Paint sprayer or power roller for painting an entire condo?

[Rene Hosman]

I just went under contract this weekend for what will be my first BRRRR, and I'm as excited as I am nervous. The place is a mess but I'm excited to see what it becomes. It's a 2 bed 1 bath ~900 sq/ft condo and the entire thing is painted black & dark blue right now.

I have two other rentals in the area and I use Alabaster by Sherwin-Williams for all my rentals to make paint touch ups easy, so I plan to paint this one the same. I'm going to need a great coat of primer, and then I'll paint the walls with Alabaster. 

Since I have to do the entire place, and it's unfurnished I figured this would be the perfect time to paint and then do touch ups later. I'm a very DIY investor and I want to invest in a good painting set up. What would you recommend a good paint sprayer, or a power roller to do all the walls in this 900 sq ft place? If you recommend one over the other do you have brands or types you recommend? Thank you!

Photos of the place as is:

[Malcomb Stapel]

@Rene Hosman the answer is a bit dependent on what your future uses are. A sprayer is definitely handy if your planning on doing a bunch of these. The main benefits are doing ceilings and if you needed to paint a bunch of doors. If you are planning on making everything one color, ceiling, walls, and trim, then absolutely it is the way to go. If you are just planning on doing walls, there are more efficient ways, with the main one being use a big roller frame. 

For a normal interior we would use the following

- sprayer for ceilings (flat white) and for doors (switch to semi-gloss) 

- 3'' angled brush for cut in and trim

- 19'' roller frame with 1/2'' nap cover for walls (this is where the real magic happens). Once you get these things paint soaked they can cover a lot of wall very quickly.  

Also, since you like Sherwin products, their Superpaint works pretty well for this type of application. It has primer in the mix, so you don't need a separate step. The also have a product called Solo, that is a semi-gloss exterior/ interior paint. We use it for all exterior or interior trim in stock white color at all of our units and even our flips. It simplifies everything.