Peter Vander Wall argues passive income is overrated if you're not already rich. It requires serious upfront capital like real estate or crypto. For people in their 20s and 30s, building active income through work and skills beats chasing passive-income schemes.
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Passive income isn't as cool as you think. The only forms of passive income that actually work and are actually passive are all about putting money you already have to work. Real estate, staking, crypto, dividend stocks. You need money to get started in all of these. And that's why you have to realize that passive income isn't the wealth building tool it's cracked out to be. Instead, it's something you do with wealth you already have, sustaining your lifestyle and continuing to grow that wealth. So if you're not already wealthy, then you're much better off focusing on active income. That's income that's tied to work that you're putting in on something. So for all you 20 and 30 somethings out there, let's put the pedal to the metal and start working on our active income. Because.