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Posted By: Mike S. In Response To: Start A Cleaning Business, It Pays Better Than Online Stuff (Jason Duff)
Friday, 6 May 2005, at 4:40 p.m.
Here are two no brainers for someone with a brain (sorry, the brainless should not attempt this).
1) Find a roofer that wants more business and have him show you how to estimate roofs. Drive up and down streets that are 20-30 years old and 40- 60 yrs. old. They probably have a number of houses in need of a roof. Once you know how it's done you can estimate from the street pretty much and stick a quote in the door...go to next house in need of a roof. After someone calls to talk about your offer, you send the roofing contractor to finalize and schedule the job. You get paid by quoting .25-.50 more per square ft. then the contractor needs, and thats your commission. Try to find a roofer you would want doing your house.
2) Buy some quality books on remodeling and home repair and get the word out that you can handle small and medium jobs. Find the elderly, doctors, dentists, to start with and become their goto guy or gal for the jobs the big boys don't want. You may be surprised to find you are becoming the big guy as word gets out about you. I've done these jobs and they are easy money makers. The biggest secret to being a sought after handiperson is calling people back a.s.a.p. After I left the business that I developed into a full blown remodeling business, people were still calling me for a year. After that I disconnected the phone...LOL Only reason I left was, age and health.
Both of these can be done part time or full time and cost little and can earn anywhere between 20,000 and 70,000 per year. Each of these has a number of add on businesses that you caqn piggyback on and make more money.
The more I think about it, I should write a $10.00 ebook with how I did it! I'll think about it!
Good luck to anyone willing to do a little work.
Mike S.
Doctors, dentist? They can't aford to hurt their hands! Oh, and they are too busy to maintain their beautiful homes!
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