Finding reliable handymen/maintenance workers

[Samed Arif]

I am a property manager in Chicago and I am struggling to find reliable handymen/maintenance workers. We only manage 150 units so we can't put someone on the payroll and have them fix things as they come up. I eventually want to come to that.  Every time I find someone they gradually disappear and only want to do bigger jobs that pay more. I've told them that I will give them bigger jobs but they still have to do the smaller tasks for me.... 

Simple tasks such as hanging blinds, recaulking a bathtub, changing light bulbs. Noting too complex, simple stuff yet I can't find someone reasonable. 

Any ideas where I can find someone and keep them loyal?