Foreclosure Clean Up Jobs: Why Homeowner Associations Are Ideal Groups to Market to

Because of the foreclosure crisis, there are many new foreclosure clean up companies who stand ready to help neighborhoods get back on their feet. Many of these enterprising business owners know to contact realtors, the REO (real estate owned) department of banks and mortgage brokers to get business.

However, there is another group that should be added to this list –HOAs (homeowner associations). If you own a foreclosure clean up or real estate services firm, contacting HOAs are ideal for the following reasons:

Want more foreclosure cleaning jobs? Contact Local Homeowner Associations (HOAs)

(i) First to Know: (Because homeowner associations are usually made up of residents who live in a community, they are the first ones to know when a property is empty.

This is especially true in today’s market because banks are running months behind. They often don’t know a property is empty for months on end. After receiving what’s known as jingle mail, it make take them 3, 6 or 9 months or more to get around to getting a property ready to be put back on the market.

In the meantime, the property stands unsecured. Yards get overgrown, the property may be vandalized, vagrants may move in and take over. In short, the longer it’s empty and has no care, the worse it is for other residents. And, this is why they use foreclosure cleanup companies — to keep a property looking lived in until it is inhabited by new residents (either renters or owners).

(ii) Vested Interest: (For all of the above reasons, HOA members have a vested interest in having a vacant property attended to as quickly as possible once they know it’s empty.

Hence, they call in foreclosure clean up companies to remove the initial trash and debris left behind by departing homeowners. And they may use them on an ongoing basis to, for example, keep the yard maintained until the home is resold or rented.

(iii) Quick Decisions: HOAs can make quick decisions about who is awarded a foreclosure clean up contract. Again, because board members usually live right there in the community, they usually meet, discuss what needs to be done, review submitted bids and award the jobs — all within a matter of days.

For all of these reasons, HOAs are an excellent group to market to to get foreclosure clean up contracts (jobs).

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