Painting a bathroom while tenant is living there?

[Lucas Hammer]

So I've been a landlord for a total of 2 weeks. There were some black spots in a tenant's bathroom on the walls and I think they were mildew. We wiped the whole wall down with a bleach mixture and used a quality primer/sealer on that section of the bathroom, but now I'm at the painting point. The tenant only has one bathroom, and I'm trying to figure out if I should just match his paint (flat, which is the whole problem) and repaint the corner to be less intrusive or if I should go ahead and paint the whole thing semi-gloss to take care of the problem.

My main concern is taking a day to paint his entire bathroom where he'll pretty much need to be gone. In this situation is there a specific rule of thumb to use on if I should just do a quick paint match or repaint it all?

[Kyle J.]

Flat paint isn't recommended for bathrooms. So I would just repaint the whole bathroom in the semi-gloss.  They make mildew-resistant paint, or - if you already have the paint - you could just add a mildewcide additive to it.

Also, it shouldn't take an entire day to paint one bathroom or require your tenant to be gone from the home.  Even if it is the only bathroom, drying paint isn't going to render the bathroom unusable.