The somewhat cheesy titled Millionaire Society is worth checking out. It shows you how to set up an automated income within 15 minutes (this is a little ambitious in my opinion. Technically you could do it in 15 minutes, but you do really need to invest a fair bit more time than that).

What this does is show you how to use an established method for making money on autopilot. It's pretty thorough, and anyone can do it. The name is probably a bit over-hyped, and I doubt I'll be making a million from this, but it has already made me some income and the business now runs itself on autopilot. He walks through how to set up the 'turnkey' businesses (which he provides you with - 135 of them, in fact), and you can then just leave it to earn you money, or invest a bit more time and make a higher profit.

All I'd say is watch the video on the link attached. It's through Clickbank, so there's a full no questions asked refund if you're not happy, and it's only $4.95 to test out anyway. Worth a shot if you're looking for an automated income.