Originally Posted by
bdwyfan
To get $1000/month on 3-3.5% return requires $33K a month in money orders.
My average return might be 6%. Even with that you would need about 25K to get 1k a month to beat the poverty line. I don't do that much volume in a month, so I may have exaggerated my claim. It might be like beat the poverty line by 25-30% on MS and remainder by not smoking.
Note: MS is not consistent