Why waste your time going to the Amateur Hour (Day) if you can skip it without any loss? 

With that said, have you considered how much longer it could take, how inferior the end product could be, what happens when something goes wrong and he doesn't have insurance and all the other issues that will make it not worth it to hire an amateur contractor? 

@Eddie Johns Sounds like you are dealing with an Amateur Landlord.#1. 

This is because a huge number of amateurs put their trust in the myth of paint+primer-in-one and don't prime walls with quality primer before they paint.

Daisy chaining is an amateur practice and rarely ends well. 

So part of the game is staying away from the "dumb" amateur money.Sophisticated investors look at the Rent-to-Value Ratio and look for at least 1% or more to be able to cashflow after expenses.

Which means a lot of amateurs who touted appreciation and took huge risks will be flushed out of the market once again. 

In addition, due to overwhelming number of amateur hour investors/flippers, those properties that are wholesaled are bid up to the point of no profit or a loss if you flip the house.

Just wrong, not cool, not professional, amateur hour big time.Call the inspector and be completely honest about all work being done.

That said, sometimes the bank will come out ahead with only one agent as you have a lot of amateur agents out there that will just make the deal worse when there’s two agents involved.