I dont want to touch the layout , its a master bathroom , I personally would like a bigger shower .

But that address is my company HQ If you’re setting up an LLC just to buy some homes, first, you don’t even need the LLC, second you should use your CA address to avoid getting official documents sent to a rental propertyYou could get a agent out there that could serve as the address and they could scan /email you all paper mail

So my IDEAL would be someone who is comfortable making executive decisions on hidden concerns like plumbing layout etc and defraying/delaying costs.

From what you are saying though with the layout it is not really a good thing.

Do not compound your problems here by "hoping for the best" and getting a piece of paper from her this weekend and assuming all is well.  

If you're talking FHA 203k, or Fannie Mae HomeReady, or anything that is a re-branded version of either of those (if your rate is below 5% and 30YF, good chance it's just a mortgage product rebrand), then the bid in front if you is NOT in fact the "best" bid, because this contractor is not Reno Financing Friendly, making the bid essentially toilet paper. 

There is a property that otherwise "looks good to me on paper" for a portion of my exchange.

@Colin Yang quick answer, stack paper and educate yourself!

Mortgage defaults have to sky rocket.. and his position was ( and I think its pretty common knowledge) is that with the changes in mortgage lending rules  IE no sub prime  No liar loans etc. that the bad paper has pretty much flushed through the system.. there will always be defaults as we know ( Bruce participates at the auctions I believe).

I have only ever hired tile installers a couple times and every time the job didn’t start until we had an on site meeting with materials on hand, we walked through the layout and I followed up numerous times during install just to have a look.