Florida Crime Scene Cleanup Business Flips Messy Homes
She came up with the idea for the business in 2005, when she was working as a police officer and met a family saddled with the grim duty of crime scene cleanup.
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In 2019, Spaulding Decon’s cleanup operation made $4.5 million in revenue, according to Inc. Magazine.
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Revenue grew to about $10 million last year, and the company now has 56 franchises.
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In 2016, Spaulding launched a real estate operation, which brought in about $500,000 last year, she said.
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She buys messy, run-down properties at low prices from sellers who don’t want to deal with cleaning up the house and putting it on the market.
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As the housing market has gotten more competitive in recent years, Spaulding’s real estate pipeline of extremely messy homes has remained untouched.
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