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Often these things (salary negotiation, negotiating debt/fees or automatic investing) aren't replicable (instantly). There are some kind of limiting factors. It's just not a system that scales infinitely.

That said if you are time starved (+ "cash rich") and don't want to go through all the available, cheaper resources yourself there can be a lot of value in a condensed course/infoproduct that solve your exact problem. Look at patio11's email course. But most of these products are still absolute BS to make a quick buck.

You are absolutely right that a lot of the time ppl aren't honest about how much they actually invest into their "passive" business. (and should track it honestly). And outsourcing to freelance writers get "high quality" content is almost always nonsense. Just as with health issues people want a magic pill to solve their money problems. Which a lot of scammers are quick to cater to.

But that doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of advice out there, that I and a lot of other people are very happy to pay for. (for example I just bought http://saveyourself.ca/tutorials/tutorials.php (I'm working in health care).