I also started painting the exterior of the house this week.  You'll notice I said "I started", that's because my painter pulled a "no-show" for the sixth week in a row.
      Screw that!  I bought a cheap harbor freight airless paint sprayer and 5 gallons of  Glidden Pacific Blue exterior paint.   Yeah I got some overspray on some of the trim, but that's easy to touch up.
       It cost me $300 for the paint & sprayer and I have the entire front done already and half of the north side.  That beats paying $2700  for  a guy to do it.