Is Passive Real Estate Investing Really Passive?

The term “passive” has achieved buzzword status when it comes to income and investing. Earn passive income! Passive investing is where it’s at!

As you may have surmised, what it means to do something passively varies mightily from one person to another. Some people refer to the income from their 8 personally-managed rental properties as “passive income.” Sorry, no.

Blogging doesn’t exactly provide passive income, either, nor do a host of other side hustles. So can real estate investing ever qualify as a passive activity?

Is Passive Real Estate Investing Really Passive?

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To really understand real estate investing, it’s important to get a zoomed-out view of all the ways you can invest.

The Real Estate Investing Continuum

Now, as you might have noticed, the big dividing line between “active” and “passive” is whether or not you take on the role of landlord. When you invest in other people’s deals and they do all the work, I consider that passive real estate investing.

Truly Passive Income

If passive real estate investing is so amazing, why would anyone want to own rental properties? Well, when you own the asset, you have total control of what to do with the property.

So What’s the Catch?

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