Robert,

Consider the Carpet Cleaning business without Doing the Carpet Cleaning...

Read through the following thread...
http://www.sowpub.com/forum/showthre...t=sharon+fling

And pay close Attention to...
From Sea Weeds to Local niche & PROSPECTING ideas...

Carefully Listen to...

Light Bulb Moments With Perry Marshall
Sharon Odom Fling

Instead of getting into the Carpet Cleaning business...

Get into the Lead Generation business and Grow a Marketing Referral network for Multiple Service businesses...

Use both Online and Offline Marketing methods Starting off Locally and then Develop the concept into a National Lead Generation and Referral Centre...

If you're interested, Skip on Sowpubs has an Excellent report that covers the overall concept (somewhere around $17 bucks or so) Just contact Skip through one of his posts....

Add the posted FREE Ideas from...
Light Bulb Moments With Perry Marshall
Sharon Odom Fling

There's some Serious Money to be made Offline and Online... Service businessses Love targeted customer Leads rather than High cost Advertising...

Service their Needs... Without all the High costs of equipment, competition and Hard Labor...

Just a nice back door business opportunity for Anyone that's interested in becoming a Lead Generation Consultant...

Phil