You can manage your llc but you can't participate in it--no painting, remodeling, etc. 

You could set up a schedule for labor payment according to how much work is done but pay the largest balance at the end.I was talking with a buddy that owns a painting company in Minneapolis today and they don’t pay their subs until the job is done.

Give them a bathroom to do, or flooring, or paint, or something small.

The entire banister is old painted pine. 

They had already put in new flooring and paint and all that. 

We would do the painting, tiling, cabinets, trim, granite, and hardware installing ourselves to save money.

In the next three years, I made several improvements—removed the asbestos/popcorn ceiling, added some can lighting, updated a few light fixtures and faucets, and bought a new stove, as well as painting the whole place myself.

Flooring, counter tops, cabinet doors, hardware, and paint chips and some things I can't even identify.Anyone have some good methods for dealing with this madness?

He has done little things like painting and big projects like converting a storage room to a studio apartment.

Can I just paint over the original paint (after pressure washing, of course!)