Cleaning
Foreclosures - The #1 Recession-Proof Small Business to Start
By
Yuwanda Black The recent MSN real estate article, What crisis?
Some businesses are booming, lists 9 businesses that are booming in
this economy. And you know what, of the nine businesses listed, 6 fall
under the foreclosure cleanup umbrella. Hence, one could make the argument
that cleaning foreclosures is perhaps the number one recession-proof small
business to start.
So just what are these businesses?
6 Booming Businesses That Can All Be Handled by a Full-Service
Foreclosure Cleaning Company
1. Grass Painter: Ever watch an episode of Flip This House
on HGTV and see grass painters turning brown, ugly lawns into
beautiful, lush-looking landscaping within minutes? This is what a grass
painter does. Just like spray painting a wall in your house, a grass
painter paints the grass.
Many foreclosure properties need this service to make the home
attractive for resale and/or to prevent it looking like an abandoned
property. And, at $100-$1,000/pop, the proprietor featured in the article
says he's not only busier than ever, but has people flying in from all
over the country to consult with him on how to start a company doing the
same thing in their hometowns (he charges a consultation fee).
This is a service every cleaning foreclosures business can offer.
2. Pool Servicers: Pools have to be drained, refinished and/or
covered when a house is foreclosed on. Otherwise, they are a magnet for
mosquitoes (because of standing water), and a danger to neighborhood kids
and pets.
So banks, realtors and investors hire pool cleaners to handle the work
that needs to be done. The average cost is around $400 according to the
pool cleaner featured in the piece.
3. Trash Outs: Otherwise known as hauling away the junk and
debris from a foreclosed property. Many times, these are handled by junk
haulers. But, it is a foundational service any foreclosure cleaning
business has to offer. This is mostly the kind of work banks will expect
foreclosure cleaning companies to handle.
The company featured in the article doing this reports being booked
through 2009 already.
4. Property Preservation: Property preservation companies may be
the closest things to a full-service foreclosure cleaning business in that
they do any and everything necessary to protect the lender's asset (the
house) until it is resold. So they may maintain the lawn, remove debris,
fix broken windows, etc.
5. Board Up Professionals: Board up professionals literally
board of the access points of foreclosed homes, where necessary. This
means windows and doors. Banks and realtors use these professionals to
prevent vandals and vagrants from damaging and/or occupying a foreclosed
property.
This is an easy add-on service for businesses that handle
cleaning foreclosures.
6. Locksmiths: While a basic service, it is a necessary one in
the foreclosure process. Locks have to be changed once previous owners
vacate a property. And with mounting foreclosures, the business owner
featured in the article mentioned above said that for the first time in
his company's 97-year history, he was working weekends.
Cleaning Foreclosures: A One-Stop Shop Garners More Business
All of the above services can be offered pretty seamlessly by
full-service foreclosure cleaning businesses. And, it can even garner you
more jobs. How/why? Because realtors and bankers like a one-stop shop so
to speak. If they can call one business to handle six different services,
it makes it that much easier for them to use you.
May be reprinted with the following, in full:
Cleaning foreclosures is a sizzling business opportunity where
excellent money can be made. 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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