5 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