Home-based Hernandez’s Painting a result of adapting

Jaime Hernandez worked construction for 11 years.[quote_box_right]Jaime Hernandez
Age: 43
Hometown: Irapuato, Mexico
Lives in: Alterra
Business: Hernandez’s Painting
Open since: 2014
Employees: 2
Family: Wife Maria, 2 sons, 2 daughters
Hobbies: Sports (coaches soccer for city)
First Job: Counting animals at a stockyard
Challenge: Reaching potential clients[/quote_box_right]

In fact, it is what brought him to Maricopa.

“When we were in construction, we lived in Phoenix,” Hernandez said. “All the construction was down here in Maricopa. There were not very many people.”

He and his wife Maria rented a home in Rancho El Dorado as he worked on new builds. When the economy collapsed on top of the construction industry, Hernandez did what he could to keep working. That included painting for his landlord.

Before long, painting houses became his profession. Then, more than a year and a half ago, he started his own business – Hernandez’s Painting.

As a home-based business, his time is his own. He said that makes it the best job he’s had.

“I have more time with the family,” Hernandez said.

It also gives him time to share his love of soccer with the community. He has coached four seasons of city programs.

The challenge has been to find the most economical way to reach new customers as the city begins to grow again. He recently created a business Facebook page, Maricopa Hernandez’s Painting, to build referrals in the local market.

It’s all a process, but he said his family feels blessed to be part of Maricopa.

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This story appears in the December issue of InMaricopa.