Interested in starting a foreclosure trashout or cleanout service? Many people are today.
One of the most important things to know is how to bid. Bid too high, and you won’t get any jobs. Bid too low, and you’ll end up working for pennies an hour. So you have to know how to bid right.
How do you bid wrong? By following advice to “charge $x [often around $1] per square foot.” Bad, bad advice. Or by setting a flat rate, such as $x per house. Or by calling around and getting numbers from your competitors and figuring that those …
The majority of people in China are proud to be Chinese. They are proud of many things – their country, their army, their flag, their food and their inventions. Before starting business in China you need to know something about their culture. Knowing some basic information will be welcomed and can leave a good impression on your Chinese supplier.
Just because everyone else is getting into the business does not mean you should. And just because everyone says they are making money it doesn’t mean they are. For many years I lived in Los Angeles and people would go to Vegas every weekend to gamble, and every time someone came back they told me they won money. That’s obviously statistically impossible considering Las Vegas is building billion-dollar hotels and they were not doing it by losing money from every gambler from Los Angeles.