The Summer Slide Isn’t Just for Kids… Your House Feels It Too Every year, right around mid-June, something quietly shifts inside Dallas homes. It starts small. A few extra dishes in the sink. Towels that somehow never make it back to where they belong. A sticky spot on the counter that nobody remembers creating. Nothing […]
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I was rummaging through my office at Dallas Maids the other day and came across my old camera, the one I used for my very first business. That little relic brought me all the way back to Memphis. At the time, I was young, living there, and trying to help my dad with his company, […]
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In the latter part of 2010 I took notice a few big-name investors (such as Warren Buffett and Bill Gates) were quietly making massive bets on clean energy while simultaneously betting against the long-term future of oil and gas. This caught my interest so I started researching. After buying a small library of books and […]
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This article was originally posted on February 3rd, 2015, but it mysteriously vanished, most likely sacrificed during one of our many hosting migrations. It was Reposted from an article (see footnote for link) I wrote on reddit.com in 2014. Don’t Tell Anyone Seriously… don’t. When I first started Dallas Maids, I didn’t tell anyone […]
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Yesterday I had one of those conversations that just sticks with you. I was talking with Delfina, who, somehow, has been with Dallas Maids for 20 years. What’s wild is she joined just a couple years after I started the company. Back then, neither of us had any idea what the next two decades would […]
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(From people who have seen everything… and I mean everything.) After years in the house cleaning business, I can tell you something most homeowners don’t realize: professional cleaners can tell a lot about a home within the first 30 seconds of walking in the door. We’re not judging, we’ve seen houses that look like model […]
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If you live in Dallas, you already know spring cleaning here is a little different. Up north they’re cleaning because the snow melted. In Dallas, we’re cleaning because pollen, dust, wind, dogs, kids, and that one mysterious sticky spot on the kitchen floor have been building up since Christmas. Spring is the perfect time to […]
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Hello team, One of the things that is most important to me is making sure that everyone at Dallas Maids feels supported, not only at work but also in life. Because of that, we are going to add a new support service for our team and their families. Starting Monday, our employees will have access […]
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With a house cleaning company, you expect to deal with things like vacuum cleaners, baseboards, and the occasional mystery stain that seems to have bonded with the carpet at a molecular level. What you don’t expect is for a bounced check to turn into one of those moments that reminds you why you built the […]
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If you live in Dallas, you already know two things: Between Texas wind, new construction in every suburb from Frisco to Dallas, kids running through the house like caffeinated squirrels, and dogs that shed like it’s their full-time career… homes in Dallas get messy fast. So a question we hear all the time is: “How […]
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