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Ask HN: Passive income ideas?

#1
I can code well and I have 1-2 hours daily that I can spend on any project/activity that will, after some work, generate $1000/per month net in passive income. I have kept the number at 1000 as my hours to spend are limited. Change the number if you think I can have a bigger passive income with the amount of time I am have. I would like to hear ideas from the community, specially from folks who have done this in the past or are doing this currently. Please give concrete actionable ideas.

EDIT: I am willing to learn anything.

Re: Ask HN: Passive income ideas?

#2
I am no expert, but if I understand correctly, a blog can generate passive income from archives, although this requires that you steadily update the current content (to retain and/or increase site traffic). Not sure this would meet your needs, though, because maintaining a blog can require a lot of work.

Re: Ask HN: Passive income ideas?

#5
Work someplace. Live frugally. Don't spend the money. Leave it in term deposits or other low risk, relatively high yield (ie. at least above inflation) locations. Rinse and repeat. (Recently, I heard that Vietnam offers solid rates on term deposits in foreign currencies.)

Re: Ask HN: Passive income ideas?

#9
If you have any kind of social media following, you could exploit it with affiliate links.

Someone posted a good article about finding niches in the app store recently. Something simple that satisfies an unmet need could earn decent ad money.

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