If you still think bedbugs are only a problem for the great unwashed living in squalorous tenements, read the news. Your customers probably already have, especially if they're located in Terminex's recent list of cities with the biggest bedbug problems, including New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Chicago.

Bedbugs are a growing problem, not just for homeowners and apartment managers, but also for some of the biggest names in retail (two Abercrombie & Fitch stores in Manhattan were recently forced to close because of the problem, as was an AMC Theater in Times Square).

And if you think these pernicious pests are just a problem for the Big Apple, consider this: although they prefer places with beds where they can come out at night and feed on people, bedbugs are becoming increasingly common in downtown office spaces, even in filing cabinets, in all the metro areas where bedbugs are prevalent. Yes — bedbugs could be living in those file cabinets in your own office.