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Old 12-23-2007, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Scanner View Post
Cleaning aquariums (fish poop) can be a good business as can window washing.

Window washing is particularly appealing because it's an "impulse sale", kinda like how Schwan's Ice Cream man works. You stop by a business and say, "For $1/window, I'll clean them. I'm just passing through today." If you do a good job, you get a "route."

Reminds me of the shoe-shine men who pull in $100,000/year.
The window washing thing can be risky in my opinion because "impulse sales" are the easiest to get rid of when cutting back.
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