April income report: what my portfolio paid me — and the moves I made
Real numbers. Real yield. Real decisions. This is what the Freedom Builder system looks like in practice.
This is my favorite thing to write. Because this is what makes income investing real — not the theory, not the frameworks, not the YouTube videos. The actual monthly check from your own portfolio.
Every month, I share exactly what my portfolio paid me, what changed, and what I’m thinking about going into next month. No rounding up. No cherry-picking the good months. All of it.
Let’s get into April.
Total dividends received: $18,522.88
That’s up from $15,641.58 in March — an 18.4% increase month over month.
Before you get too excited, understand why that number jumped. It wasn’t because I discovered some magic new fund. It was because of two things: CHPY paid out significantly more in April ($5,089 vs $1,654 in March), and I had new positions start paying for the first time. More on both below.
The real lesson here? When you build a diversified income engine, some months are going to surprise you to the upside and some months are going to disappoint. What matters is the trend line, not any single month.
Breakdown by position
Here’s every position that paid me in April, ranked by income:
