The last time that I hired a house painting company was back in the sixties. Since then, most of the homes that I have owned were either brick or had vinyl siding on them. I recently bought some investment properties and they are all wood sided and in need of some major TLC.

I found the name of a local house painting company in the phone book and asked around to see if anyone had ever used them before or not. I was surprised to find out that they seem to be the only exterior painting company in the area and everyone uses them. They supposedly do a fantastic job and they are very fair in their prices, even though they have virtually no competition. I called to have them meet me at the first of the five houses that I needed spruced up and they were on time.

The price of each house was very similar and the owner of the exterior painting company told me that if I hired them to do all five houses, they would give me a twenty percent discount. I knew that they did not have to do that, because I would have a hard time finding anyone else to do a professional job in town.