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dreamstinvestments · 09-18-2009, 01:17 AM

I wanted to share with everyone, I know alot of people are getting into cleaning foreclosed homes and I wanted to share this site I found. www.listbankrepos.com They have a foreclosure cleanup training guide that is downloadable! It teaches completely how to start and run your own business, how to market your business to the banks, it includes the HUD guideline tables to help you price your bids, and they also give you the bank contacts so you can start getting foreclosure cleaning contracts right away. I hope this helps anyone getting into the business. We also belong to http://www.instanthomelink.com We get alot of business here, the REO Asset managers go on there alot and request our services. They also send out monthly directly to the REO Asset managers our resume with all of our services.

foreclosure-cleaning · 09-29-2009, 09:17 AM

If you want to start a business cleaning and hauling trash from foreclosure/ REO properties, try contacting the Acquiring Financial Institutions of failed banks... go to the FDIC's website to find preliminary contact info for the Acquiring Financial Institutions. Remember, you DON'T want the failed banks' info, but rather you want those organizations that are now handling their real estate assets... Lot of the big property preservation companies that handle the big contracts for these financial institutions are swamped ... they need the smaller foreclosure cleanup companies to help out. But make sure you have your ducks in a row to get these contracts and subcontracts (proper license, registration, insurance).

Good luck!

Cassandra, Foreclosure Cleanup, Atlanta, GA

j.douglas · 10-01-2009, 10:00 AM

thank you for the information

danielwarne · 10-12-2009, 04:32 AM

thanks for sharing dear

dreamstinvestments · 01-18-2010, 01:46 AM

Getting contracts is the most important thing in this business, I was struggling getting contracts and then I found this website I wanted to share with you all, http://www.listbankrepos.com They have a good bank contact list, I just started signing up with all the banks and I got request for jobs in 2 days. I would highly recommend it

foreclosure-cleaning · 01-20-2010, 04:32 PM

Don't forget to contact larger property preservation companies for foreclosure cleanup jobs and subcontracting work

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Cassandra

Coloradocarpetcleaner · 01-20-2010, 04:37 PM

We found that by carrying water on our trucks a lot of Banks would use us during the winter for carpet cleaning in Broomfield and Boulder. They tend to winterize the houses and do not have the water turned on. So for carpet cleaners to send a note to the Realtors doing bank repos mentioning that they carry water might bring in some more carpet cleaner business.

foreclosure-cleaning · 01-22-2010, 10:33 AM

Good marketing angle when touching realtors re: water truck.... I'd suggest really playing it up on a postcard mailer. Anything to set your business apart and get noticed... REALLY great idea! Thanks for sharing.

Coloradocarpetcleaner · 01-22-2010, 11:01 AM

No problem. A postcard to Realtor saying we specialize in Bank Owned properties and we carry water so you don't have too might work.

samantaparks · 11-11-2010, 12:03 PM

Thanks for sharing.

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dreamstinvestments · 11-11-2010, 12:38 PM

The biggest part of this business cleaning foreclosures is getting the work and knowing how to price your jobs so you don't get beat out by your competition. I wanted to share a link of the bank contacts hiring foreclosure cleaning vendors and it also helps you price your foreclosure cleaning jobs. Here is the link:
http://bit.ly/foreclosurecleaningguide

J_Jacobs · 11-11-2010, 01:14 PM

Thanx for the info

foreclosure-cleaning · 01-17-2011, 01:40 PM

"We carry water" IS REALLY a great angle for postcard marketing in getting work on foreclosed homes... posted by another member above. Super idea.

Another one is, "Have Generator, Will Travel." Remember, many of these homes won't have power, so this is yet another little tactic to use in postcard marketing so your mailers get noticed by those needing your foreclosure cleanup services ...

If you go the postcard route, come up with a catchy angle for the mailing... of course, list the normal stuff: your company's services and contact info, but a defined angle will go a long way in keeping your mailer in front of the potential client.

