The ten golden rules of being a successful owner operator

Mikey P

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* Be a People Person: Have great soft skills and strive to be pleasant and engaging to everyone you meet.

* Be Naturally Curious: Always be eager to learn new techniques, solutions, and about the needs of your clients. You should be constantly dissecting

* Be Handy and Resourceful: Develop strong handyman and tool skills to maintain your equipment and handle unexpected situations.

* Be Driven and Ambitious: Possess a strong internal drive and a desire to continuously grow your business.

* Be Gumption-Filled and Brave: Overflow with initiative and be willing to take calculated risks and step outside your comfort zone.

* Be Adaptable to Change: Embrace new technologies, cleaning methods, and be ready to adjust to the ever-evolving needs of the industry.

* Be Fit and Energetic: Maintain a certain level of fitness to handle the physical demands of the job.

* Be Morally Upright and Honest: Operate with a level of morality and honesty in all your dealings, building trust with your clients and community.

* Be Community-Minded and Socially Involved: Engage with your local community and build relationships beyond your client base.

* Be Financially Secure: Have enough financial savings or family $upport, to cover your living expenses for the first 5 years to avoid making hasty decisions just to generate business.




Find a person with all 10 attributes and within five years they'll be living a phenomenal lifestyle assuming they're in the right area.

One and two are most important but if you're missing any of other 8 you're success will be delayed or suffered dearly

Some can be hired out but then you won't be an owner operator.

If you have a just a few you may want to consider related services such as owning a rug plant or restoration service where you're not dealing with the homeowner in that all important due diligence-earn their trust process..



Who of you can honestly say have 9 or 10 of these attributes?

Who of you are self-aware enough to realize where you're lacking?

If not you do you know somebody who is 100% perfect for this community unicorn blessing?
 

Bryce C

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Sometimes porty cringe gets the best of me, but then my customers pick me up. Someday I'll be a respectable carpet cleaner. Just got this Google Review this morning :)

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I just cleaned my couch and my area rug with our tm. First time using it. Man that thing is business. I had it on low at 1300 rpms and the rug felt like I had run air movers on it for an hour compared to our portable, with half the dry strokes. I'm tempted to take it out tomorrow, we have a big day. 1 small resi job and then a 4000 square foot office, all carpet.

Having not used it in the field I am a little nervous. I was going to do a thorough round of routine maintenance this weekend before taking it out in the field. Greasing everything and whatever. But maybe I should transfer all my gear in there tonight and go for it tomorrow 🤠
 

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I’ll give you a little #secret. It’s your wife that makes the difference as long as you do a good job. Ladies tend to like other ladies out being the in charge person. Anytime I could get Diana out to just jib jab on a residential, it was a win.
 
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I’ll give you a little #secret. It’s your wife that makes the difference as long as you do a good job. Ladies tend to like other ladies out being the in charge person. Anytime I could get Diana out to just jib jab on a residential, it was a win.

Amen Kenny. I'll just keep praying and making everything working well enough behind the scenes. Rushelle is my ace of spades!
 

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My rug is completely dry in less than 2 hours with no air movers and its muggy outside. What the heck, you guys are cheating! How can someone with a portable compete against that. I didn't vacuum or use any detergents, I just rinsed the damn thing and its spotless and dry! 😆
 

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My rug is completely dry in less than 2 hours with no air movers and its muggy outside. What the heck, you guys are cheating! How can someone with a portable compete against that. I didn't vacuum or use any detergents, I just rinsed the damn thing and its spotless and dry! 😆


Did the sealAdoors show up?
 
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My rug is completely dry in less than 2 hours with no air movers and it’s muggy outside. What the heck, you guys are cheating! How can someone with a portable compete against that. I didn't vacuum or use any detergents, I just rinsed the damn thing and it’s spotless and dry! 😆
Like I’ve been preaching, putting them on the wand for long periods is a mistake IMO. Spotting, corner guards if you use em, or hose management and inter acting and collecting is where it’s at.
 
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