Rentals and assets side hustle ideas
Earning from something you own: renting property, rooms, equipment, vehicles, parking, vending machines, domains.
34 ideas
- Rentals and assetsRenting out a former church space in a strip mall for parties and events, run alongside a full-time job. Renting the space to churches covers the monthly rent.In personThe Koerner Office, 2026
- Rentals and assetsRenting out utility trailers with an almost fully automated booking process, alongside a full-time job. Customers come from Google and Facebook Marketplace.Over $10kOnline and in personThe Koerner Office, 2026
- Rentals and assetsRenting kid-sized tables and chairs, ball pits, bounce houses and party stations for children's events. It started from a basement and an Instagram page and runs alongside a full-time job.Part-timeSide Hustle Nation, 2026
- Rentals and assetsRents out tables to vendors at local comic conventions.In personHacker News, 2026
- Rentals and assetsBuying ATMs and placing them in local businesses, earning income from transaction fees with about an hour of work a week. The hardest step is finding and pitching good locations.Hands-offOnline and in personSide Hustle Nation, 2026
- Rentals and assetsThe operator imports vending machines that dispense perfume and places them in venues. Sales come from customers buying from the machines. The owner dropped it as too much hassle.Over $10kIn personThe Koerner Office, 2025
- Rentals and assetsThe operator holds stakes in RV and mobile home parks and collects rent from the lot and site tenants. Parks can also be bought and resold.Over $10kIn personDiary of a CEO, 2025
- Rentals and assetsOwns a number of rental properties across the US that produce monthly income after mortgages and expenses.Over $10kHacker News, 2022
- Rentals and assetsTakes preorders for expiring domains and tries to catch them when they drop, and also holds a portfolio of domains for later development.OnlineHacker News, 2019
- Rentals and assetsOwns a pawn shop that someone else manages day to day.Over $10kHands-offIn personHacker News, 2019
- Rentals and assetsEarns semi-passive rental income from one property unit and plans to buy more.Over $10kHands-offHacker News, 2019
- Rentals and assetsOwns rental property, which needs little ongoing effort once it is running.Over $10kHands-offHacker News, 2019
- Rentals and assetsRents out spare bedrooms to short-term guests through Airbnb.Online and in personHacker News, 2019
- Rentals and assetsOwns a small rental property that covers its mortgage plus a little extra each month.Over $10kHacker News, 2019
- Rentals and assetsRents out inherited properties, uses a management company for maintenance and screens tenants personally. Income is monthly rent.Over $10kHands-offHacker News, 2019
- Rentals and assetsOwns apartments rented to students and managed entirely by an agency that finds tenants and handles upkeep, paying a fixed guaranteed income.Over $10kHands-offHacker News, 2018
- Rentals and assetsRents out the downstairs unit of a multifamily house bought with an owner-occupant loan, collecting monthly rent with little work.Over $10kHands-offIn personHacker News, 2018
- Rentals and assetsBought a VR headset and set up a site where people could rent it. Ranked well on Google for rental searches, then shut it down.Hacker News, 2016
- Rentals and assetsBought a commercial property with a fixed rate mortgage and leases it out. Takes little time each month and pays rental income after tax.Over $10kHands-offHacker News, 2016
- Rentals and assetsHolds a portfolio of valuable domain names and sells them, using brokers to handle the deals. Income comes from large one-off sales.Over $10kHands-offOnlineHacker News, 2016
- Rentals and assetsBought several apartments in a new building while it was still under construction at a good price, then rented them out unfurnished to tenants.Over $10kHands-offHacker News, 2016
- Rentals and assetsRents a property out by the night and has automated guest notifications, door code programming and cleaner scheduling to keep the work low.Over $10kHands-offHacker News, 2016
- Rentals and assetsOwns several low-priced rental homes, using a property manager to keep it hands-off.Over $10kHands-offHacker News, 2014
- Over $10kHands-offIn personHacker News, 2014
- Rentals and assetsBought a house with an existing tenant and collects rent with very little work.Over $10kHands-offHacker News, 2014
- Rentals and assetsRents out spare rooms and then whole properties previously lived in, so rent covers the mortgages.Over $10kHacker News, 2014
- Rentals and assetsBought a vacation rental that earns nightly rental income.Over $10kHacker News, 2014
- Hands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- $1k to $10kHands-offOnlineHacker News, 2014
- Rentals and assetsRents out a spare room for up to a week each month, needing little work beyond laundry.Under $100Hands-offHacker News, 2014
- Rentals and assetsBought discounted condos, fixed them up and rents them out through a property manager, keeping most of the rent after fees and taxes.Over $10kHands-offIn personHacker News, 2014
- Rentals and assetsThe operator leases large trailers and sub-rents them to customers who need storage or transport space, earning the difference. It was run mostly from a phone.$1k to $10kOnlineThe Koerner Office
- Rentals and assetsThe operator places vending machines at one high-traffic location, in this case a hockey rink, and keeps the sales. Costs are stock and machine purchase.Over $10kIn personThe Koerner Office
- Rentals and assetsThe operator rents washers and dryers to tenants and finds customers through Facebook Marketplace. Income is monthly rental fees.Over $10kOnline and in personThe Koerner Office