A real estate contracting company handles tasks ranging from lawn care to rehab and construction, and everything in between. A popular subcategory of real estate contractors has quickly become the foreclosure cleanup business.
A foreclosure cleaning company performs tasks such as general cleaning, changing locks, and boarding up windows and doors in vacant and abandoned homes to keep out homeless people. They also handle lawn care and regular yard maintenance on pre-foreclosure or foreclosed properties, right down to minor repairs, interior and sometimes exterior painting, winterizing homes, picking indoor trash, debris removal and more.
Landing Work Orders for Your Foreclosure Cleanup Company
As a foreclosure cleanup company, there are several ways to find jobs or “work orders” for your company. The main gold mine in foreclosure cleanup work lies in contacting larger companies that have the jobs to outsource. One of the most effective ways to initiate contact with a larger company that is subcontracting work is directlyoften through online provider apps.
However, many large property preservation companies are increasingly advertising online. They are applying for help for salaried corporate positions, as well as lucrative front-line jobs, garbage collection and cleaning.
Online job boards
Online job boards are fertile outlets for foreclosure cleanup work, if you know how to search for the myriad of opportunities. Internet job boards are divided into employment categories ranging from expected administrative positions to professional career positions in, for example, the legal and medical fields. But now it’s not uncommon to see many formal job boards with entire categories of foreclosure cleanup guys that were previously housed in Real Estate.
Property preservation has become a popular job category on Internet job boards. Websites like the popular Monster, Career Builder, and newer, lesser-known job boards like Juju, The Ladders, Simply Hired, and the like, list property preservation jobs.
Less visible viable jobs in other real estate job categories
It helps to know in which categories to look for property preservation and foreclosure cleanup jobs.
Construction category: Although “Property Preservation” has become a more used job category than in the past, some jobs are still hidden under less visible categories like “Construction.”
Mortgage Field Services:Another category that foreclosure cleanup companies and real estate contractors, such as landscape maintenance companies, should look for work in is the “Mortgage Field Services” category. This is actually a formal industry term that is a vital fiber in the fabric of the real estate and property preservation industry. But many new foreclosure cleanup companies and real estate contractors may overlook using it in their job search efforts.
When searching for foreclosure cleaning and real estate contracting jobs for your small business, include the Contracting and Mortgage Field Services subbanners in your job search to boost your business.
Examples of job advertisements
Here’s a sample job description for a position that was recently posted on one of the largest and most well-known job boards that was cloaked under the following category: Construction/Facilities; Skilled labor:
“PROFESSIONALS WITH EXPERIENCE IN PROPERTY PRESERVATION SHOULD ONLY APPLY FOR HUD GUIDELINES. [Company] is looking for an experienced field technician to handle the [County Names]. The candidate must have their own work vehicle and tools. Candidates are required to have experience preserving properties per HUD guidelines and understand proper procedures for all areas of this business, including winterizing. For serious consideration, candidates should email their resume to [Email Address].
The job posting above is an excellent opportunity for a properly licensed and insured foreclosure cleanup business.
Finding Jobs Through Classified Ad Websites
Even classified ad websites have become popular outlets for property upkeep, foreclosure cleanup, and real estate contracting jobs like lawn maintenance. To find job opportunities, visit classifieds websites (such as Craigslist and Backpage) for specific property maintenance and mortgage field service jobs.
Many of the larger, more formal property preservation companies have a hard time finding smaller companies that are properly licensed, insured, and structured to handle the volume of foreclosure cleanup thrown into a foreclosure-plagued market.
To begin your search for specific jobs in your geographic area, compile a list of property maintenance companies, which are excellent, direct job sources with online vendor applications.
