(NewsNation) — More Americans are picking up side hustles, and vending machines are being touted on social media as a simple way to generate “passive” income. With roughly 3 million vending machines ...

Setting up vending machines might sound like an easy way to make passive income, but Codie Sanchez, founder and CEO of Contrarian Thinking, a financial advice enterprise, shows us that it’s actually ...

Vending machines are popular side hustles, thanks to founders who share their stories on social media. Vending-machine businesses require minimal investments and are low-maintenance to operate.

In the quick video, a person walks up to one of several machines at the Milford, Connecticut, Costco and starts inserting plastic bottles. With each bottle, $0.10 gets added to a running total, until ...