If I have a tenant who truly is a plumber/painter/whatever, I hire him as one and pay him as one...completely separate from our rental contract.

I've used different pest control companies, handymen, flooring guys, painters, electricians, etc., just on these 2 properties and feel like I have a solid grasp of what to recommend. 

As Micki M. said, walking through with your project manager is a good idea, but definitely start trying to form relationships with painters, roofers, flooring installers, etc ASAP!  

Denver street / grafitti / mural artist or community group to paint the side of my building (great exposure for their work, 50,000 cars/day)2. electrostatic painter or auto body worker who wants to moonlight and restore my metal cabinets lowrider style (think glossy turquoise or black with pin strips)

We were a very cool space and had everything in terms of tenants from painters, photographers, cleaning service, community groups, etc.

I'm looking to put one of my rentals on the market and I'm having trouble finding a decently priced painting crew. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Foundations and exteriors can be a real crap shoot so I would get a contractor in to give a bid.For interiors start asking subs, window guys, flooring guys, painters, and tile guys to bid projects on some of your properties.  

Our turn cleaners didn't paint or shampoo only did the cleaning, After painter was done, and before carpets shampooed they did it all .

what drove mass vacancy in some markets  was that new construction and all construction halted.. were do you think all those construction workers went or did... this is what killed AZ  central CAL  FLA  GA  huge construction booms were going on and came to a screeching halt.so everyone from foundation to framing to sheet rock to painters everyone in the trades were affected.. and guess who most of their workers were..

Can anyone recommend me a good painter that is very affordable?