Foreclosure
Cleaning Business - Why You Should Never Discuss Rates Or Prices Over the
Phone
By Yuwanda Black
If you own a business cleaning foreclosures, or are thinking about
starting one, one thing you should know going in is that you will get call
after call from subcontractors and wanna-be business owners asking for
guidance on how to price jobs and/or how much they can make in this
business. They'll call asking questions and make comments like:
"I own a landscaping company and want to pitch my services to
foreclosure cleanup companies. I just need a little guidance on how you go
about pricing your services;"
OR
"I am thinking of going into the foreclosure trashout business. I
wanted to know about how much I can expect to make on a house -- just a
rough estimate is all I need, eg, for just doing the cleaning and trashout;"
OR
"I own a general contracting business and want to get into cleaning
foreclosures. How do you decide what to charge for things like making
repairs, painting, etc.?"
These are actual calls one foreclosure cleaning business owner says she
receives on a daily basis.
Don't get sucked into answering these types of questions. It's not that
you don't want to share trade secrets or anything, or that you don't want
to be helpful to others. Rather, it's for the following very practical
reasons.
Foreclosure Cleanup Business Owners: 3 Reasons NOT to Talk
Rate/Pricing w/Others
Time: If you're actively running a foreclosure cleaning
business, you probably won't have the time to answer these types of
questions. As foreclosures are a hot topic in the news now, many are
interested in starting this type of business. And you could be fielding 5,
10 or 15 calls a day like this - from all over the country - and beyond.
These calls can take anywhere from 10 or 15 minutes, on up to a half
hour or more, which brings us to the next reason not to take these types
of calls . . .
You're Not a Consultant: Many times, the callers will start out
with one or two questions, but it rarely stops there. One question leads
to the next, which leads to the next and on and on and on.
You're not a foreclosure cleaning business consultant, you're a
foreclosure cleaning business owner. And if you start answering questions
for every caller, it won't be the last call you'll get. Many will continue
to call as they run into problems.
A lot of what needs to be learned in this business can only be learned
by trial and error, as anyone in the business can tell you.
It's Impossible to Answer Correctly: Prices and job rates depend
on so many variables - location, size of house, work to be done,
contractors to be hired, turnaround time, equipment to be rented, etc.
that it's practically impossible to answer correctly anyway. So, don't
even try.
Cleaning foreclosures - like any other business - takes time and
commitment. And those who are serious about it will take it upon
themselves to learn what they need to know to succeed.
May be reprinted with the following, in full:
Foreclosure cleanup businesses present a sizzling opportunity to make
money in the current economic climate -- and beyond. Visit
Start-a-Foreclosure-Cleanup-Business.com for 200 pages of info that tells
you everything you need to know to start a business cleaning foreclosures.
View the news video featuring the owner of a leading foreclosure company
in Atlanta, GA on the site as well.
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