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Real estate investments in Germany for ordinary investors

Looking for passive income real estate investment opportunities without having to actually do the investment yourself or without limiting yourself to what you can afford to purchase? For ordinary investors (those with less than EUR 10,000 to invest), the following services offer the opportunity to participate in real estate projects. Many of them offer returns of 5%, please note that this blog and author does not make any commitment to whether or not you can achieve this return nor whether these services offer what they promise). 1) Exporo.de Starting from EUR 500, you can invest if you are German citizen and NOT a US citizen. When testing this offer, the author found out that the investment opportunities are usually taken up quickly and you need to wait until the next one becomes available. However the customer contact of Exporo was very helpful and new customers are sometimes offered to sign up early for a project in order to be able to participate. As with all services and products ...

Earning passive income from rental income

 Have you considered earning passive income from rental income? Decide your rental model and if you are willing to invest funds. Please see below for different options a) Renting out a complete house or appartment completely Before buying a property to rent it out, please consider the math carefully. As many people underestimate costs. In Germany for example the average profit from renting out property is approximately 3%, that includes the value increase in the property after sale. Please consider costs you would have as someone who rents out an appartment 1) House costs- usually a fee paid to the administrators or group of other owners for certain costs that are shared by all 2) Taxes 3) Insurance - house insurance and potentially indemnity insurance 4) Money set aside and spent on maintenance 5) Money set aside and spent on renovation (many renters leave rental properties in a disastrous state and it may require renovation beyond what you can claim on any deposit) 6) Money set a...

Succeed in passive income

This blog is focused on helping you excel with passive income. If you are passionate about passive income, cautious about making your choices and dedicated, willing to invest your time, then you will succeed. Passive income is a dream of many and challenging comparable to entrepreneurship or making a good once-in-a-lifetime call on stocks. But it is feasible and in this blog we discuss how you can succeed. I also start by sharing an inspirational story of  Jannese Torres-Rodrigue, who earns self-reportedly USD 7,000 per month with her food blog  https://www.delishdlites.com/. Who would have thought that there is money to be made with food blogging, a common past-time of many? Well, Jannese found her way to commercialize her passion and so can you. Although of course, in most cases the ordinary/average passive income earner makes much less. Types of passive income The good news is there are many options to passive income, many falling into one of the following areas: a) Investm...