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MISS JUNK is a full-service junk removal company

Miss Junk is 20-person trash-hauling company. Launched in 2008, Miss Junk began as a general junk-removal service, but it quickly settled into a niche assisting banks and realtors with foreclosure cleanups. Ramon Mercado, co-owner of Chatsworth-based Miss Junk, hauls away junk that banks have to get rid of when they repossess homes.

He broke into the business six months ago and never imagined he'd be cleaning up the amount of foreclosures he sees today across San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Miss Junk grew from a two-person outfit driving around one truck to eight employees and four trucks.

It's good wages, too. Mercado nets $500 to $1,000 per house cleanup, depending on its size.

"Once we take care of one job, the banks and Realtors will have us do two or three other houses," he said. "I think we're growing."