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Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

The Dream of Easy Money

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Education, Investing, Business, How To

4.5811 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Passive income is paradoxical. While it sounds like getting something for nothing, it either requires a lot of work or money (which generally requires wealth to accumulate). Why do so many people chase after this impossible dream? Plus, you want to know: How should a $250,000 nest egg be invested? Should I ask my broker to help me invest in low-cost index funds and ETFs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesQuestions? Comments? Click!

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0:00.0

Reality Radio for a really great future.

0:08.0

We're talking real money.

0:10.9

The dream, the impossible dream of all Americans.

0:16.6

Nay, nay, all of humanity is to get something for doing nothing. But in America, in America,

0:26.7

we call it for some reason passive income. It's all the rage, particularly among millennials.

0:34.3

How can I create sources of passive income so that I don't have to leave the

0:39.3

house and get a job? I just want income to come in. How do I make passive income for the rest of

0:47.1

my natural life? And you know, there are plenty of people who will tell you how to provide or get passive income.

0:55.7

But some of the ways they suggest generating passive income,

1:00.4

well, Tom, they sound to me far from passive.

1:05.1

They're not very passive.

1:06.3

Let's make sure that we're all on the same page here,

1:08.3

because the IRS defines passive income as

1:12.3

earnings generated by someone who isn't materially participating in the endeavor, meaning you work.

1:18.4

Okay, wait, then you're not actually working. That makes it passive. Yeah, exactly.

1:22.7

Sitting on the couch less than 500 hours annually on a project or less than 100 hours if you put more time

1:29.7

in than the rest of your coworkers involved. So that's the IRS standard. Okay. But what most people

1:35.5

think is I just put the money there and then the money starts coming back to me. That's what most

1:40.5

No, no, no, no, no. What about those, though? And this is the case with a lot of millennials.

1:45.5

I don't have any money. How do I create passive income? Ah, okay. Well, let's get to those ideas.

1:51.6

I mean, there are people who will give you these brilliant, they, they sound so good, particularly to someone with less than a lot of experience.

2:02.6

How about starting a YouTube channel? The typical YouTuber receives $18 per 1,000 views on the videos.

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