So if you are interested in a really easy way to make money now, you could probably make money tomorrow cleaning gutters. This is a really easy business to start because all it requires is a ladder and a bucket. If you already have a bucket all you have to do is borrow the ladder. (For a complete list of recommended equipment please click on <a href=”http://www.guttercleaning101.blogspot.com”>Gutter Cleaning Tools</a>. If you have a job, you could do it on Saturdays, if you are between jobs you could easily make 300 dollars a day cleaning out gutters on 3 houses.
Peak seasons vary throughout the country but generally the fall and the Spring are super busy times for gutter cleaners.
To start this business simply find a street that has a lot of trees and fairly nice houses. When you knock doors say something to this effect. “Hey, I was in the neighborhood cleaning gutters for a few of your neighbors for a great price and I was wondering if you have cleaned your gutters yet this year?” When they say ‘no’, ask them if they would like a free estimate to have them cleaned.
Side note: Most people like to use the word ‘no’ with someone they don’t know the first time they meet you. If they say ‘no’ first, they are more likely to say yes latter. Plus this makes it kind of a fun game for you. I once used this tactic to pick up jobs for seven houses in a row.
If you are people phobic, you may also elect to run flyers. Depending on the area, how good your flyers are, and what time of year it is, you should plan on getting between 2 and 10 jobs for every 500 flyers you run.
A note on picking good nieghborhoods. I have cleaned gutters in the past and it seems 90% of people who pay you to clean gutters have a jacuzzi so pick affluent middle class nieghborhoods for the best results.
Be careful this job can be dangerous, cold, and dirty, but the worse conditions get, the busier you get. Afterall no one in their right mind except you wants to clean gutters if they can avoid it.