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I turned my side hustle into a cleaning business

27 points| simplypeter | 2 years ago |dollarsanity.com | reply

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[+] cushychicken|2 years ago|reply
One of my close friends from middle and high school came from a family whose patriarch did this same kind of job.

He had a slightly bigger operation than this guy, because he had to buy snow removal equipment to clear snow from parking lots, but it’s totally a thing you can do.

[+] simplypeter|2 years ago|reply
The thing is,the most profitable businesses are often the boring ones. Unlike online businesses, the competition they face is decreasing daily as everyone chases after some glamorous business where they can work from the beach.
[+] 303uru|2 years ago|reply
So this is one of those "his book is the real earner" things right? No way this dude is going around picking up trash for $52k a month.
[+] whynotmaybe|2 years ago|reply
> I decided the most simple way to accommodate this was by subbing the work out to other small cleaning companies.

So the best way to make money is to hire someone to do the job and pay him less than what you're billing your client?

> Each subcontractor must sign a contract that I had created before they commence work for me. It spells out their legal and service obligations.

And create a legal binding between you and the subcontractors that are finally like employees without any employee protection?

Let me guess, somewhere in the contract there's some non compete clause that they must follow because they're not employees?

[+] mondayp|2 years ago|reply
Is this an ad for a $100+ book?
[+] globalnode|2 years ago|reply
so whats this super secret tool he uses, unfortunately i cant bring myself to visit his site, has anyone checked?
[+] prawn|2 years ago|reply
Looks like a wire frame and handle with a metal plate that sits flat at ground level. The wire frame (bit like a coathanger) holds the mouth of the bag open. A plastic bag gets sandwiched in so it's easy to sweep material into the bag, and then remove the bag from the mouth/handle contraption to tie up and dispose of.