$500/Month Renting Trailers to Stranded IKEA Shoppers

You buy a huge sectional. It won’t fit in your SUV. Store delivery takes three days and costs $100. So you’re stuck in the parking lot…

One guy turned that exact moment into a side income.

📝 He shared the setup (archived) on Reddit…

I bought two used 5×8 cargo trailers on marketplace for about $1200 total, and spent another $200 on new tires and LED light kits.

He keeps them in a cheap lot near a big IKEA. A peer-to-peer rental listing does the rest 😎

No meetings, no hitching help – renters get a lockbox code and a how-to PDF 👀

The money 👇

I charge $40/day and during the spring and summer they are booked almost every Friday through Sunday…

I am clearing about $500/month in pure profit.

All for about 20 minutes a week checking tires 🤑

Best part: trailers barely depreciate. Bored of it? Sell them tomorrow for what you paid.

It is a dirty and boring way to make money which is exactly why there is no competition in my area.

List a used trailer on Neighbors Trailer near any furniture hotspot and you’re in business 😎

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