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WOW one job and he can almost pay for that HD pressure washer.

The problem is that people that make $8 per hour go and buy a $100 pressure washer and take 8 hours to clean a roof and they think they got a raise.

No insurance to protect themselves or the home owner.

I feel ya Nick, I have the not quiet that problem but I do see it around Virginia Beach, VA area. I had a community I had done a lot of work in over the years and one specific company in my area does the low balling all the time. They do the splash and dash on roof cleaning, they charge only 240.00 in an area that I try and charge 400.00 for and people don't understand why. I try to point out these guys do not bag gutters, there ground guy does not spend proper time rinsing, they only spend less than an hour to do a roof and they are gone. Luckily they killed some plants on a few of the neighbors homes so that was a plus for me, and for pressure washing they use a cold machine and not a heated hot skid machine like ours that are in the box trucks. 

Not always but,...unfortunately, there are actually guys who can charge these low prices and be legit. They typically have a full time job that is paying their expenses, while building a name in the cleaning services. My advice is to charge what you need to to suit your own needs and don't try to be competitive in pricng with these guys,...you'll put yourself under and be seriusly unhappy on the slide down.

Jeff