PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

Rotovac is the way to go my friend.  Check out my websites that are under construction and see how you can set your self apart from the old school steam wand.  Being better than everyone else pays big bucks.

                Forget about the people in this forum to give 2 sh*ts about the topics we post.  This forum really does suck for the most part, but there are a few of us that take this serious.  Anyway your question was about franchising and stories about starting out.  Well starting out is tuff stuff and a franchise is only a good idea if you don't pay to much.  My advice is find something that makes you stand out from the rest of these fat clowns and go with it.  There is a good amount of money cleaning carpets, but the trick is finding the ability to string job after job so you can pay your bills.

We spend a lot of money for all types of advertising and stay real busy, but it comes with a high cost.  You have to find away to stay profitable, and give A+ service.  The hardest thing is to get the jobs, not cleaning the carpet.  You also need to make sure you do a kick ass job so you will have repeat business and referrals.

To answer your question bluntly, you need to have balls to be a business owner and nothing comes easy.  But one thing that is true, working as hard as you can to achieve your goals is the best strategy.  Good luck my friend! "Don't make excuses, make it happen"

I've been running my RX for three years (I got it used) for bonneting,extracting,and hard floors.

I've replaced nothing

no need to replace the shoes nowadays with glides and skids.

Cleaners complain about the price of these items but they're much cheaper than new shoes and dry carpet faster.

no need to go with a limited use plastic drimaster when you can get pretty much the same dry times with a versatile and built like a tank RX-20.

as far as the rotovac.....it cleans well IMO but is just as much work as pushing a wand

as far as franchises,I looked into one,didn't like it.......I went into business for myself to work for myself...........sure it's more work to get the phone to ring at first but at least I don't have to send money to someone and run my business the way they tell me to.

as Doug would say

it's just my opinion

What do you have against Illinois?  Chicago, Jordan, Cubs, Sox, Deep-dish pizza, Da Bears, Ditka, Mayor Daily, President Lincoln, Northwestern, The Atomic bomb, Al Capone, The Simpsons real home state, heart-land beef(the best steaks in the world).....I could go on for ever. 

Chicago Illinois happens to be one of the nicest cities in the world.  The nighlife, history, arts, entertainment, cleanliness, and overall quality of mid-western people make Chi-town a very interesting and wonderful place to live.  Plus, the outlying suburbs, know as Chicagoland, is rich suburb after rich suburb.  The economy is thriving, our crime is very low, and people here are down to earth. That is a lot more to say about other places of this country.  I lived on the east coast, west coast, and Arizona and I can honestly say that Illinois is a great place to live.

There are to many people on this forum that just talk sh*t instead of post stupid remarks to each other.  I only wrote that the rotovac sucks if you live in Illinois because I don't need any competition. 

How could the magnificant  mjzivko have any competition. The man on the leading edge of technology? Man of the world?  I read your remark.

There to many people on this form that just talk sh*t instead of posting stupid remarks to each other. I guess you must talking  sh*t then. Would that be a fair statement?