Scheduling Contractors with Tenants in place.

[Tripp Warren]

Hi All,

I have a house under contract and I'd like to get 3 contractors to go look and submit bids for rehab on the property. There is a tenant in place and the sellers RA says to give an hour notice before sending someone so they can let the tenants know. My question is: In order to minimize the disruption to the tenant, would you schedule all 3 contractors at the same time or separate the times out? My thought is that if they all show up at the same time, perhaps this would influence the contractors to give better bids knowing that they have competition?

All thoughts/opinions are appreciated.