Originally posted by @Scott Le:
I was originally going to outsource the interior and exterior paint, patching, and pressure washing for my 1200 SF SFH rental, but I ended up being way over budget on the rebuilding of a room and now am desperately trying to slash my remaining expenses. Given that the biggest expense I have left is that painting, it seems like a natural place to start.
I have never really painted before. I have been watching some Youtube videos, but I wanted to see if anybody here has any tips, good tutorials they've found online, a list of materials to buy, etc? I'm kinda nervous about having to paint a whole house by myself with no experience. Feels like it would be way too easy for me to screw something up or take like a whole week to do it. I am considering hiring a friend of mine who is a handyman to help me, but like I said I'm several thousand over budget already and am basically in damage control at this point.
Cover anything you don't want paint on. Get a few nice brushes for edging and learn from experience. There is no substitute for experience. It's going to take 10X the time the first time. Just get it done right and figure out how to eliminate every mistake. Get it done and make it look right.