Assuming that you are not a general contractor by trade, you can either gamble big money that a house is ok, or you can accept that you will lose an occasional deal to some maniac who doesn't want to do an inspection. 

ISO 203k approved contractor in the Houston, TX area. predominately Multi family projects.need someone to walk a property with me this week!

I have the contractors.

Where are the headaches- you have a relationship with the contractor and maybe plumber/electrician.

Send them a letter certified mail , let them know its your property and you reserve the right to tell them to remove the garden with 10 days notice .  

We just purchased a Multi family property in San Antonio and will need to rehab 100+ units. we are looking for  general contractors to do some bidding. we will be there this week. if someone can reach out and give me names of some GC that are good to work with that would be a great help.

My contractor is going on vacation and then can start. 

@Stephen Shigematsu My ADU project was stalled when the contractor abandoned the project. 

I rent my 22 STRs to refinery contractors. 

There seems to be red flags all over the place and I will not enter in the actual contract or send any DD money until/unless this is resolved but since this my first time land-lording & buying a property I am here to find out what I can do while I am still able to negotiate a few things.