Self-Proclaimed Obsessive-Compulsive Person Turns it into Profits

[Dien Rice]

A lady in China was making some extra money babysitting. At one of her client's houses, she noticed she had a very messy closet. She couldn't stand to look at it! So she offered to help her client to tidy up her closet for free.

Her grateful client then suggested that she turn it into a business... So she did!

This lady has self-declared that she has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Whether she does or not, she finds it troublesome when she sees a messy closet, and so she feels a compulsion to clean it. Turning a messy closet into a neat and tidy one brings her great inner satisfaction...She even loves cleaning her own room! Doing it for clients means she makes a nice profit at the same time.

She charges based on the floor space of the closet that needs cleaning. Most jobs are done within three hours, though really large and messy closets can take up to nine hours to clean and organize.

Most of her clients are wealthy.

In the USA, professional organizers generally charge from $35 to $100 per hour. If a person wants to charge based on the space, they could estimate how much time it would take, on average, to organize and tidy up one square foot or one square meter of space. Then, use the desired hourly rate to come up with a rate per square foot or per square meter. Customers like this approach because they know beforehand what it will cost - unlike with a pure hourly rate.

Anyone who has a similar compulsion to make things tidy and organized could do well in this business! There are people who simply hate tidying up, yet there are also others who love it. That's the heart of the opportunity!

Take before and after photos of the closets, with your client's permission. You can use the photos in your sales and marketing, to show potential new clients what you can do.

- Dien

[MMacGillivray]

I could always adopt her

Margaret

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by MMacGillivray

I could always adopt her

Margaret

Heheh!

Margaret, I am the direct opposite of that lady...

I'm more on the hiring side of that business!

I do know a woman like her, though, who is a very intelligent lady, yet chose to work as a cleaner. She gets great joy in cleaning (she told me so herself). She just loves to see the transformation, from "before" to "after"...

We (my wife and I) hired her on many occasions (she did a wonderful job, and unfortunately, as I said, I'm the opposite - I'm very good at making a mess)! We'd still be hiring her, except she decided to retire... If begging would get her to work again, I would! I've never found anyone who did as good a job as she did...

She's also a personal friend... and I think she's also enjoying her retirement...

Best wishes,

Dien

[MMacGillivray]

I know how you feel!

Sandy and I have started to watch programmes like American Pickers and Salvage Hunters; there are amazing people out there who have taken collecting and hoarding to a level way beyond anything I could imagine and yet, in my less than tidy state, I know that I'm not too far behind them.

It's just as well that there are other folks around who can see through the clutter to find the stored value and who can create order out of mess!

Margaret