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Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2021?

22 points by gamechangr 5y ago

Yes RE counts .... And the eternal quest to beat the system :)

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yuppie_scum 5y ago
RE.
71a54xd 5y ago
Farming chia crypto - got in on day one, was still behind compared to people in beta. I also started selling niche mushroom cultivation tools, in part because growing gourmet mushrooms was a hobby I picked up during quarantine.
- quickthrower2 5y ago
  Hold on … aren’t people scrambling to sell their trashed SSDs now at any price.
  - 71a54xd 5y ago
    If you'd like 5-6 lightly used 1.8TB Intel P4610's I may be able to hook you up ;)
- bitxbitxbitcoin 5y ago
  What kind of niche tools? Sounds like a fun mix of hobby and passive income.
  - 71a54xd 5y ago
    Mostly provenance tools / some genetics tracking things, if you're interested in collaborating, commend and I'll add my contact email.
mrcode007 5y ago
Lumber
quickthrower2 5y ago
Passive: Stonks, RE, ponzi coins going up in value Hustle: Selling Trezor Ones on eBay in Australia. They were hot cakes a few months ago but it’s slowed down now so stopped it.
- tsjq 5y ago
  I like that term: ponzi coins :)
doopy1 5y ago
Selling NFTs. Primary sales aren't passive, it's a second full time job making them, but royalties of secondary sales are passive.
sigmaprimus 5y ago
I let a realtor put up a billboard sign on my property next to the highway for $500 a year. It covers my layer hen feed costs and if they decide they dont want it, or go out of buisness, I get to keep the sign which I can paint into an "Eggs 4 Sale" sign. Other than that, I made a few bucks mining crypto but nothing spectacular.
- tsjq 5y ago
  that's nice. how big is the billboard? doesn't the local govt snatch some money in the name of license / fee / permit / tax ?
dhruvkar 5y ago
I have two main passive incomes: Cardano Staking - My holdings have grown 3x this year. (~$2300/month) Industrial Real Estate - Holdings have remained stable mostly, with a few upsets. Have super stable tenants in industrial spaces that they have little incentive to leave. This is with an investment group, so I'm only own 5-10% of the building through LLCs. (~$2700/month) I keep toying with a few SaaS ideas in the logistics space, but haven't earnestly launched anything. This is a library I'm working on slowly, and I think it has legs to have a commercial offering. I know it won't be passive, but one can dream :D https://github.com/dhruvkar/tracktrace https://github.com/dhruvkar/tracktrace
- jbjbjbjb 5y ago
  That’s a serious amount of capital you have. Are you employed now or working for yourself?
unmole 5y ago
Selling options.
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22 points by gamechangr 5y ago

Yes RE counts .... And the eternal quest to beat the system :)

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yuppie_scum 5y ago

RE.

71a54xd 5y ago

Farming chia crypto - got in on day one, was still behind compared to people in beta. I also started selling niche mushroom cultivation tools, in part because growing gourmet mushrooms was a hobby I picked up during quarantine.

quickthrower2 5y ago
Hold on … aren’t people scrambling to sell their trashed SSDs now at any price.
- 71a54xd 5y ago
  If you'd like 5-6 lightly used 1.8TB Intel P4610's I may be able to hook you up ;)
bitxbitxbitcoin 5y ago
What kind of niche tools? Sounds like a fun mix of hobby and passive income.
- 71a54xd 5y ago
  Mostly provenance tools / some genetics tracking things, if you're interested in collaborating, commend and I'll add my contact email.

mrcode007 5y ago

Lumber

quickthrower2 5y ago

Passive: Stonks, RE, ponzi coins going up in value Hustle: Selling Trezor Ones on eBay in Australia. They were hot cakes a few months ago but it’s slowed down now so stopped it.

tsjq 5y ago
I like that term: ponzi coins :)

doopy1 5y ago

Selling NFTs. Primary sales aren't passive, it's a second full time job making them, but royalties of secondary sales are passive.

sigmaprimus 5y ago

I let a realtor put up a billboard sign on my property next to the highway for $500 a year. It covers my layer hen feed costs and if they decide they dont want it, or go out of buisness, I get to keep the sign which I can paint into an "Eggs 4 Sale" sign. Other than that, I made a few bucks mining crypto but nothing spectacular.

tsjq 5y ago
that's nice. how big is the billboard? doesn't the local govt snatch some money in the name of license / fee / permit / tax ?

dhruvkar 5y ago

I have two main passive incomes: Cardano Staking - My holdings have grown 3x this year. (~$2300/month) Industrial Real Estate - Holdings have remained stable mostly, with a few upsets. Have super stable tenants in industrial spaces that they have little incentive to leave. This is with an investment group, so I'm only own 5-10% of the building through LLCs. (~$2700/month) I keep toying with a few SaaS ideas in the logistics space, but haven't earnestly launched anything. This is a library I'm working on slowly, and I think it has legs to have a commercial offering. I know it won't be passive, but one can dream :D https://github.com/dhruvkar/tracktrace https://github.com/dhruvkar/tracktrace

jbjbjbjb 5y ago
That’s a serious amount of capital you have. Are you employed now or working for yourself?

unmole 5y ago

Selling options.

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