7 streams of income and how to use them
THE STACK #20Today's newsletter is special because it's our 20th issue!! 🎉🎊 #consistency
We also hit our 1,000 subscriber mark 🙌🏾
Plusssss, your girl got featured on the front page of the Toronto Star business section.🤯😱
I am still mind-blown every day as to how my journey from being in debt has brought me to a place where I'm educating and encouraging thousands of people on how to win with their money.
I couldn't have asked for a better job!
In today's STACK, we will learn how to earn from 7 streams of income.
THE STACK
Stream #1: Earned Income
This is income earned when you exchange your skills or services for compensation.
It could be income earned as an employee or from being self-employed.
This is usually the primary and most stable source of income for most people.
How to earn this:
❖Get hired as an employee.
Stream #2: Dividend Income
A dividend is a distribution of a company's profits to its shareholders.
Dividends can be paid monthly, quarterly or annually.
How to earn this:
❖Buy shares of a company or ETF that pays dividends.
Stream #3: Rental Income
This is income earned from rent paid by tenants who occupy your property.
How to earn this:
❖Rent out part of your primary residence
❖Buy a rental property
❖Participate in crowdfunding real estate
❖Buy REITs
Stream #4: Interest Income
Interest is an amount charged on a loan.
How to earn this:
❖Savings accounts
❖Bonds
❖Peer-to-peer lending
❖Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs)
❖Certificate of Deposits
❖Treasury Bills
❖Money Market accounts
Stream #5: Profit / Business Income
This is income earned from the sale of goods or services after expenses and taxes have been accounted for.
This stream of income offers the most variety of revenue streams.
You can have one or several.
How to earn this:
❖Start a brick-and-mortar or online business
Stream #6: Capital Gains
Capital gains are the profit earned from an investment or property sale.
How to earn this:
❖Invest in index funds, ETFs, stocks, bonds etc.
Stream #7: Royalty Income / Licencing Income
A royalty is a legally binding payment made to an individual for the ongoing use of their work, assets, franchise or intellectual property.
You earn a set percentage every time someone uses your work.
How to earn this:
❖Write music
❖Write a book
❖Write a score for a movie
❖Create a patent
Creating multiple streams of income isn't something that happens overnight.
For the first few years, you'll earn little to no income.
The key is staying consistent and reinvesting those profits until you hit your FREEDOM NUMBER.
THE TOOL
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THE ACCOUNTABILITY
Want to start a business but don't know what to sell?
Ask yourself these questions.
💡What's something you're good at?
💡What's a topic you can talk about for days?
💡What do friends and family typically ask you for help with?
💡What are your hobbies?
💡What's something you can do effortlessly?
☑︎Write down the answers to each of these.
☑︎Research ways you can monetize them.
THE COURAGE
THE KNOWLEDGE
There are three main types of income.
ACTIVE INCOME
This income requires an active exchange of skills or services for compensation.
If work stops, the income stream shuts off.
Examples: Earned income, profit or business income (depending on the nature of the business)
SEMI-PASSIVE INCOME
This income requires work upfront and little ongoing work to generate revenue.
Examples: rental income, profit or business income (blogs, affiliate marketing, digital products), royalties.
PASSIVE INCOME
This is income generated without any ongoing work required.
It may require some work upfront to get things running smoothly, but you don't have to work to generate any income actively.
Examples: Dividend income, capital gains, interest income.
That's it for this week's STACK!
Talk to you next week,
But until then...Keep Stacking!
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