Solve "a problem" for them with a few choice words or meaningful phrase that will make their task easier... I remember years back when I owned an editorial company in NYC. We got repeat work from a vendor in a very competitive editorial city because we made the outsourcer's job easy. Of course, this very large publishing company had procedures in place where they'd bind work and messenger it over to our company, but we established a rapport with the outsourcer via phone and came up with a procedure that made her job easier. We told her to just leave the jobs for our company on the editorial table near the receptionist area. No need for the formal binding, contacting a messenger, or even formal instruction sheet on top. We told her to just leave work for our company on the table and we'd pick up assignments and give her a quick call once we had our projects in hand. Tanya called us religiously to pick up jobs because it MADE HER JOB EASIER. We always tied up loose ends later, but her task was to outsource a great number of projects daily and her using us as a vendor helped her reach her goal -- and exponentially increased our bottom line.

Lesson: Find a way to make your clients' jobs easier, seamless, and you'll get more work from them. Much success to you with your cleaning company.

Cassandra

pasadena · 01-25-2011, 10:58 PM

Thanks for the information.

http://www.carpet-cleaning-glendora.com

dreamstinvestments · 01-26-2011, 01:46 AM

We started our business cleaning foreclosures a little over a year ago, we searched for quite sometime, here is the website we found all of this information on, they have all the bank contacts that you need to get registered and to be a vendor for the banks and asset management companies, step by step instruction to start and run a business doing this, and a pricing guide to help you price your foreclosure cleaning jobs
http://bit.ly/clean-out-foreclosures

foreclosure-cleaning · 02-13-2011, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamstinvestments

Getting contracts is the most important thing in this business, I was struggling getting contracts and then I found this website I wanted to share with you all, http://www.listbankrepos.com They have a good bank contact list, I just started signing up with all the banks and I got request for jobs in 2 days. I would highly recommend it

Here are a few articles that can guide you in registering with larger property preservation companies and loss mitigation companies, as well as needed info how to pass the property preservation quiz and get more foreclosure cleanup business

How Loss Mitigation Companies Can Help You Grow Your Foreclosure Cleanup Business
http://fcindustry.hypermart.net/blog.htm#loss

Where to Find Foreclosure Cleanup Clients for Your Business
http://fcindustry.hypermart.net/blog.htm#where

How to Get Foreclosure Cleanup Business from Your Competition
http://fcindustry.hypermart.net/blog...titionalliance

How to Pass a Property Preservation Quiz & Get More Biz Contracts (Many Larger Property Preservation Companies Are Now Requiring the Completion of Quizzes by Subcontractors)
http://fcindustry.hypermart.net/Home.html#quizx

Good luck!

foreclosure-cleaning · 02-13-2011, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreamstinvestments

The biggest part of this business cleaning foreclosures is getting the work and knowing how to price your jobs so you don't get beat out by your competition. I wanted to share a link of the bank contacts hiring foreclosure cleaning vendors and it also helps you price your foreclosure cleaning jobs. Here is the link:
http://bit.ly/foreclosurecleaningguide

Here are a few references that can guide you on pricing your foreclosure cleaning jobs:

How to Price Foreclosure Cleanup Jobs to Make a Profit (Pricing for Profit Encompasses Many Factors in the Foreclosure Cleanup Industry ... Learn How to Price for Profit)
http://fcindustry.hypermart.net/Home.html#profit

How to Avoid Common Pricing Mistakes as a New Foreclosure Cleanup Business Owner (Avoiding "Anxious Pricing" and Remembering to Account for "Indirect Costs" in Your Foreclosure Cleanup Business)
http://fcindustry.hypermart.net/Home...anxiouspricing

How to Price Foreclosure Cleanup Jobs For Profit Using HUD's Guidelines

http://fcindustry.hypermart.net/Home.html#forprofit

Much success!

Cassandra, Foreclosure Cleanup, LLC

CleaningKate · 02-16-2011, 10:11 PM

How much water do you carry?

BusyBee · 03-01-2011, 09:26 AM

Does people really care what your website looks like?
Maybe one of you can take a look and let me know what you think about it
http://www.bbcleaningservice.com

gustavas007 · 03-02-2011, 12:17 AM

I think that saying you carry water might not hit the point you want to make clearly enough. Maybe saying "We clean carpets in Winterized Houses" might be the angle to take?

http://www.carpetcleaningbellingham.com