Never say never, but I can't imagine a seller would let you bring in multiple contractors before you make an offer.  

Anyway, I imagine I will get a mixed response here, but I am very curious what people more familiar with the area and the risks have to say.  

I have also seen BP all over Facebook so I would imagine those two are in your top 5.

It POURED yesterday and the lost next to me was literally a swimming pool.

I think the only thing you should be aware of is if you're renting to tenants, is your LLC something that you'll be embarrassed to ask your tenants to write a check out to every month.Toe Jam or FBI Surveillance Van #13 or even I Can Hear You Having Sex are funny for wifi hotspots and might be amusing to you (and me), but imagine if your tenants will think you're less than professional every month while writing the check.  

Making lemonade out of lemons is probably one of the best adages I can think of for learning to be creative and solving problems in real estateif there is a problem with a property or dimension issues you dont always have to go to a contractor to solve the problemcontractors have a certain mindsetand are operating on a specific paradaigmhere are some solutions I have done in the past that have really worked and paid dividendsi had an ejector pump in a bathroom and the space was covered by a makeshift door I decided to have a custom cabinet built that functioned as a trash receptacle and had shelves as well now the unsightly space is home to a beautiful custom cabinet that can be easily removed for servicing the pump when it needs it problem two I bought a house that had front of the shower enclosure removedrather than buy another shower enclosure cost 500.ooi opted to replace the front wall with backer board and tile the front and ended up with a beautiful custom look cost was cheaper than replacing shower enclosure and the look is twice as good problem threewhen i bought my house there was a hole knocked out one of the walls about the size of a  door i suppose thieves came in from the crawl space into this part of the house when it was vacantrather than close in the spacei enlarged the crawls space door poured a concrete floor and created a second exterior doorway to the space making the downstairs ready to become a legal apartment. 

Two 2/1 halves of a multi don't add up to a 4/2 any way I can imagine.  

Looking back on my journey so far with real estate investing, I can't imagine how I would have survived without the help from this website, Bigger Pockets!  

The work would involve removing the existing porch, and pouring a new foundation, building a three story porch.  

I couldn't imagine installing a brand new kitchen, granite countertops, new appliances...but leave off the hardware?