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Someone on reddit started a business very much like this: http://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/sblc6/from_an_idea_to_replacing_my_fulltime_salary_in_4

• tptacek 14y ago
  ... and, on closer inspection, that turned out to be a bit of a mess: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3846208 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3846208 In that business, in order to ensure quality, the owner had devised a detailed set of procedures and even acquired uniforms for his housekeepers --- but kept them all 1099'd instead of giving them formal employment. Which is an IRS and State/Local red flag. Presumably (you'd hope) this business either employs its housekeepers outright, or is making an effort to disassociate itself from the actual delivery of services and just acting as a dispatcher/marketplace for housekeepers, and caveat emptor to the people who hire from it.