Do I dislike all franchises? Not at all, if I were going to start a
restaurant or an oil change shop, a franchise would make sense. Those are
expensive, notoriously risky businesses. But house cleaning? or blind
cleaning? or commercial cleaning? You can start ANY cleaning business for
under $100. and have positive cash flow in two weeks. I've done them all,
house cleaning, blind cleaning, window cleaning, office cleaning,
construction cleaning, commercial cleaning, etc.
I started each of them for under $100
If you want to build up a
cleaning business that deals in bulk jobs, where you hire help to do the
work, you're far better off building it up over time and doing the work
yourself at first. You can build it to a "franchise level" in six months
to a year. Believe me, your money will go much farther in your
own hands. Besides, we have the Internet now, where there are always
people like Suze & Ev willing to help you out -- for a
fraction of the cost of these old school systems.
Starting a cleaning business is not rocket science, but there is a lucrative
way and a not-so-lucrative way. When I started I was making $12. an hour,
but soon figured how to get that up to $18. an hour and now I make,
on
average, $35. an hour. I've been doing this for ten years and trust me,
buying a commercial cleaning franchise is a bad deal for you, it's a great
deal for the ones doing the franchising.
I've got your franchise and
it will be less than a hundred bucks!
Good luck, and I hope you make the right decision for YOU.