How to Start a Junk Business – Low Cost Home Business – Big Profits

The Junk Business = Big Profits!
If you need to go to work and don’t have a lot of money to get started, if you’re having trouble finding a job, or simply want to make some extra money on the weekends, the junk business is worth definitely worth considering as a small business.

Cost to get started:
The cost to get started in the junk business varies greatly but at a minimum you need a vehicle that can haul debris.  Weather it’s a pickup,  or simply a large open-top trailer that can be pulled behind your vehicle. This is a must have to get started.

If you already have a vehicle that can perform this work than you’re on your way. If not, you should be able to locate one for as little as 1000.00 for an old beat up truck.

Additional Supplies
Rubber gloves,
Trash Cans
Protective Clothing
Push Broom
Elbow Grease

Why Junk
Getting started in the junk business is quite simple, the work is hard, and it can pay quite well. In this case simply owning a truck and the willingness to work hard can go quite far. Most people have junk, lots of junk. In this day and age in a consumer society we all buy stuff, with the Wal-Marts and Costco, we are all constantly stocking up on new stuff as our old stuff becomes less valuable and eventually becomes junk that we no longer wish to own. Our appliances go out and we buy new, we do some remodeling on our homes and toss out the old. Basically the junk is constantly adding up. We fill the garage, and attic, our closets, and in many cases we even rent more storage just to contain all the stuff that we have.

This business is growing by leaps and bounds, in nearly every city in the United States. With the economy going belly up, the junk business is actually growing. Unfortunitly, with more and more people being evicted from there homes, and leaving their stuff behind, this leaves landlords in a bit of a learch. The landlord has to clear the apartments, condo’s and homes in order to get them rented again. In other cases where a home is foreclosed on the bank is hiring out this service. Still in other cases where a real estate agent is charged with selling a home that is still full of stuff left behind. The agent will either pass the cost on to the person who owns the home and in other cases will actually pay for the service themselves in order to make the sale.

How to get started:
Once you have truck and supplies together it’s simply a matter of finding customers. In this business it pays to advertise your services on local bulletin boards, classified ads in the local newspaper, and with flyer’s.
But don’t stop there, with the junk business you need to go a step further, and talk to the people that know about the jobs. You’ll want to get out and talk to every property management company, talk to apartment complex managers, and as many real estate agents as possible. Even further than that you should contact construction management companies as many times they hire out the clean up portion of any construction project. Contact private storage facilities as well. Each and every month they have storage renters that default on there rental agreement and the storage owners have the unites cleared out.

Additionally
Most clean-up jobs are done on the basis that everything must be removed and in most cases, especially with rental and storage clean-outs there’s plenty of good stuff mixed in with the junk. Most owners will allow you to keep whatever you like out of the items that were left behind which allows you to gain a second stream of income as well, by selling off the extras.

If you can get started with a friend, business partner it will help, many junk clean-outs are all about had work and heavy lifting, it helps the have a second person to assist with the heavier items.

To your success, good luck!