Turn your yard into serious cash

July 15, 2025

By Kim Komando

One of the best calls I’ve had recently on my show came from a listener named Stacy. He casually told me he’s made $80,000 renting the vacant land he covered with gravel behind his house.

That’s it. A rectangle of rocks. No building. No tenants. No fancy business plan. Just a patch of dirt he wasn’t using. Stacy listed it on an app called Neighbor, which connects people who need storage (RVs, boats, trailers, buses) with folks who have extra space.

Since listing it, he’s had over 60 people park everything from luxury campers to school buses. He charges $90 to $200 a month, and he’s booked solid.

He didn’t build anything. Didn’t babysit anyone’s stuff. Didn’t even have Wi-Fi out there. And it’s paid off big-time.

Want to do the same?

You don’t need acres. Got a driveway? A garage you haven’t opened since 2011? A little side yard? People are willing to pay for space to park or store their stuff, and apps make it ridiculously easy.

Yes, Neighbor is one option. But there’s also:

• Spacer and JustPark for driveways and parking spots.
• Hipcamp, if you’ve got land and don’t mind a camper or two.
• Sniffspot, yes, you can even rent your fenced backyard to dog owners.

Real people are doing this:

• A guy in Indiana gets $175 a month for his dusty garage. 
• A couple in Arizona stores a neighbor’s boat in their side yard for $250 a month.
• One woman turned her unused barn into year-round RV storage. She doesn’t want to say how much she makes. I bet it’s a lot.

So take a walk outside and look at that forgotten patch of land or extra space. That’s your weird-flex-but-OK income stream waiting to happen.

🤔 If you do give it a shot (or have another unique way of making money), let me know. I want your success story on the show next.