Passive Income Ideas

Passive Income – The holy grail of Income! Who wouldn’t want to make money while they sleep? There are a lot of different ways to make money. This list is full of nearly 40 different passive income ideas.

Most people tend to only bring in income from their typical day job and work hard for their money. We used to be the same, but started thinking about different way’s to earn some more money.

We currently generate 6 different sources of passive income, but I would love to get that number up to at least 7. They say the average millionaire has 7 different streams of income.

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Super Passive Income Ideas

1. Solar Panels – In Ontario the government will pay you for your clean energy. When this was first introduced the rates were a lot higher. But if you install a > 6 kW ≤ 10 kW (microfit) rooftop system. Based on 2017 rates you will get 28.8 cents per kwh. Generally you tap into the system and get paid for your hydro.

We got our system set up in January 2018 and it has had no problems and continues to create money for us every month. It’s about as passive as you can get and it’s great for the environment!

2. Dividends – Buy stock in good companies and collect passive income in the form of Dividend’s. I’m a huge fan of dividend growth investing. It is probably the easiest way to create a new passive income source. By combining Dividend stocks and the use of TFSA, RRSP or RESP accounts, you can create a small fortune. Some dividend companies have been raising their dividend every year for over 60 years!

We use Questrade to buy stocks as their trading fees are lower than most in Canada. Buying etf’s are commission free as well, which is a huge bonus. Click the banner below and get 50$ in free trades when you open an account.

 

3. Cash Back Credit Cards – Purchase stuff you normally do with your cash back card and pay off the balance before you get charged interest. Earn 1-4% on each buy. O.k. this one may actually be easier than dividend’s…… Seriously if you have a basic credit card go change it. I personally use a cash back card and get $300-400 back a year. Just make sure you pay your balance to avoid any interest charges. Some people prefer travel reward cards. The choice is yours, but definitely take advantage of credit card bonuses.

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4. Rental Units – Buy and rent out a house a room or basement, you can even rent out part of your property for storage. This is something I’m really contemplating for a new income source, but housing in the GTA is sooo expensive!

5. Rent stuff – Post a ad on kijii and craigslist etc. I rent out my kayak and am looking into buying some have a heart traps and portable scaffolds. A friend rents out wedding linings. It’s all cash and just requires you to post a ad once in awhile. If you choose to do this I recommend asking for a deposit and to take a picture of their photo id.

6. Air B n B – I know a couple people who do this. Great money. Rent out your place for the night/weekend. My wife’s sister does this and just stays at her boyfriends or parents on the weekends and rents out her place in Toronto. I’d be worried about my stuff but people who do it don’t have problems based on previous references of renters.

Passive Income Ideas Involving Writing

7. Start a Website – Having your own website is fantastic. It’s a great way to become part of a community of like minded people who have the same interests as yourself. There is also a lot of ways to create a nice side income from it. This website is currently hosted by wpx but started on Siteground. Site ground is a great place to start as hosting is relatively cheap and the support is fantastic.

8. Affiliate Marketing – Get paid a percentage when someone makes a purchase from your affiliate link. There are so many options out there for this kind of stuff but  Amazon is probably the most popular.

9. Write A Book – They say everyone has a book in them! Write a book and hopefully the passive income pours in.

10. Sell your e book – Put your E-book on amazon or your website and collect the profits.

Another 10 Passive Income Ideas

11. Own A Business – This one can go both ways. Running a business can be a lot of work, but there are businesses out there that the owners do nothing anymore just collect the cheques. This is not for everyone.

12. Certificates of Deposits – Although the interest is low, you could invest in these. A really safe investment.

13. Tax Leins – I know in the U.S you can go to court houses and find tax leins to invest in. Seems like a decent return. I don’t know if Canada offers this.

14. Annuity’s – Basically a investment to earn money for life.

15. Peer to Peer Lending – Lending Club is one site. You set how much you want to invest and split it among a lot of accounts for diversity then create a monthly income.

16. Write for sites – You can write articles for sites and get paid a premium for it. I’m thinking Seeking Alpha. I’m sure there are more options out there though.

