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My mother wants to start her own cleaning business.?

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What should she do first? Where can she look for grants and loans? How does she go about getting payroll and taxes taken care of? Any info at all would be very helpful and much appreciated. She is located in Cincinnati Ohio if it matters to the situation. Thanks in advance

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  1. loan deffinately


  2. I am unsure as to why she would need grants and loans.  I helped my mother in law with this before and she just now hired someone to help because it got to be to much business for just her. It is 3 years later.

    We got her some cards from Vista print, they were cheap(just don't go for all the extras).  We did brochures up on the computer with paper from office depot. Start up was around $150.00 with cleaning supplies.  She now has over 100 accounts. She was her own marketing person, making calls and going to business all week until she built up a good base.

    I hope that helps

  3. I agree with the poster that she doesn't need to get a loan.  A cleaning business is very inexpensive to start, probably under $500 or way less.  And she should be starting to make money fairly quickly, if she does just a few things right from the start.

    Here's some beginning steps:

    1. Check with your city or county clerk's office to see if you need a business license or fictitious name license. These are inexpensive ($25-$50) and usually last 3 or more years;

    2. Then, call around to insurance companies and compare prices for liability insurance (sometimes called bond). This protects you if something breaks or gets damaged while you're on the job. And, yes, sometimes you didn't so it, but with this you can keep a client! AND, when you can say to potential clients, "I have liability insurance" it not only makes you professional, but adds confidence. It shouldn't cost more than around $100-$300/yr for $100K coverage (you don't need more than that for now);

    3. Call existing cleaning companies, pretend to be a potential customer, to find out the going rates and services provided;

    4. NOW, make a nice flyer and/or introductory letter about your service and start knockin' on doors, so to speak!  Dress nice, maybe have a t-shirt made up with your company name and/or logo at Cafepress.com, too.

    5.  And spend less than $39 on a business cleaning kit, less than that for a residential kit, that will give you the basic contracts, forms for estimates and book-keeping, intro letters, what supplies you need, how to get customers and other valuable tips.  It will save you time and money in the long run!  

    This is a general start. There is lots of information available for you below......

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