Top money-making opportunities for renters

Home ownership has a lot of demonstrated value from an investment standpoint, with equity, tax breaks and the opportunity for owners to rent out spare rooms all pitching in. But the gig economy—which has disrupted traditional economic models, slashing costs in industries such as hospitality (Airbnb, Homeaway, etc) and transportation (Uber, Lyft, etc)—has opened up money-making opportunities for renters, too.

And that’s a good thing, because quite a few people are renting these days. A recent analysis by the Census Bureau found that in 2016, 37% of households were renters, the highest percentagein over 50 years. But happily, you don’t need to actually own real estate to profit from it.