Many years ago, I worked as on-site maintenance for an apartment complex. It was a pretty nice place, one of the more upscale complexes in the area.
We had a guy who was an outside contractor who did the painting of empty apartments. I don't know what he was paid per apartmet but he could paint a two bedroom apartment in about two hours.
We sanded and refinished all floors after he was done so he didn't have to worry about splatter and we had all walls patched and ready for him. He didn't tape, didn't believe in a brush. He just painted over light switches, outlets, nails in walls, light fixture lense covers if we forgot to remove them.
