I paid $9, 000 and signed a $5, 000 note in August 08 for a contract "guaranteeing" me $60, 000 in gross annual billing. The master franchisee rushed me into two major account, both severely underbid, prior to me being trained. Both accounts were taken away from me within 30 days ans subsequently passed around to several other "new" franchisees. My total billing was around $5, 300 and I was told that "my contract had been fulfilled" and any new accounts I would receive would be charged to me. Finally, in October 08, I completed my training and then got a few accounts, but they still only totaled around $16, 000 for the year. This year will be even less.

The management skills of the owner are awful. They have had 6-7 operations managers in less than two years. Some of them don't know which end of the mop goes on the floor, but they are still hired as the experts. Most of them get tired of the lies and deceit and simply quit.

At my request, a friend went "franchise shopping" and was told that it would be no trouble to get him $125, 000 in gross billing for the $20, 000 he told Jan-Pro he was ready to invest. He even got their lies by email. THEY WILL DO AND SAY ANYTHING TO GET YOUR MONEY - that's the bottom line. Worst business decision I ever made and if legal means do not work to recover my money, I have another solution. If you want more information or want to get back at the franchisee that messed you over, email me: [email protected] or give me a call.