Your parking spot is worth at least $115 a month. Start Earning.

IdleSpots rents your unused apartment parking spot to verified drivers while you're at work or not using it. You set your availability. We handle everything else. Money hits your account every month.

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✦ Earn at least $115/mo on average

✦ Zero Effort Required

✦ Smart Gate Access

✦ Insured Transactions

✦ Cancel Anytime

✦ Earn at least $115/mo on average ✦ Zero Effort Required ✦ Smart Gate Access ✦ Insured Transactions ✦ Cancel Anytime

How it Works

① List Your Spot for Free

Tell us about your parking spot — your building, your availability, and your access type. It takes about two minutes. There is no cost to list, no commitment required, and you can pause or stop anytime.

② We Activate It and Handle Everything

IdleSpots works with your property manager to set up digital gate access for verified drivers. We manage all bookings, payments, driver communication, and support. You do not need to be home, hand over keys, or do anything at all.

③ Your Spot Earns While You're Away

Drivers book your spot during the hours you're away. Your spot earns money automatically. On event days near you, surge pricing means your spot earns even more — without you doing anything differently.

④ Get Paid Every Month

Direct deposit to your bank account on the first of every month. Your host dashboard shows every booking, every dollar earned, and every upcoming payout. Full transparency, no surprises.

"I've been paying $2,400 a month in rent and never thought twice about my parking spot just sitting there empty all day. IdleSpots set everything up in one week. Now that spot pays for my gym membership, my streaming subscriptions, and most of my groceries. I didn't change anything about my life."

— Apartment Resident, Downtown Los Angeles

Why List With IdleSpots?

  • Real Monthly Income

    Earn at least an average of $115 per month — $1,380 per year — from a parking spot you already have and are not using during the day. No side hustle. No second job. Your spot earns while your car sits at work or away from home.

  • Zero Effort on Your Part

    IdleSpots manages every booking, every payment, every driver interaction, and every support request. Your gate access credentials are handled digitally — no key handoffs, no scheduling, no coordination. You literally do nothing after setup.

  • Your Spot. Your Rules.

    You control your availability completely. Block off any day you need your spot back. Pause your listing for a week, a month, or indefinitely. Your spot is always available to you when you need it — IdleSpots only rents it during the hours you say you don't.

Whether your apartment is in the heart of Downtown LA’s Financial District, steps from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, or anywhere in between…

IdleSpots can turn your empty parking spot into passive income while you’re away at work.

  • Your parking spot is in one of the most parking-scarce neighborhoods in the country. Lawyers, doctors, judges, and professionals need parking near your building every single day. IdleSpots connects them directly to your spot during the exact hours it sits empty. You earn. They park. Everyone wins.

  • Eight FIFA World Cup matches are coming to SoFi Stadium starting June 12, 2026. On each match day, parking within a mile of SoFi commands $40–$80 per booking through IdleSpots surge pricing. That is eight extra paydays this summer on top of your regular monthly income — from a spot you were not using on those days anyway.

  • Work from home some days? Take the Metro? Have a second car that sits in your spot? Your flexibility is your advantage. List your spot for the days and hours you genuinely are not using it. Even three days a week of availability generates meaningful monthly income with zero disruption to your routine.

California's AB 1317, signed into law in 2023 and effective January 2025, now requires new apartment buildings with 16 or more units in Los Angeles County to charge parking separately from rent. That means your parking spot is already a separate asset with its own defined value — not just a line item buried in your lease.

IdleSpots was built to help you monetize that asset during the eight or more hours every weekday it sits completely unused.

California Assembly Bill 1317

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The average apartment parking spot sits empty while its resident is at work — generating zero income for the person paying for it.

What Hosts Are Saying

  • "I was skeptical at first. Letting strangers into my building's garage felt weird. But IdleSpots handles everything digitally — I never see the drivers, I never do anything, and $115 hits my account every month like clockwork. I wish I had done this sooner."

    — Apartment Resident, South Park, Downtown LA

  • "My building is four blocks from Crypto.com Arena. On game nights my spot books instantly at surge pricing. Between regular daily bookings and event nights I made $340 last month. From a parking spot."

    — Apartment Resident, Figueroa Corridor, DTLA

  • "I live near SoFi and I work from home two days a week. I just block those days in the app and the rest of the time IdleSpots handles it. It is the most passive income I have ever earned. Literally nothing changed about my life except my bank balance."

    — Apartment Resident, Morningside Park, Inglewood

Renter Frequently Asked Questions

  • Based on $6 per hour, two hours of average daily bookings, and 12 active days per month, the average host earns approximately $115 per month — $1,380 per year. Hosts near SoFi Stadium or Crypto.com Arena earn more on event days through automatic surge pricing. Your host dashboard shows real-time earnings projections based on your specific building and availability.

  • Yes — and IdleSpots handles that conversation for you. We work directly with property managers to activate buildings through a formal partnership agreement. If your building is already an IdleSpots partner, you can list immediately. If not, submit your building address through the waitlist form and we will reach out to your property manager on your behalf. You do not need to negotiate anything yourself.

  • You control your availability completely through the host dashboard. Block off any day or time period and no bookings will be accepted during that window. We recommend setting a recurring weekly availability schedule — for example, Monday through Friday 8am to 6pm — so you never think about it again. Your spot is always available to you outside those hours.

  • No key fobs, no passcodes, no physical handoffs of any kind. IdleSpots issues a time-limited digital credential to each driver that works only during their specific booking window and expires automatically when the booking ends. The driver opens the gate with their phone. You never interact with the driver directly.

  • Every driver on IdleSpots is identity verified before their first booking. Every booking is timestamped and logged with gate access records. IdleSpots carries contingent auto liability insurance on every transaction. If an incident occurs, our support team manages the documentation, the claim, and the resolution. You report it through the app and we handle the rest.

Payments & Setup Questions

  • Direct deposit to your bank account on the first of every month. You connect your bank account securely through Plaid during setup — the same technology used by Venmo, Cash App, and most major financial platforms. Your host dashboard shows a running total of your earnings, a complete booking history, and your upcoming payout date at all times.

  • No. Listing is completely free. IdleSpots earns a small percentage of each transaction — you keep 80% of every booking. There are no setup fees, no monthly fees, and no penalties for pausing or cancelling.

  • Once your building's property manager has a signed partnership agreement with IdleSpots, your spot can be activated within 48 hours. The digital gate access integration is handled by our team. Your only task is completing the five-minute host onboarding form in the app — your availability, your spot number, and your payout bank account.

  • Yes, as long as the spot is genuinely unused during the hours you list it. The listing is registered to one account holder who is responsible for accuracy. If your availability changes — your roommate starts using the car during the day, for example — simply update your availability in the host dashboard.

  • IdleSpots is launching in Downtown Los Angeles and Inglewood in Summer 2026 — timed to coincide with the FIFA World Cup matches at SoFi Stadium beginning June 12. Hosts who join the waitlist now will be activated first and have the best chance of capturing World Cup surge pricing bookings from day one.

"Our residents have been asking for ways to offset the cost of living in Los Angeles for years. IdleSpots gives them a real answer — not a coupon or a discount, but actual monthly income from something they already have. We signed on because it makes our building genuinely more valuable to the people who live here."

- Property Manager, Inglewood residential building near SoFi Stadium

Start Earning From Your Parking Spot

IdleSpots is activating buildings in Downtown Los Angeles and Inglewood in Summer 2026. Join the host waitlist now and be among the first residents set up to earn from your spot — including World Cup surge pricing at SoFi Stadium starting June 12.