If you are making more money than you spend it is a good idea to think about investing that extra cash, since we live in a world where money is constantly losing its value, so if you do not invest it you lose it.
Most of us are working 9 to 5 and spending all evenings and weekends looking for new investments, and constantly reinvesting money is not for everyone thus many people are looking for investments where they can invest in the long-term without needing to constantly adjust their investments and such investment is called passive investing.
In this article, we will explore the best passive investing types that require little capital.
What is passive investing?
Before we jump into exploring passive investment types, let’s understand what is passive investing.
Investing can be split into two types passive and active. Passive investing is a buy-and-hold investing strategy where investors invest and expect to make returns from an asset's long-term development.
Active investing is an investment approach when investors make money from price fluctuation meaning investors buy assets for short-term periods during which a certain event is expected and after an event happens investors sell assets hoping that the mentioned event has positively impacted asset price.
Passive investing is a way how Warren Buffett invests, how he put it, he buys companies, not stocks.
So let’s explore how to invest like Warren Buffett.
The easiest way to make passive income from business loans
If you want to make money like a banker you should explore investing with a crowdlending. Crowdlending is a form of financing when businesses receive loans not from a bank but from a crowd of people. Small amounts are lent by many people allowing businesses to get a relatively big loan. Crowdlending is organized by licensed and regulated crowdlending platforms which makes such investing easy and secure for investors.
Such investing could bring you a passive income of more than 10% returns per year and the risk of the investing will mainly depend on the company risk to which you provide a loan, which is typically medium-high. Loans are typically granted for a maturity of 2-3 years.
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The easiest way to make passive income from real estate
Making passive income from investing in real estate is one of the best options, but it usually requires large capital.
But there is a solution that makes investing in real estate available to anyone starting from 100 EUR and the name of this solution is real estate crowdfunding.
With real estate crowdfunding you can either invest in a form loan or you can buy shares in a real estate project.
Fundraising is organized via licensed and regulated investment platforms.
If you invest by buying shares in a real estate project you will receive a share of rent income if you invest in rental property or a share of the sell price if it was a development project. Such a project can make your returns 10%-15% annual returns or even more.
If the investment was in the form of a loan then you provide money to the project developer for a fixed maturity and in the end, you get all the money back plus interest which can be around 10% per annum depending on the project risk, should be mentioned repayment and interests payment could be made also partially during loan maturity.
Learn more about investing in real estate!
Make passive income from green energy transition
If you want to make money and our planet a better place you should explore passive impact investing!
Thanks to crowdfunding now everyone can invest in green energy projects starting with a 100 EUR.
There number of licensed sustainable crowdfunding platforms that offer people to invest in solar and wind farms and other sustainable projects. Investments are typically made in the form of a loan, but you may find a few platforms offering profit-sharing investment forms as well.
By investing on sustainable crowdfunding you can make up to 10% annual returns, decrease carbon emissions, and build a decentralized energy market.
Passive income with potential 1000% returns
If you are looking for high-risk and high-return passive investments the best option for that is equity crowdfunding.
With equity crowdfunding, you can invest in promising startups that could grow 50 times or more in a few years time thus making you tremendous returns, but such companies also have a high risk of failure.
Learn more about investing in startups.
And to be clear passive investing doesn't mean you do not have to put in a substantial effort to make money, it rather means that you have to do one solid analysis once in the beginning and then monitor progress rather than do small analyses constantly.
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Remember: Direct and indirect investment in crowdfunding involves significant risks as there is a potential risk for loss of part or all of the invested capital.
We wish you a good day and successful investing!
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