Attend some networking events and get to know some people, they can be your mentors and it may take a bit for that relationship to gel.

On my current project, I had to use TSP to clean the walls and then a Kilz oil based primer prior to putting on the paint because the place reeked of cigarette smoke and the walls were sticky with nicotine or tar or something related.As I said, the paint went on nice and thick and only needed one coat(over the primer) and that was on a bright lime green wall and an orange wall.You can usually get a slightly better deal if you buy paint in 5 gallon containers if you need to buy that much.  

Whenever I put together a new team there was a 1-3 month period in which they worked together at ever increasing levels of efficiency until they “gel”.They began to interpret and understand one another at higher and higher levels and could anticipate one another's next moves on patrol with few or no verbal cues.

Yes just for primer to remediate the nicotine on the walls and ceiling and ceiling tiles, had to paint all of them in the two rooms. 

Do you think she will stop complaining when you have to apply "smelly" stain blockers to seal in HER nicotine?

Local communities are great because you can get to know many different folks, find ones you gel with as well as help build your Investing network and team. 

This stuff works like a charm.Syngenta 383920 Advion Cockroach Gel Bait 4 X 30 Gram Tubes Roach Control, 4 30, BrownFound it on Amazon and applied it to the hinges and under drawer corners.Unfortunately, the new tenant came along and couldn’t just say no “we need to rid the roaches first”.

Dupont Advion gel bait system

Saniflo is the one I've used but I'm not pleased with the longevity of the float mechanism if it sits unused too long, or the macerating jam sensitivity to any small items, grease, hair gel etc flushed.

This mesh setup seems to really gel with smart devices, and we're seeing fewer issues.