Move away from the guys with the big fancy full page newspaper ads and Angie's List and try to find a painter who simply needs work and I'll bet you can get that paint bid much lower. 

With the explosion of our rental and rehab business we need qualified contractors of any trade which includes: General contractors Electricians Plumbers Dry Wallers Tile and Carpentry Roofers Painters General labors General Maintenance Etc....I also have many good people I can refer out to help fellow investors in need.

Painters have been hard to find in my area.  

@Phelim Lennon my dad is a painter...no job too big or too small.

from what I have experienced, like anything you get what you pay for, there are 3 factors with contractors, Fast, Reliable, and cheap,  pick 2,  you will go through these guys like water, then find one that seems good, till they flake,  my experience has been, they always want to get paid before the work is done, "to pay their guys" or something, but they rob peter to pay paul, and are always behind a job or 2, the economics generally doesn't work to hire the expensive reliable contractors, so you end up managing the projects,  I have a Painter/drywall guy, a Handyman, and Carpet guy, i do most of the technical stuff because I dont trust anyone to do it right (my personal issue) you can make the numbers work on higher end, properties, or mid/lower if you squeeze your margins. 

update.Since the tenent moved  out on nov 30 i have had one break in with a squater and one home invasion at this address.when i sent the painter over for a quote he said it looked like someone was living in it.

If so our company is going to start a rehab on a property this month and need to check out painters.  

Hi guys,Can anyone refer 3 of each GC, Flooring company, Painter, and landscaper that have experience already at least open for 5-7 years?

@Ethan Painter  Check out meetup.com - there is an investor group on there.  

@Ethan Painter, if someone handed me a card that didn't fit into my wallet, it would fit nicely in the trash.