the so-called passive income is the income that can be obtained automatically without spending much time and energy or looking after it. At first glance, it looks a bit like "getting something for nothing". In fact, it often takes a long time of labor and accumulation before getting "passive income". Passive income is a necessary prerequisite for financial freedom and early retirement.
real estate: for example, if you own a house for rent, you can get a fixed rent every month, and the rental income is "passive income".
interest: in fact, the interest on deposits is also "passive income", but the interest on bank deposits is too meager. You can consider getting higher interest through loans, but loans are risky, and if you lend them out, you can't get them back, and you lose everything.
Stock market: This does not mean "stock trading". Stock trading requires time and energy, and it is risky. Here refers to the long-term investment, looking at a high-quality stock, holding it for a long time, and making profits through dividends or long-term appreciation. Earnings are more than savings, and risks are lower than loans.
investment: if you invest in funds and insurance, you can also get a stable income.
in the previous categories, money is used to generate money. The premise is to accumulate capital first. For most people, the process of capital accumulation is also a process of constant effort-labor, time, youth or other things ...
Enterprise: invest in an enterprise and find a professional manager to manage it. Get corporate dividends regularly.
the following two kinds of "passive income" are obtained through the appreciation of knowledge.
intellectual property rights: for example, I wrote a best-selling book and reprinted it many times, and each time I reprinted it, I got a considerable royalty. Or an article is reprinted by many media, and you can also get a good manuscript fee.
Network, IT: I set up a Blog because of my hobbies, and accidentally became a well-known blog. The number of visitors increased greatly, and the advertisements on the webpage brought a lot of extra income. In fact, the Web still provides more opportunities for realizing "passive income", which is studied in detail in another article.
Internet revenue is divided into advertising revenue and content revenue. Advertising revenue is mentioned above, and examples of content revenue are as follows: the following is the closest to "getting something for nothing".
Donation: In many novels and film and television works, some people always get a huge legacy unexpectedly, which should be rare in reality. Most of them get some small red envelopes and gifts.