Okay I'm going to shill you my bag!! If you like the idea of the passive income of masternodes but all the Linux stuff scares you (it scares me and I'm a software dev!!) - boy, do I have something to show you.
It's call GinCoin - they call themselves a "turnkey masternode coin" and I just set up two masternodes myself over the past week. I've also set up a normal masternode, without Gin, and I can tell you that this is as easy as it gets. It is so freaking easy, it's just a few clicks.
The cool thing is that the Gin platform never touches your coins. You control your coins in your wallet, and you don't need to keep your wallet online.
It costs about $15/month per node in Gin. You'll end up paying $5/node if you use a service like Vultr, and the ease and simplicity is worth it.
I'm not affiliated with Gin, I just really like it and wanted to help you fellow Steemians out of the incredible good of my heart. Now go forth and masternode away, my children!
Also, shill me your favorite masternodes, GO!