Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) program from EPA.

Here’s several things I failed at the first time I tried them: Kissing a girl, changing a diaper, painting a house, pouring a glass of milk, changing a car tire, doing a podcast, buying a property, taking a math test, talking, walking and eating.

When I bought my first townhome, I was poor, strapped for cash, this was 15 years ago...The HOA decided to paint the exteriors and tripled the HOA fees for 3 months...My HOA went from 150 a month to 450 for three months...It was almost as much as my mortgage.  

A small sign in the grass usually on a paint stick with the grass growing over the sign so you can't read the sign or phone number.

Electrical, plumbig, siding, shingles, hardwood floors, ceramic tile, paint... the list goes on and on.

New counter tops, some paint, fix a window, replace the tilt up garage door with a roll up, and some other minor tune ups. 

I've painted copper black before bringing to a job site in bad neighborhoods, so anyone watching would think it's black iron pipe

I think just using a 1x6 and painting it something that ties into the industrial design you're going for will look good.

The only few things that it requires to do is clean, paint and to fix a couple of cabinets of the kitchen.

If your plumber is behind schedule, that means your drywall guy can't close up the walls, the painter can't paint them and the finish carpenter can't put up the crown moldings.That one delay can push your project back for weeks.