I agree , though employing people is full of problems , sub contractors is an avenue , but then you need several in order to make a living , and providing enough work for several people costs a lot , or takes a long time . I have actually been there and done it, I bought my first Chem-Dry franchise for 5grand , sold it for 65 grand , as a 3 van operation with slick systems and a nice database. It was a lot of work to build it up and took 10 years. It is not a get rich quick scheme.