My contractor placed his bid to do all aspects of the renovation and then I did things like you mentioned, painting, help with clean up, hauled away trash to trim some of the costs.

I can do the patch and trim work inside myself. 

What are your methods in doing so?  

For example, mixing in flips, focus on the BRRRR method, targeting larger buildings, etc.Similarly, what would you deem the next step forward for someone who has focused solely on buy and hold single families? 

They are probably not professional painters, and they might slop it around the trim, floor, doors, windows, ceiling, etc. 

I love the BRRRR method and it works well.  

Based on my last 2 years doing wholesale to build cash to buy rentals it is not my preferred method and I don't recommend it if you don't need it to build cash in Houston without putting in tons of work and hours.  

Semi-Gloss on the doors and trim.

There are a lot of ways to buy houses with little money down.These are the methods that worked best for me:Method 1: Find a Lease Option Tenant who has down payment $$ before you close.This is how I bought my first investment house:I have a local bank that only requires 15% down, so I found a tenant who had 8% (of my purchase price) in cash and a car w/out a loan.

There are a number of methods to reattach loose corner bead, but you MIGHT need to replace it, but that's not a big deal.