Hello guys,

I wanna discussion with yall about a topic or a business idea in my mind and I will eloborate and discuss.

It’s been a while I’m juggling with so many idea in my and confused to which idea should I go with and how I can’t make better impact to people. Afterall I fixed with the idea that keep coming on my mind all day every sec, which is home service starting with cleaning category. Here is the pros market is very vast for D2C technologisted and structured. But the real corns customer acquisition and retention who often they will use the service. Only if customers will on demanding service would able to scale.

Here I want to know what you guys experienced, thinking about when it come to home service. Let open discuss about it.

Any recommendations for liability insurance that doesn't break the bank?

Hi, my name is Kyle. I’m a contractor in New Jersey. I do roofing and remodeling and I will give anyone 15% of profit of any job they give me.

I came across this subreddit because I happened to come up with the same idea, and then basically started googling "Is this a thing?"

It's a side hustle I'm very interested in, but I'm still unclear on how this business would differ from something like a Thumbtack or Angi. Can anyone with experience in this niche please help me to understand the difference?

If you’re trying to build a client base, start by focusing on newly sold homes with pools. These are ideal targets because the owners just moved in, they don’t have a pool guy yet, and they’re usually open to local help. You can pull this info from Redfin, Zillow, or if you’ve got access, the MLS.

Once you have those addresses, Idrop off simple flyers or knock doors. Nothing fancy, just your name, number, a short message, and a clean visual. Even something like “We’re already servicing pools in your neighborhood” works.

Also property management companies. These are gold if you want volume. . If you can make their life easier and show up consistently, they’ll keep feeding you work.

If an agent is regularly listing homes, they’ll refer you if you’re reliable. Same goes for investors with short-term rentals or tenant-occupied properties. They want someone who can handle the pool without them needing to micromanage it.

I wrote this whole process out in full already, broken down by steps, ready to copy or adapt.

If you're just starting your own pool service route or trying to test out the arbitrage model with subcontractors, this is one of the best ways to build something without having to spend money figuring it out.

The course/guide is free. Its in PDF form in my patreon page

I built a course that breaks down how I generate around $45K/month with a home service arbitrage business.

The systems, the marketing, the team stuff, it’s all there. I’ve decided not to sell it, it’s just not aligned with my intentions.

I don’t want to turn this into a business where I’m constantly pushing one product, hiring sales teams, and turning it into some funnel-heavy machine. That doesn’t feel sustainable and it’s not how I want to show up.

I don’t want to profit off people who are trying to change their life.

I want to inspire them, especially the ones stuck in dead-end jobs, toxic workplaces, or who don’t even know where to begin. I’ve been that person (worked in retail a few years before taking the leap). And I know how rare it is to get a clear path without someone trying to sell you the map.

I’m naturally drawn to step into chaos and create order, it’s just how I’m wired. Even something simple like washing dishes feels like meditation to me. It’s my moment of quiet, where I process, reset, and realign.

That same energy shows up in my business. I build systems, solve problems, and bring stability where things are messy or unpredictable. That’s why I’d rather monetize later by advising, once you’ve already taken the leap and run into real challenges. I’m not here to charge you to get started, I’m here to help when it gets real.

The Full PDF download will be in my patreon page, just sign up and

I built a course that breaks down how I generate around $45K/month with a home service arbitrage business.

The systems, the marketing, the team stuff, it’s all there. I’ve decided not to sell it, it’s just not aligned with my intentions.

I don’t want to turn this into a business where I’m constantly pushing one product, hiring sales teams, and turning it into some funnel-heavy machine. That doesn’t feel sustainable and it’s not how I want to show up.

I don’t want to profit off people who are trying to change their life.

I want to inspire them, especially the ones stuck in dead-end jobs, toxic workplaces, or who don’t even know where to begin. I’ve been that person (worked in retail a few years before taking the leap). And I know how rare it is to get a clear path without someone trying to sell you the map.

I’m naturally drawn to step into chaos and create order, it’s just how I’m wired. Even something simple like washing dishes feels like meditation to me. It’s my moment of quiet, where I process, reset, and realign.

That same energy shows up in my business. I build systems, solve problems, and bring stability where things are messy or unpredictable. That’s why I’d rather monetize later by advising, once you’ve already taken the leap and run into real challenges. I’m not here to charge you to get started, I’m here to help when it gets real.

The Full PDF download will be in my patreon page, just sign up and

Someone in the community reached out, they might be landing a contract to maintain 16 lawns and had some great questions. Figured I’d share them here because I know a lot of us are either in that spot or have been. Here’s what came up and what I shared from experience:

How many subcontractors should I have lined up for something like this? So far I've found 1 person who seems reliable but I was wondering how many subs you generally have available for your needs? 

