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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3273 - STORY: London Photographer Rents Camera Gear 1,100 Times

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.8 โ€ข 3.3K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 17 December 2025

โฑ๏ธ 8 minutes

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Summary

A London receptionist rents out his photography equipment on a peer-to-peer sharing site… over and over and over.

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0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:10.7

We don't feature a ton of stories about peer-to-peer lending on the podcast, just because there's not always a lot to say about them.

0:17.5

There's different platforms where you can, like, you know, loan out stuff, get paid for it. It's just kind of turnkey and self-explanatory. But also, they're not usually a great business model when you're trying to create an asset for yourself. Like, I like to focus the show around helping people create passive income or at least something that has a chance to go on and earn money without them always putting in the

0:37.8

time for it and also something that's not so dependent on another platform. But, you know,

0:42.1

that said, there are some exceptions. These platforms and networks can be great to experiment with.

0:48.1

And also, once in a while, which is what we're going to hear about today, someone comes along

0:52.3

who figures out a competitive advantage and

0:54.6

usually does go on to earn a lot of money from one of these sites. So that's what today's story is

1:00.2

about a London receptionist who is also a part-time photographer. He starts renting out his camera

1:06.4

gear. He gets really good at it, systemizes the process to where he can do it over and over.

1:11.5

In fact, he ends up renting it more than 1,100 times.

1:15.4

And at the time we first shared this story, he had brought in over $30,000, mostly after

1:20.0

creating this process where it's not a ton of work for him.

1:23.3

So most people who loan their stuff out don't make $30,000 extra doing it.

1:27.5

How has this guy made it happen?

1:29.3

That's what today's story is about.

1:30.9

London photographer rinse camera gear 1,100 times.

1:34.7

Stay tuned for the story. Antonio Salvani is no stranger to the world of side hustling. He works by day as a receptionist

1:50.3

for a property management company in central London. And a few years ago, he started taking

1:55.0

freelance photography gigs. From then on, his evenings and weekends were spent shooting

1:59.5

weddings and other various events.

2:01.7

It was in preparation for an upcoming wedding that Antonio discovered a completely different way

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