For example a painter may charge $20 hr but complete the equivalent of 4 hours of work if I did it myself.

I offer to have my painter fix it AND paint the 2 adjoining rooms.

I'm a self-taught painter and could never figure out how to place the doors so that nothing touches them.

Tomorrow we got the painter coming in to prep the trim and walls for paint and that should be done by the end of the week.

But no licensing required for painters, carpenters, tile guys, etc...

Especially for things that don't require as much skill like painting.I understand that licensed workers will have their own insurance etc, but I'm trying to turn a profit here and in LA the real estate/mortgage payments are so high...How much would a licensed painter or handyman charge in Los Angeles?

I can paint a house even though I am not a painter.

A painter is going to try to convince you to paint them and they will be fine.

My friend who is a professional painter always tells me that eggshell is the new semigloss.

Plus, at the prices my painter charges me, he oftentimes paints the molding/trim as the same color of the wall paint so that molding/trim doesn't really pop regardless of the color I picked.