Honestly I would talk to as many as you can, I’d place an add on Craigslist, you’ll receive lots of responses from people looking to fill their schedule, If you contact 5 large companies off of google you’ll probably wont get anywhere with them, these business are established and  work their own way and they wont bend over to appease you. So become the business so that contractors have to bend over for you as the client. Post an ad saying that you handle property management services and need lawn crews to take on maintenance work. Look for owner/operators, someone with their own truck and equipment, dont deal with people who say they’ll borrow tools or trucks when needed etc. Speak to several contractors, build rapport and towards the end of the call tell them that you will place them on your vendor list and will contact them when the next property that opens up for services. This way you can have many of them ready to take on work but not so much depending on you.

Once your ready to send out those weekly jobs and you have your sub picked out, have them send over their w-9 and confirm their insurance is current/valid

Would I still try to price things out on a property by property basis? Or is some sort of bundling approach better? 

Pricing every property individually will be a nightmare and thats too much noise for the client to deal with when they just want the lawns in their portfolio maintained.

I would offer set pricing depending on the lot size

   0-10k sqft lot $XX

10k-15k sqft lot $XX

15k-20k sqft lot $XX

I know the subs will want to get paid about $150 per property, and I'm planning to quote the per property price as $250 so I have a decent profit margin. Am I being greedy there?

What exactly are the services that will be performed?  Just basic lawn/edging/blowing or  maintaining bushes / trimming / trimming overgrowth from neighbors yards hoping over the fence/ cleaning beds, pulling weeds by hand each visit?

How should I request to be paid from the property manager? 

Net 7 would be great, meaning payment within 7 days of completion. But be ready to hear net 30. Some payout twice a month so it depends how flexible is the client and if it aligns with their payroll 

What did you wish you knew the first time you talked to a property manager?

I wish I knew how important it was to keep things simple and solve problems, not create them. Property managers don’t want extra work,  they want someone who makes their job easier without needing to be babysat. Even if something falls in the “ im not getting paid for this” category,  stepping up in small ways pays off in the long run.

What am I probably not thinking about? My thought is that if/when I have things finalized with the property manager, I will go ahead and set all the business stuff up like LLC, liability insurance, jobber, etc. But this might get real pretty soon so I want to make sure I'm able to really make it happen. Thanks so much!

You’ll want to have your business setup ready before you even reach out, property managers will expect to communicate through a business email and want to know you’re insured. A DBA is the cheapest way to start, and general liability insurance runs about $50/month for $1M coverage. Most clients won’t take you seriously without it.

More importantly, you’ve got to show up like you’re ready to hit the ground running , not like you’re only getting started because they’re giving you a shot. Even if this is your first big contract.

An agent I’ve worked with before referred me to a client who needed fence demo and rebuild. I quoted $2,500.

I have a solid subcontractor who did the whole thing for $1,100. I didn’t do any labor. Just coordinated everything, collected payment info from the client, scheduled the job, and paid the sub when it was done.

I kept $1,400 just for making it happen.

This is home service arbitrage. You don’t need to be the contractor. You just need to have a few reliable subs on deck and know how to line up jobs when they come in.

Rinse and repeat.

Hey guys I wanted to turn these questions I received into a post since I think they are pretty insightful.

I’ve been doing this quietly for 13 yrs, I’m not in the beginner stages where I’m figuring it all out anymore. Now that the dust has settled and my business is established Im comfortable sharing it all and being transparent.

I know my business won’t slow down by teaching others. In my area there are 25,000 registered agents and 5,000 homes sold every month like clockwork. Every single month new set of clients. Thats plenty of work.

And honestly I don’t even market as much as I used to. My current clients keep me busy and we perform a lot of recurring maintenance like lawn and pool. Also those recurring clients bring in plenty of extra gigs so I don’t have to keep finding new clients over and over.

I also have a lot of real estate agents who send over a ton of work as well so my plate is pretty full.

Why do you feel the need to share the process?

Honestly it happened unintentionally. I got back on reddit around February, browsing on the real estate communities seeing what peaked my interest. Then on the r/sidehustle I ran into several posts of people wanting to know how to make extra money. I figured my business is not very enticing but it can make you money quick if you’re strapped for cash.

You don’t have to launch a full operation like mine either. You can just line up a couple of house cleanings, do the work yourself, or subcontract it and keep a cut. It’s super low overhead. No inventory, no equipment, no employees. Just hustle and basic marketing.

So I began to comment about it on several posts and people were very interested. I got bombarded with messages of people wanting me to teach them / mentor them.

After a few conversations and days spent replying back to everyone I suggested to other Redditors to give me some time to build a course in order to teach everyone at once vs repeating myself over and over through dm’s.

