Totally agree - in my experience, passive income is anything but passive. It's more involved than most 'real jobs' I've worked. Have you tried negotiating tax

Totally agree - in my experience, passive income is anything but passive. It's more involved than most 'real jobs' I've worked. Have you tried negotiating tax forms, outsourcing (ha) customer support, maintaining a partially hacked-together codebase, or even having legal documents written that cost an entire month's salary? There are a great many unsexy things that need doing when you run your own business, which regular jobs shield you from (my next 8 weeks' task list is currently averaging 300 items) - that's the trade-off. And then there's the 12-hour days you'll put in for months, while setting it up... PS: it's so worth it.