11-21-2013, 07:37 PM
Hello,
I am new to this forum and have found it to be very educational and with a good sense of respect for eachother. Many forums today (whatever the topic) seem to be angry and just downright unhelpful. I have spent some time and read past threads,made notes and reviewed products. With that being said, I would like to layout my inital approach to getting started and get feedback.
I currently work a full time job and wish to develope and carpet cleaning business parttime with the hopes of it overtaking my full time job. Currently I have my evenings and weekends free to dedicate to the new business. I am thinking my inital focus will be encap cleaning and my customer focus will be aprtments / motels /realtors. I have extensive Real estate, property management company contacts coupled with Motel owners. Additionally, it is important I should point out this "start up" will be done with a very limited budget. Earnings will be directly returned to the business for growth.
Recently I purchased a refurbished "Whittaker" 21 machine with two new Blue brushes.
At this point I am working on finishing the layout of my marketing materials.
My direct questions to the forum are :
Will this machine (if in good running condition) allow me to get a good start?
What basic solutions should I purchase to get started? Forum has some conflictinng ideas.
What is a good hand held divice to do steps?
Bid Price: I will do market research, but is there a ballpark $ /sg.ft for vacant apartments? A launching point, then I will adjust as I inspect the condition.
I hope that is not to much to blert out, I am excited and my head is full of 1000 ideas and questions.
Thank you in advance for your time and replys.
I am new to this forum and have found it to be very educational and with a good sense of respect for eachother. Many forums today (whatever the topic) seem to be angry and just downright unhelpful. I have spent some time and read past threads,made notes and reviewed products. With that being said, I would like to layout my inital approach to getting started and get feedback.
I currently work a full time job and wish to develope and carpet cleaning business parttime with the hopes of it overtaking my full time job. Currently I have my evenings and weekends free to dedicate to the new business. I am thinking my inital focus will be encap cleaning and my customer focus will be aprtments / motels /realtors. I have extensive Real estate, property management company contacts coupled with Motel owners. Additionally, it is important I should point out this "start up" will be done with a very limited budget. Earnings will be directly returned to the business for growth.
Recently I purchased a refurbished "Whittaker" 21 machine with two new Blue brushes.
At this point I am working on finishing the layout of my marketing materials.
My direct questions to the forum are :
Will this machine (if in good running condition) allow me to get a good start?
What basic solutions should I purchase to get started? Forum has some conflictinng ideas.
What is a good hand held divice to do steps?
Bid Price: I will do market research, but is there a ballpark $ /sg.ft for vacant apartments? A launching point, then I will adjust as I inspect the condition.
I hope that is not to much to blert out, I am excited and my head is full of 1000 ideas and questions.
Thank you in advance for your time and replys.