This Beverly Hills steakhouse server says she made $2,500 in just one week — wor...

Here’s a juicy morsel: TikToker and steakhouse server Anela Marquez recently broke down how she ended up taking home $2,517 over just five short shifts — despite it being her Beverly Hills restaurant’s “slow time” and “in the middle of a recession.”

The video has now been watched nearly 600,000 times.

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While Marquez is apparently earning an impressive amount, her situation is fairly rare. First off, to work in Beverly Hills you’d need to make enough to live at least nearby. The average rent in Los Angeles currently sits at $2,400, according to Zumper. That’s almost all of the server’s earnings for one week, gone straight to rent. And that’s just for a one-bedroom apartment, without factoring in any other essentials.

Secondly, don’t forget that the bulk of her earnings came from tips, on average about $400 a shift. But counting primarily on tips for a consistent cash flow can be a risky proposition.

Instead, there are perhaps simpler ways to boost your income; ways that don’t involve changing careers or even asking for a pay rise. Here are a few to consider.

Create actual passive income

The key with passive income is it’s passive. That means you do the bare minimum, which is what many Americans likely need after a hard day at work. This usually means one of two things: investing or renting.

Investing would be identifying strong stocks that provide dividends, those can be used to reinvest back into your shares, creating more and more savings.

As for the renting option, you don’t have to have an extra home or even an extra room to become some type of landlord. Think creatively — you could rent out parking spaces, your garage, even tools.