As Jason and Dave said, ummm, no. I rent out of previous home, and with less than an hour a month it brings in far far more than $100/month. Making $100/month on Medium puts you in the top few percent of writers here, which takes at least dozens of monthly hours. Dividend investing and REIT investing is no better or worse than other stock investing. It's a solid path to wealth, over decades. And it doesn't start from nothing. You have to generate a sizable excess of income from somewhere else for years before investment returns become significant. At 10%/year, you'd need to start with $12k to get $100/month, and $120k to get to $1000/month.