Room for rent: Another way to pay the bills

For years, Murat Ekici's housekeeping business was a success, dispatching crews of workers to scrub the toilets and vacuum the floors of Hollywood stars. But in such uncertain economic times, even Hollywood stars have tightened their wallets. Many of them have cut their weekly cleaning service with Ekici's company to monthly, then dropped it altogether -- a situation that has had an unfortunate trickle-down effect.

By Susan Carpenter

November 15, 2008