Advanced Bio-Treatment

It’s inevitable that when you meet someone new, the first question out of their mouth is, “So, what you do?” For those of us with normal jobs, the answer’s pretty straightforward. But what if your livelihood revolves around doing something that most people have never heard of? And, once they do hear, are puzzled that someone can actually make money doing what you do? How easy would it be for you to describe your off-the-wall business?

The simple fact is, Jerry Turner’s company is a cleaning company. The twist is what they clean up. Cleaning up after murders and suicides is one of their specialties, but they also handle meth labs and fecal matter and urine, something you might find in the house or apartment of a former tenant who had a few too many pets.

How Turner got started: As a serial entrepreneur–this is his eighth business–Turner’s always on the lookout for a great opportunity. His first company, which he started when he was 18, was a landscaping firm. His last business before this was as an independent insurance agent. A few years ago, Turner read an article about crime scene cleanup and decided to start his own company because of “the money aspect, to be truthful,” he says. “I don’t like to work–or I don’t want to work my whole life.

Turner never really knows how much an assignment will cost until he or his crew of 13 employees finishes a job. ‘Let’s say this guy’s been killed in the kitchen,” says Turner, very matter-of-factly. “There’s blood on the baseboard–or has it actually seeped under the baseboard? And maybe it’s gotten under the vinyl floor covering. And if it has, maybe the fluid has mitigated into the sub floor, and so let’s say you cut that apart–maybe it’s reached the second sub floor. It may have migrated to the ceiling below. It’s impossible to know, until you know what you’re dealing with.”

A list of Advanced Bio Treatment’s services:

1. Crime Scene Clean Up
2. Meth Lab Clean Up
3. Unattended Death Scenes
4. Animal - Filth Clean-Ups
5. Other Bio-Hazardous Materials
6. Human Decomposition
7. Disposal of Bio-Waste
8. Insurance Claims Accepted

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