Quote: (02-26-2014 06:29 AM)DrugAdvisor Wrote:
Step 1: open a brokerage account charging low commission fees.
Step 2: put 10-30% of your spare cash from hustles into the account and buy index funds. Create another bank acc to store 10-20% into it as your rainy day fund.
Step 3: repeat step 2 once every 3-4 months. For as long as possible.
Step 4: when u see blood on the streets (typically occurs once around 7-10 years), calmly withdraw half of your cash from rainy day fund and pile on your discounted index fund.
Step 5: repeat all of the above while looking for bonds that you prefer that yields between 3-6% easy.
Work out exactly how much passive income u want:
100/3 x (yearly passive income desired) = max target for your index fund
Cash out and enjoy life.
DrugAdvisor - while your posted strategy is academically sound, it would likely take forever. Although this is what they teach in undergrad finance class, the academics are usually 15 years behind...so, sometime soon they are going to have to pitch this idea. I mean, if you want some passive income when you are 65...go for it. If you want to enjoy some mailbox money while your dick still works, I'd recommend changing this game up.
I frankly think generating truly passive income is tough.
Example: I invested as an LP in someone else's deal. Because they have to do all the work (put deal together, engage an operator, interact with operator, etc.) all I can expect to get is a 6% coupon and if things go well I double my money at exit after 5yrs. (and when I say, double, this includes the 5yrs of coupons so it isn't as sexy as it sounds).
But, if you invest as an LP as a way to learn how to replicate this deal as the GP...in all reality this type of deal could probably be managed with 10 hours a week of work. By definition you are an "active" investor as the GP, but the recurring revenue is now of an amount that is probably meaningful.
If we are all looking for some "mailbox money", then a truly passive investment strategy will not likely get you there anytime soon (even in private deals). Investing in the market for sure won't get you there anytime soon.
So, my vote is to add a little elbow grease to the "passive" investment and make it "active", but not so active that it can't be easily managed from afar.