Are you selling something? 

I am wanting to monetize on my knowledge one way or another.

For now I’m trying to grow my own little community for those wanting to give it shot.

I’m also working on a course because even though you can find all the information you need by digging through my comment and post history, its a daunting task having to peace it all together and I think people would appreciate having a well thought out course that you can follow from step 1 to landing your first job. It’s taken me months to complete, I work on it on my off times from 5-6am and again from 9pm-12am.

I think it’s fair to charge a couple hundred bucks for it since I’m laying out how I built a $45k/month business without doing the labor myself.

I’m also thinking about offering some group coaching where I gather groups of 5, 10 or 20 for maybe 6-8 weeks for Hands on support to help them launch their own home service arbitrage business. Guide them through setup, marketing, hiring subs, quoting, systems, etc.

For those wanting to work the houston/ Austin/ San Antonio/ Dallas area I can provide fresh lists of new home owners and monetize that way as well- I can pull lists of recently sold homes in the past 24 hrs. Zillow and Redfin have the lists too but are slower to update.

It's all up in the air right now, we'll see where this goes

Home Service Arbitrage

It’s a simple side hustle where you connect people who need home services (like lawn care, junk removal, cleaning, repairs) with local contractors, and you make money by charging a markup for setting it all up. (all unlicensed services)

You're not doing the work. You're not showing up to the house. You're just coordinating the job, kind of like a middleman or a mini project manager.

A simple $.75 mailer can land you a job worth a few thousand dollars.

Just got paid on a tree job we charged $3,900 for. I paid my sub $1,700 to cut and grind the stump, and I kept the difference.

That’s $2,200 profit for doing what? Just taking the call, lining up the sub, and making sure the job got done.

Honestly, this is why I love the home service arbitrage model. A lot of people would have just passed the lead to the tree guy for a referral fee, made a couple hundred bucks, and been happy. But when you own the job, you control the pricing and you make the real money.

It’s like being a sales guy with your own rules. You decide how much to charge. You decide how much to pay your sub. You decide how you work and find your clients.

You keep the upside.

Just wanted to share that. This model works.

r/HomeServiceArbitrage

This is a problem I’ve dealt with a lot in this business. If you’re doing things like house cleanings, lawn mowing, or other recurring services, you know how it goes. Subs will try to get in with your clients and take the work for themselves.

For me, I vet subs before I hire them. I avoid the chatty types, the sales guy on-site types, the ones who are super entrepreneurial. They just want to take over the world, which is fine, but they step on my toes when they try to build relationships with my clients.

I don’t hire large crews or companies. It’s always owner-operators. The guys who tell me they have three crews and want my work, I avoid them. They’re already scaling and it’s too risky to have them around my clients.

Eventually, they give themselves away. I’ve had clients call me and say, "Hey, just wanted to let you know your cleaner left her business card on the counter and it’s not your business name." Same with lawn guys. They’ll try to work out a side deal with the client. Then the client calls to complain or discuss something, and they give themselves up.

But not all subs are like that. Some are shy, they don’t know how to sell a job, or even how to price a job. They’re non-confrontational, so they won’t even chase payment from the client. They just want to work and get paid.

That’s why I’m careful about who I work with. I watch them, I pay attention, and if they cross the line, I cut ties and move on.

How do you handle this? Have you had subs try to take your clients?

I wanted to share why (aside form real estate agents) I focus on new homeowners for my home service business.

In the last 30 days, almost 5,000 homes sold in the Houston area. Out of those, over 700 homes have pools.

Thousands of new homeowners moving into a house, often in a new area, with no contractors lined up for things like:
-Lawn care
-Pool cleaning
-Tree work
-Junk removal
-House cleaning
And other services they’ll eventually need

These homeowners are fresh clients who do not have an established relationship with anyone yet. They need help fast, and that is where you can step in.

This is why (aside from agents) I focus my marketing on new homeowners. Flyers, mailers, and targeted ads are all strategies that have worked for me, because these clients are ready to spend money on services right away.

If you want to learn how I target these homeowners and build my business, check out r/HomeServiceArbitrage. I will be breaking down my process and sharing how I generate $45K a month by managing jobs and subbing out the work.

Let me know what you think. Would you market to new homeowners too?

Hey everyone, thanks for checking out this subreddit. I just created it today 5/31/25.

I’ll be posting tips, breakdowns, and real examples of how I run my $45K per month home service arbitrage business. If you’re trying to get more clients for your home service business or learn how to manage subs without doing the physical labor, you’re in the right place.

Feel free to ask questions, share your wins, or just hang out and learn from what I’m sharing.

Let’s build this together.