🧠 Valuation Insight: Cleaning Up the Cash Flow

 🧹 House cleaning businesses can look steady—but valuations fall apart when:

  • Owner does the cleaning or schedules all the work
  • Customer churn isn’t tracked or normalized
  • Labor is underpaid or misclassified (1099 vs. W-2)
  • Addbacks include family wages, personal fuel, or vacations

📌 A full calendar doesn’t always mean clean cash flow.