Do you do most painting and repair work yourself or pay?

[Allen Lopez]

So I just bought a new house that I will be using as a rental. The house has minor details that are needed. Mostly painting inside and out, cabinets need to be repainted, fans...all minor work, but time consuming.

I can get a company to do everything in 5 days for $6k, or I can do it all my self in about a month. This means that I would potentially lose $3k in rent (2 months 1 for rehab, 1 for listing). Would you do the work yourself or would you get the property rented as soon as possible?

Keep in mind, that the rent could be longer if I don’t find a tenant within 1 month