectfully,

You can do this too even if you don’t have millions in the bank:

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Paul Alex | Cop to CEO

@thepaulalex_

Jun 10

I asked a divorce lawyer what destroys most marriages.

His answer? It's not adultery.

It's "financial misalignment".

Here are 8 truths about getting rich as a couple (instead of getting divorced):

Most couples think love is enough to build wealth together.

But 73% of divorces are caused by financial stress.

The couples who make it aren't just in love…

They're aligned on money.

Here's what they do differently:

Truth #1: They have a financial agreement

Love is emotional…

But money needs clarity.

They lay it all out early:

→ Income
→ Debts
→ Expectations

For us, a prenup wasn’t about fear…

It wasn't a “Plan B”.

It was about starting our marriage with full transparency.

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Paul Alex | Cop to CEO

@thepaulalex_

Jun 9

I asked my CPA how couples can become millionaires.

He said:

“At the very least, open an LLC today.

Every rich couple has at least one.”

I pay my CPA a sh*t ton of money to reveal what I’m about to share:

Most couples think building wealth means working harder and saving more.

But you can't save your way to wealth when the government takes 40c%+ of everything you make.

The solution?

Become business owners and open LLCs.

Here’s why:

1. Your LLC can legally employ your children and pay them up to $13,850/year tax-free.

As long as they do reasonable work.

That's money that would normally be taxed at your rate.

Plus, it teaches them about business and work ethic.

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