Rentals and assets side hustle ideas

Earning from something you own: renting property, rooms, equipment, vehicles, parking, vending machines, domains.

19 ideas

Rentals and assets
ATM placement business
Buying 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 person
Side Hustle Nation, 2026
Rentals and assets
Rent out a residential unit
Earns semi-passive rental income from one property unit and plans to buy more.
Over $10kHands-off
Hacker News, 2019
Rentals and assets
Buy and rent out property
Owns rental property, which needs little ongoing effort once it is running.
Over $10kHands-off
Hacker News, 2019
Rentals and assets
Low-maintenance rental property
Owns a small rental property that covers its mortgage plus a little extra each month.
Over $10k
Hacker News, 2019
Rentals and assets
Rent out inherited houses with a manager
Rents out inherited properties, uses a management company for maintenance and screens tenants personally. Income is monthly rent.
Over $10kHands-off
Hacker News, 2019
Rentals and assets
Student apartments managed by a rental agency
Owns apartments rented to students and managed entirely by an agency that finds tenants and handles upkeep, paying a fixed guaranteed income.
Over $10kHands-off
Hacker News, 2018
Rentals and assets
Rent out a downstairs apartment
Rents out the downstairs unit of a multifamily house bought with an owner-occupant loan, collecting monthly rent with little work.
Over $10kHands-offIn person
Hacker News, 2018
Rentals and assets
Rent out VR headsets through a website
Bought 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 assets
Buy and lease commercial real estate
Bought 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-off
Hacker News, 2016
Rentals and assets
Rent out unfurnished apartments bought off-plan
Bought 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-off
Hacker News, 2016
Rentals and assets
Automated nightly vacation rental property
Rents a property out by the night and has automated guest notifications, door code programming and cleaner scheduling to keep the work low.
Over $10kHands-off
Hacker News, 2016
Rentals and assets
Cheap rental properties with property manager
Owns several low-priced rental homes, using a property manager to keep it hands-off.
Over $10kHands-off
Hacker News, 2014
Rentals and assets
Rent a house to family
Owns a house rented to family members, who pay reliably.
Over $10kHands-offIn person
Hacker News, 2014
Rentals and assets
Rent out a house with a tenant in place
Bought a house with an existing tenant and collects rent with very little work.
Over $10kHands-off
Hacker News, 2014
Rentals and assets
Rent out homes you have lived in
Rents out spare rooms and then whole properties previously lived in, so rent covers the mortgages.
Over $10k
Hacker News, 2014
Rentals and assets
Vacation rental property in Hawaii
Bought a vacation rental that earns nightly rental income.
Over $10k
Hacker News, 2014
Rentals and assets
Cryptocurrency mining rig
Runs hardware that mines cryptocurrencies.
$1k to $10kHands-offOnline
Hacker News, 2014
Rentals and assets
Rent a spare room on Airbnb
Rents out a spare room for up to a week each month, needing little work beyond laundry.
Under $100Hands-off
Hacker News, 2014
Rentals and assets
Rent out short-sale condos with a property manager
Bought 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 person
Hacker News, 2014

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