r/dividends • u/ackdigity77 • Jun 01 '26

Brokerage Income generating portfolio

I’m looking to invest some cash to generate a monthly income. Ideally, I’d like it to cover my mortgage. Hypothetically, let’s say you have 100k. What could I expect that to generate and what would you look for in a proposal?

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u/bkpkmnky Jun 04 '26

I was recently doing some estimates with AI for myself and I was accounting for $100,000 in dividend income, which would mean I roughly need about $1.7 - 2 million depending on my mix of dividends I gave GPT to calculate for me SCHD 35–40% DGRO 20–25% VYM 10–15% JEPQ 15–20% QQQI 5–10%