Five mistakes new gear rental owners make (and how to avoid them)
So, you’ve decided to turn your gear closet into a tiny, high-stakes startup. Welcome to the Accidental Rental Entrepreneur phase of your life: a place where your love for glass and sensors meets the cold, hard reality of human clumsiness. Renting out gear is essentially a social experiment in how much you can trust strangers (and friends) with objects that cost more than a 2012 Honda Civic. To keep your sanity and your profit margins intact, here are five ways to avoid becoming a cautionary tale.
Apr 24, 2026