Every card has one action. No action = parked or closed. Updated 16 Aug 2026.
R500 000 / month
after tax, machine running itself. That number is really a capital number — passive income is what wealth pays out, not how it's built:
REITs · 9.2%
R114M
zero work, zero leverage
Student lets
±R45M
leveraged, tenants amortise
Milestone: R100k/m
R20M / R9M
REITs vs property route
The lane (decided 16 Aug): construction & property. The job teaches how buildings get costed, scheduled and delivered — the exact skill of owning student accommodation later. One lane, every rung feeds the next: course → planner job → bankable → rooms → buildings. Trading rides alongside as the accelerator, never the lane.
The two roads to the number
Road A — with trading
Planner job = income + bankability
FVG LAW log → 20+ real trades
Prop firm eval → funded account
Scale funded capital → own capital
Capital → student lets + REITs
Road B — without trading
Planner job = income + bankability
Save hard → rent-to-rent (±R60k start)
First bond → student let #1
Repeat → ±10 doors
Managing agent at 8–10% → passive
Both roads start with the same rung: the course. That's why it's the only thing marked NOW.
Now · this week
NOW
Buy + start the PMI course
→ Buy it here — $232, 23 contact hours, online, self-paced. Socials off. Course open.
DEADLINE: FRI 21 AUG (DAD) · UNLOCKS: CAPM + THE JOB
NOW
FVG LAW — log every trade
→ Each signal taken: instrument · entry type · marks (◆»✦⌖) · result. 20 rows unlocks the prop-firm step. The log is the bottleneck, not the indicator.
STARTED 14 AUG · 4–0 DAY ONE · APP: TRADINGVIEW + MT5
Next · after the course
NEXT
CAPM exam
→ Book straight after the course — its 23 hours ARE the entry requirement. ±R4,000. "CAPM®" goes on the CV.
NEXT
MS Project course
→ Dad sent MS links, so MS it is. Fastest+cheapest: School of IT online from R8,900 · Classic R10,500 (Midrand venue 17–19 Nov). Full comparison lives in PLANNER.
NEXT
Activate the job
→ CV + Pnet updated with CAPM + MS Project, then Dad's company or his recommendation. Entry: project administrator / coordinator, ±R16–20k/m, planner track.
THE JOB = INCOME + WHAT MAKES THE BANK SAY YES
Later · each unlocks on a condition
LATER
Prop firm evaluation
→ Unlocks at 20+ logged FVG trades with positive expectancy. Check SA payout terms on the firm's own site before paying — some allow signup, block payout.
LATER
Rent-to-rent — first rooms
→ Unlocks with job income. Lease a house near UJ (93,000-bed gap at one university), landlord's written sublet consent, let per room. ±R60k to start, ±R3k/m clear per house. Private-paying students first, not NSFAS.
LATER
Student let #1 — with a bond
→ Unlocks with payslips. R1M house as 6 rooms ≈ R21k/m gross vs R10k bond — cash-positive, tenants pay the asset off. Check municipal zoning before buying.
LATER
REIT auto-invest
→ Unlocks with first salary. Any amount, monthly, 9.2% sector average — the truly passive lane while the property engine builds.
LATER
UJ — HCBM15, Jan 2027
→ Opens ±5 Jan 2027, free application, capacity is the clock. Reminder set to fire every session from 2 Jan. Runs parallel to the job — not instead of it.
Parked · alive, not this month
PARKED
Marketplace templates · Pnet freelance · DIAL
Verified routes, profiles live. They resume if the main lane stalls — not before.
Closed · do not reopen
AI-training platforms (Outlier, Mercor, Appen…) — all ban AI assistance. Structural, not fixable.
Prolific — SA not eligible.
Andela — 4yr experience wall, bans AI in assessment.
Selling websites / outreach services — the lane runs on outreach, and outreach is the thing being escaped.
DUT Higher Certificate (now) — their page: minimum age 23 + 3 years experience. Reopens later by itself.
Single-let flat as income — prime 10.5% vs 4–6% net yield = negative cash flow. It's a wealth play for later, not an income play now.