I know that in Orange County, CA, there is an apartment owners association and their magazine has a bunch of painters like this one.

Minus the mortgage for the one guy, cause hes forking out 7k, or in other words, 8000 / 6, which is roughly 1335/ month.Divide your values by 160, for standard work hours, and you get 15.63 and 8.35 respectively.In other words, less per hour than your drywall hanger or painter are making.And thats all assuming you have ABSOLUTELY NO unpredicted costs. 

Musician, painter, photographer, graphic designer, dancer etc. 

I built the deck you'll see, cleaned the roof and gutters, caulked stuff the painter missed and almost got involved in replacing windows and some other fun parts of the task.

Thank you for the compliment, Ezra, but I really doubt others want to dress like a homeless looking construction painter plumber driving around in their beater eating pb&j's between naps.I am a horrible task delegator. 

When I meet an agent that can't tell me about the HOA or who's a good painter in the area I know I'm dealing with a lazy agent.  

I am setting out to make a vendor list for Inland Empire (plumbers, electricians, painters, etc.) and I am sort of starting from scratch.Anyone in the Inland Empire area already have any that they have relied on in the past and would recommend?

Another school of thought is to goto the local temp service and hire yourself some laborers and painters to do the bulk of the work -- and hire specific contractors for things that require permits.  

We have a faux painter we use for accents in our custom condos.

Hi @Moe Habib If you are looking to self-manage from a distance (completely doable) then yes, a good handyman, plumber, painter are essential.