Cleaning Foreclosed Houses Foreclosed Homes for Sale

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Professional Home Cleaning Service Business

With the many foreclosed homes for sale you are probably thinking that starting a foreclosure cleaning business is going to be a no brainer with just having plenty of jobs drop right into your lap.

Getting a business license for your cleaning business

You many will find that you will need to be established with the proper license and insurance. Then the needed equipment and staff to get the work done on a timeline.

How to get Real Estate Industry Contracting Jobs

Banks want these foreclosure properties handled on a deadline, so you will probably have a better time looking to get government contracts from:

  • Home development managers
  • Asset managers
  • Real estate agents
  • Investment brokers

The reason this is important is because they can help you with the best places to find property managers who will need your housekeeping home cleaning services for commercial property and residential property.

The more contracts you get will lead to word of mouth which is in your favor since not everyone who buys banked owned properties will know how to maintain and keep up the lawn or pools.

Local Cleaning Service for Foreclosures is Needed

If you are investing in real estate property that is located out of state it will also cause you a deal of concern and the need for a local cleaning business who can handle all the day to day contracts and activities of hauling the trash and fixing any broken doors or windows.

One of the best businesses to start in this down economy some would say is the ones who can go and clean.

Offer window cleaning along with your foreclosure preservation business

Window cleaning is a business that has been around awhile and most who run these types of services work for themselves and they usually provide window cleaning for corporations and commercial type buildings.

If you are presently in this type of business you may want to look at helping with cleaning windows of foreclosed property.

Help Wanted Small Business Vendor Contracts

If you are starting a business cleaning foreclosures you will need to know that you can offer a variety of cleaning services.

Ssome of the more popular ones are hauling away debris and trash while others are just to clean out the homes that have been left vacant others would rather do the in home repair of the plumbing or the kitchen appliances.

if you are a contractor you will be familiar with all the exterior and interior work that will need to be done on the banked owned homes.

HUD foreclosures as well as the abandoned homes left by rental property managers who have gone into foreclosure due to not being able to make the mortgage.

There are alot of contractors and subcontractors that can help you out with the work so that you do not have to do all the cleaning, painting, repairs, landscaping on your own.

Cleaning foreclosure homes for sale
Cleaning foreclosure homes for sale

Types of Cleaning Services

Pressure Washing

In this type of service pressure washing requires that you use a high pressure water hose on the buildings that have become dirty.

Exterior Painting

The best way to get a fresh looking paint job on a house that has been left unattended for a number of years will require picking the right colors.

Seek joint ventures if you currently are providing this type of service you will want to also offer this to those who will be starting a foreclosure cleaning business.

Housekeeping

Home maid services are now adding vacant home cleaning to their list of jobs which before used to only include family homes of parents and elderly who did not have time or where unable to clean.

Multiple streams of revenue can help a small business owner who is operating a professional home cleaning maid service for foreclosures and REO's.

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Comments

April Metternick 2 years ago

Yes i want to clean foreclosed house ut and i do not have my business license and i was wondering ehat company i could go through to clean out foreclosed houses in my area with out a business license. If i could have someone get back with me and let me no what route i could go my email is aprilmetternick@yahoo.com or via phone at 616-477-3837

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Research Analyst Hub Author 2 years ago

Cleaning foreclosures is a great business opportunity.

wilkiyve 23 months ago

The hard part about the business is getting started. If you do not know REO Brokers personally or if you do not already do a lot of networking then it is a rough start. The business is out there, you just have to do a lot of marketing and networking to get your name out and about. Flyers and Email Marketing are both very good methods of advertising.

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Research Analyst Hub Author 23 months ago

Your right Yvette, it is not going to be a easy job but it will be worth the effort. Thanks for the comment.

shelia dean 22 months ago

I have a non-profit business and i am going to start a foreclosure cleaning business as soon as my paperwork is return so please pray for me and my business. thank you

KIM 20 months ago

I'M LOOKING TO START A FORE CLOSER CLEAN OUTS IN PA,ALONG WITH INSPECTIONS,CAN YOU SEND ME INFORMATION ABOUT BANKS,AND HUD.THANKS KIM

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