I finished the attic, basement and remodeled interior and exterior What was the outcome?

So I have no experience with painting exteriors.  

We hired a GC for an exterior back wall stabilization.

I used  SW Super Paint exterior on T 111 on a Garage .

Establish outdoor cámaras to review exterior activity, and request pre and post pics of the job and pay your contractors promptly.

Foremost typically does exterior inspections after purchase.

As far as exterior, either redo all the siding or just the pieces that need to be redone.

You can get black exterior in a variety of sizes under $300 a window, and the standard white is even more cost effective.

To name a few HVAC for unit 1 is 20 years old and could not fully inspect the heat, the pipe to the sewer has completely dropped and is not connected, in basement the window header, subflooring and joists are damaged from termite activity, and their needs to be some tuckpointing and masonry work done for the exterior brick. 

Ducting is the 1/2 the size of a rain gutter and you can paint the ducts to match the current exterior.