Sperm donation, 1k/month and I have to go in twice a week.
Aren't there potential liability issues arround this? Where you may have to take responsibility for a child.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/23/justice/kansas-sperm-donation/
Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
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Re: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
#12Sperm donation, 1k/month and I have to go in twice a week.
"Passive income" ... you might want to see a doctor.
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#13Is anyone doing old-fashion landlording these days? I'm trying to break into that space, but I have no idea what I'm doing and could use some advice from someone who's done it before.
I started doing landlording for passive income at the beginning of the year. My property is 360 miles away from me (a converted vacation home). I do use a property management service. You will have extra tax paperwork to file at the end of the year (Schedule E).
Re: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
#14-Advertising affiliate offers from Convert2media. ($1496 profit so far this month)
-Adsense/Lifestreetmedia on my Pirates FB app (Adsense: $29 this month. Lifestreetmedia: $47 this month) http://greenrobot.com/pirates
-Mopub, Inmobi and Facebook ads on my iOS and Android apps ($14 from Mopub this month)
Re: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
#15Is anyone doing old-fashion landlording these days? I'm trying to break into that space, but I have no idea what I'm doing and could use some advice from someone who's done it before.
I've been looking at this as well and I also have very little idea what I'm doing. I found a spreadsheet on Bigger Pockets that helps evaluate properties as rental investments by plugging in some numbers. Apart from that, I just have some alerts set up on Redfin and a general idea of what parts of my city would probably attract good tenants. But I've seen enough stories about nightmare situations that I'd rather cove…
Nice to see someone name drop Bigger Pockets! That was my first big project as a Rails developer.
Re: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
#16Sperm donation, 1k/month and I have to go in twice a week.
Passive outcome is more like it amirite!
Re: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
#17My watch company. Started it in September and started selling before the watches were made. They're still in production and will be finished soon. Wouldn't maybe call it "passive income", but the sales keep coming through WOM. ( http://gardannewatches.com )
What is with these artifacts in this image? Are these real watches? It looks like some image samples poorly photoshopped together. http://gardannewatches.com/products/gardanne-black-brown-wat...
Those artifacts look more from a badly cropped photo than a render, so I would venture a guess that was a real watch.
Re: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
#18Sperm donation, 1k/month and I have to go in twice a week.
Aren't there potential liability issues arround this? Where you may have to take responsibility for a child. http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/23/justice/kansas-sperm-donation/
That depends on the country. In Denmark, you have no responsibilities[0] at all if you choose the anonymous option.
[0]https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=142348 (official law information in Danish)
Re: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
#19During my day job I run a full-time startup, but, as a weekend hack a couple years ago, I built an automated email sales tool called Autopest (https://autopest.com). I've never done any promotion for it, but it keeps growing on its own organically via word-of-mouth.
About a year and a half ago I mentioned Autopest in an HN thread titled "Ask HN: How to start earning $500/month in passive income in next 12-18 months?" Since then, it keeps getting featured in Reddit and Quora lists for "best growth hacking tools" and "best sales hacks," and I've also seen it popup on sites like Inc.com and LifeHacker.
I guess Autopest isn't technically passive in the sense that every few months I code a new feature or two based on user feedback, but I also go months without touching it, and more people just keep signing up.
P.S. Here's the original HN thread... some good links to other passive income projects as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8246255
Re: Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2015?
#20My watch company. Started it in September and started selling before the watches were made. They're still in production and will be finished soon. Wouldn't maybe call it "passive income", but the sales keep coming through WOM. ( http://gardannewatches.com )
Those watches look very nice!
Is it possible to get the white compass with a black leather strap?