Your Own Junk Hauling And Removal Service. Is A Throw-away Society. We All Know That. We All Have A Lot Ofjunk That We Do Not Need, And Just About All Of Us Have Things Piling Uprelentlessly In Out Attics, Garages, Basements, Closets And Even In Thewide Open Of The Back Yard.A Lot Of People Try To Ignore The Problem Until They Can No Longer Get Intotheir Garage, Or When They Find It Impossible To Squeeze One More Item Intothe Attic. They Have Too Much Junk And They Need To Get Rid Of It. Often,they Will Pay Someone To Do Just That. This Means An Opportunity For You.You Can Make A Decent Living By Helping People Get Rid Of Their Junk.To Get Started, You Need A Strong Back And Something To Haul With, Such Asa Pick-up Or A Small Trailer To Pull Behind Your Car. That's About It. Ifyou Don't Have A Pick-up, Consider Buying A Used One Cheap. You Couldeasily Find Something For Less Than 1,000. An Even Less Expensivealternative Is A Small Trailer For Your Car. Trailers Can Be Had For Justa Couple Hundred Bucks Or Less.How To Get Started:This Is Generally A Very Community Or Neighborhood Oriented Business. Takeout An Ad In Your Community Newspaper Saying That You Will Haul Awayunwanted Items Or That You Will Clean Garages, Basements Or Attics For Afee. You Can Also Print Up A One-page Flyer And Place Them On Housesdoor-to-door, Or On The Windshields Of Cars.What You Need To KnowYou Will Need To Find A Place For All The Junk You Collect And Remove.Find Out Where The Local Landfills Are And What Their Policies Are. Theymay Charge You A Fee For Bring Stuff Is, But You Can Charge That Fee Backto You Clients. You Also May Need Dumping Permits In Some Areas, So Checkwith Your Local City Or County Offices.It's Also A Good Idea To Learn About Dumping Regulation. Some Items Aremore Difficult To Get Rid Of Than Others. For Example, You Can't Just Dumpa Refrigerator Or An Old Stove Anywhere. Old Tires Are Another Hard-to-dump Item. There Are Specific Places For Specific Things. Find Out Whatgoes Where. Once You Have It All Down, However, You Have It Made.You Should Be Able To Earn From 7 To 10 An Hour. You Will Not Be Able Tocharge By The Hour, However, Because People May Give You A Problem Aboutthe Pace At Which You Work, And How Much Time They Feel You Should Take Toget The Job Done. Instead, Make An Estimate Based On Your Own Judgment Onhow Long It Will Take You To Clean Out That Garage Or Attic. Once You Havedone A Few, You Will Have A Good Idea About The Time Involved. Then Givean Upfront Estimate. If It Will Take You A Complete Day, Or Eight Hours,ask For 80 To 100.Remember Also That One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure. You May Finda Market For Some Of The Items Many People Just Want To Get Rid Off. Soexplore The Option Of Sales To Second Hand Stores, Or The Possibility Ofstarting Up A Second-hand Store Of Your Own. Such Stores Can Be Lucrativelike You Would Not Believe. There's Big Money In Junk - And In Getting Ridof It. It Takes No Special Knowledge Or Education, And You Can Get Startedwith A Minimum Investment. All That's Left For You Now It To Get Busy! -30-
