Rentals and assets side hustle ideas
Earning from something you own: renting property, rooms, equipment, vehicles, parking, vending machines, domains.
22 ideas
- 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 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 assetsRents out a couple of cheap units and built an app to manage rental administration, contracts and invoices, with the aim to offer it to others.Over $10kOnline and in 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 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 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 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
- Rentals and assetsPut an idle motorcycle up for rent on a quickly built site, earning from renters.Online and in personHacker 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
- 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 rents washers and dryers to tenants and finds customers through Facebook Marketplace. Income is monthly rental fees.Over $10kOnline and in personThe Koerner Office