<prompt> Human: How much money would I need to start? What are my options? Investing? Interest? Edit: I just want to thank everyone who has commented and will comment. Im learning so much about investing and banking. Ive learned more reading these comments in the first 30 minutes since I posted it than years of what I learned school. Thanks for being part of such a great sub! Assistant: Interest is probably out. Even if you could guarantee a 7 return, youd need to invest 171,500 to yield 1,000 per month.Human: Im pretty new to banks too poor growing up to utilize them for much, so Im guessing there are no real options for monthly interest payments? My original though was well if I can put in 100,000 at 1 monthly interest payments, thats what I need right there. Shows how much I know about banks  <response>: Your idea is actually right, youre just off on the actual numbers. Through a bank you can get 1 per _year_, not month, so youd need 1.2M to get 1kmonth. 