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Cleaning Up the Short-Term Rental Scene with Derrick Agyiri, Founder of Cleanster.com
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Derek Agyiri, founder of Cleanster.com, explains how his short-term rental cleaning app pays cleaners the same night - 9 p.m. Eastern - and uses geolocation to confirm arrival within 100 meters of the property. The platform charges cleaners 20% initially but drops commission to as low as 5% after 500 jobs, covers background checks and insurance, and flags low-quality photo uploads through back-office review. Derek spent nine months offering cleaning services at zero profit to learn the market, personally cleaned properties under the alias "Frank," and now manages 77,000 vetted cleaners across Texas, Florida, Quebec, Toronto, and Calgary.
The conversation covers Cleanster's differences from TurnoverBnB (fixed pricing instead of bidding, stricter photo requirements, expense reimbursement through the app), the $950,000 software development cost backed by Morgan Stanley and other investors, and Derek's previous ventures building payment platforms and gig marketplaces. He runs three Airbnbs himself - one owned, two arbitrage - and uses the Cleanster Bot feature to auto-message cleaners with property details and checklists that translate into Spanish and other languages.
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