448: Rank and Rent: $1000 a Month From Simple Local Websites

<p>What if you could rent out digital real estate just as you would traditional real estate, but without all the headaches that come with maintaining a property?</p> <p>That’s exactly what Luke Van Der Veer is doing with his digital “Rank and Rent” business.</p> <p>I found Luke through the Side Hustle Nation Facebook group, where he shared a unique take on online business, kind of at the intersection of service businesses, SEO, and real estate.</p> <p>Really taking a page out from all of those playbooks.</p> <p>What Luke does is he builds a local service business website, then “rents” it out to a local, less digital-savvy business that is more than happy for the extra leads.</p> <p>Luke has been doing this for several years but said it took about 6 months to replace his day job income, and 12 months to hit 6-figures.</p> <p>Today he runs a portfolio of over 100 different websites using this “rank and rent” model, earning predictable recurring revenue taking up just a few hours pre week.</p> <p>Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to learn:</p> <ul> <li>how Luke picks a niche and evaluates the competition</li> <li>how to price your service</li> <li>how to find qualified “tenants” for your digital properties</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.sidehustlenation.com/rank-and-rent/">Full show notes</a></p>