He hired a new carpenter and assigned him the easiest job on the property - "take your Skilsaw and cut out this small section of bad flooring". (100 year old white oak flooring to be exact).When he came back hours later, he was amazed , and dismayed, to discover that his helper had cut through all of the flooring in the entire house.

Pay a helper to make this happen.

I would hire a part-time helper for you.

As far as the equally-important maintenance side of things, I would plan to engage a skilled independent contractor (IC) on a mostly full-time allotment of hours, and probably a low-skill helper position for painting and general turn work, particularly at that time of the month when units are being vacated.

I couldn't agree more with Marcus you can't get a $10 guy it's at least a $20 here on Long Island and thats just a helper.

Linoleum is my helpers first choice.

A Couple of Mine...Common Sense Plus Action = PowerYou Always Find The Finest Fishing Holes Where the Average Fisherman is Afraid to Go.Aaron you are one of my favorite posters and helpers of BP Nation.

They sounds super sus-burger helper.

A mother-in-law suite or 'mortgage helper' is a great way to kick off your real estate investing career and you'll learn about renovating too.  

I 'plan' to double my number of flips AND hire twice as many helpers to get me there...BUT, I also believe that IF you want to make GOD laugh, just tell Him YOUR plan.My goal for 2015 is four flips and a second investor.