Realistic Passive income?

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Realistic Passive income?

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Naperville and Jim and others, I was thinking about what you said about making sure people have resources as they age.

Let's think about this:
What are some good and realistic sources of passive income that can be generated by most any everyday person who starts out as a so called minimum wage working class to upper middle class people, who do not get born into millions or billions?

Can this be done to make sure the person has enough to eat, is never homeless, and has decent health care?
Not to live greedy or crazy rich but to be reasonably secure and comfortable.

All ideas are welcome.
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SpyderEdgeForever wrote:
Tue Feb 10, 2026 10:15 am
Naperville and Jim and others, I was thinking about what you said about making sure people have resources as they age.

Let's think about this:
What are some good and realistic sources of passive income that can be generated by most any everyday person who starts out as a so called minimum wage working class to upper middle class people, who do not get born into millions or billions?

Can this be done to make sure the person has enough to eat, is never homeless, and has decent health care?
Not to live greedy or crazy rich but to be reasonably secure and comfortable.

All ideas are welcome.
If I only knew. I'd be doing it right now. I am trying to get a job right now. I'll take almost any job.

If I had $40k to $50k to live on every year I'd be set, but how long am I going to live? 5 years? 20 years? That is why I said $2 to $5 million and you're set.
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Re: Realistic Passive income?

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YouTube "The most overlooked 10k/m business anyone can start".

Guy rents out used washing machine /dryer sets and supposedly works about 5hrs a week. Not completely passive, but pretty interesting. Gets ya thinking ;)
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I retired at age 63. I'm 66 now. SSA does not pay enough to live on. I'm fortunate to have hooked up with a furniture restoration guy for the last 5.5 years. He has no plans to quit his business even though he will be 69 in a few months. We work well together and he pays me cash under the table every week. I get the same money if I work 5 days or 2 days. It's a great situation that suppliments SS well.

I have a wood shop in my two stall garage in my home that I own. When my "boss" decides to close it down, I hope to make the money I need to suppliment SS in my shop... the Lord willing.
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