Starting a cleaning business
Nine short stories from inside a house-cleaning business, each one ending with the lesson it taught. Then the practical part: what to charge, what it costs to start, insurance, and finding your first clients.
Told first-person by a house-cleaning business owner. The work, the clients, the mistakes, and what each one taught. Captions are on by default.
How my business began, with the job nobody else would do.
My very first hoarder job, the auction, and the money I left on the table.
The easiest good money I ever made, and why it mattered more than the money.
A client who could not decide, and the one rule that finally set her free.
Drawn from the dementia cleanouts I did over the years.
The client who looked like she had everything, and the lesson about who hoards.
The job I got wrong, and the grace I never forgot.
The hardest house I ever walked into, and the bravest phone call I ever got.
The strangest way I was ever paid, and why it turned out to be the best.
Plain articles on the decisions that come first.
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