i tried renting our car. never again.
2024，September was the “what if we Turo the old Camry” month. It’s a 2014, clean, reliable. I photographed it at dusk, listed it mid-week, underpriced to get the first booking. It worked. Three weekends went fine, then came the door ding. Not huge, but enough to trigger photos, messages, and that sinking feeling you get when you realize your side hustle now involves insurance language.
We resolved it, sort of. I ended up netting seventy-eight dollars across six weeks after a claim deductible and an extra wash, which is to say I bought myself a headache with a tip. The upside? I now know exactly how to screen guests, set mileage, and document every inch of a car in thirty seconds. The lesson? Some hustles pay you in stress first and money much later. I closed the listing and redirected my energy to something that lets me sleep.
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