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I'm currently looking at a Nitro finished Musikraft Strat body loaded with a Callaham trem which I bought for a pretty sweetheart price.
Except that when fitting the trem the previous owner drilled the trem holes on the p*** so much so that you can see the trem cavity in front of the plate where the tremolo arm goes in. It's fixable and even with the extra work I got very high quality parts for the price i paid but it is annoying
I would echo what digitalscream says re the neck fit. The parts builds I've done have all used bodies from www.guitarbuild.co.uk - Phil there is able to make you a body with the neck pocket exactly matched to the neck dimensions. On my current build, I took him up on this, and posted the neck to him. When he posted the new body (plus my neck) back to me, the fit is absolutely perfect, really impressive.
Other things I can think of - do your research re all the parts and hardware you will be using - there are supposedly standard dimensions for certain things, but in practice there is massive variation. Stuff like pickup pole spacings, pickup depth (some pickups are too deep to fit in the routings on a vintage style strat body for example) saddle spacings, mounting hole positions, could go on... Really just do everything you can to ensure that all the bits you buy will work together - I think it makes the actual building of the guitar so much easier and better.
Unless you have a suitable drill press, get a body which has the neck bolt holes, also any string-thru body holes, pre-drilled. These need to be absolutely straight and accurate, and that's impossible to achieve with a hand-held drill.
In general, what works for me is not to be in a hurry - I accept from the outset that the build will take me a fair amount of my time, and last for a couple of months at least. Be fussy about the details - imo this can make the difference in terms of getting a great quality, impressive result.