17. Create A Course On Udemy – I haven’t done this but have seen it posted. You can create your own course on whatever you like and when people buy it you get money! Udemy

18. Design T-shirts/Logo’s – Create different designs and idea’s and put it on Cafe Press and earn $$

19. Trade Options – This is something I want to learn more about. Basically a contract to buy or sell stocks at a set price, and earn a premium for the risk.

20. Ads On Youtube – Setup a you tube account and put ads on them. You can make any type of videos you like. My son used to watch kids opening kinder eggs for hours. I’ve thought of setting up his own account to do whatever and promote his creativity while making a buck!

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21. Selling Stock Photos – Everyone is always taking pictures. Why not put them on Shutterstock or Istockphoto and start making money off your pics. People will buy them for their websites or businesses. This is something I want to do. I’ll keep you posted.

22. Promoting A Product – Celebrities or people with a big enough following get paid to promote products.

23. Searching or Shopping Online – Sites like  Swag Bucks will reward you while doing the normal tasks you do online. I use them a bit, but there’s other blogger’s out there doing quite well, using this regularly.

24. Car Wash – Own a car wash, work a couple hrs a week filling the soap etc or hire that out. Seems like a nice cash cow.

25. Storage Units – Same as above, not to much work once it gets going. If people don’t pay maybe the guys from storage wars will come by.

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26. Vending Machines/ Games – The hardest part would be finding businesses that would let you put this in their place. Candy and stuff would need to be restocked. Foosball tables would maybe need some light greasing and to empty all that money!

27. ATM Machines – Again once you find a business that doesn’t have one, its easy money.

28. Laundromats – People got to wash clothes, and if I have some really really dirty cover all’s they are going to the laundry mat. Nice passive income here. Make sure you check the quarters if they are old enough they are silver and worth more!

29. Buy Blogs – Recently I have been reading about people buying established blogs. They already are getting the traffic and creating a income. Find something your interested in and post the odd day to keep the site going.

 

Side Incomes

These ones contain work, and would be separate from your normal day job.

1. Survey sites – I personally use Mysurvey It definitely won’t make you retire early, but everyday they are sending me surveys. I don’t do them right away and lose out on the higher paying ones. The odd night ill knock out a couple. I’ve made over 10 bucks over the past 3 weeks. They just offered a survey for 10$ to track my expenses this month. Easy 10 bucks I do this anyways. There is a bunch of survey sites out there. If you know a better one let me know.

2. Set Up Websites – If your a blogger you probably know the basics. Why not make some extra cash at night.

3. Resell Stuff – Buy stuff cheap and resell them on Ebay, Amazon, KIjii, Craigslist etc

4. Drive for Uber – I know people who do this. They love it.

5. Gardening – Place a free ad on sites online and charge money to shovel snow, weed flower beds, clean leaves etc. Our company charges 50$ a hr to weed and clean up gardens. We have to turn a lot of it down because the guys don’t want to weed all day.

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6. Handy Man – Lot’s of people need a handy man, fixing leaky faucets, switching light fixtures, drywalling, mudding etc

7. Senior Help – Honestly this one bugs me. We have a bunch of senior clients and their kids don’t really help them. One told me his daughter came by and he asked if she can change some light bulbs and just laughed and didn’t do it. But with our regular clients I change their light bulbs when they ask and refill their soft water tanks with salt. Simple tasks that are hard for seniors. Make some extra money or some fresh cookies.

8. Transcriber – This one I want to do but haven’t gotten to it. There’s a couple sites out there that pay you to listen to audio and type it all down. Somethings easy to do for 1-2 hrs a night. From what I have read you can expect to make 15$ to $30 a hour depending on how good you are with a keyboard.

9. Newspaper/Flyer Delivery – I had to put this. I did this as a kid. Its extra money and good exercise.

10. Teach English to foreigners – This is something I have wanted to look into. And you can do it at night online using a camera so they can see you. Right now I cant find the link, but it seems pretty lucrative. But I would think there’s sites out there for every language.

 

Conclusion

Well that’s all I can think of at the moment. I will constantly be updating this list. Do you got any passive income ideas I missed? Please share as it’s great to have a updated list of all the options. Hope you got something out of this list of passive income ideas. Best of luck, if you decide to pursue one of there ideas!

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