I am pretty young and I just bought my first house and it went very smoothly.

But I went ahead because my goal was buy and hold with 100/unit/mo longterm and it seems to do that assuming I can manage the transition from current rent to target rent.  

Even then rare...Having 100% extremely late sounds fishy.Bad news: you may have to serve some notices and carry the mortgage (all or part) in the transition.... and you may need new or more effective management.....Good news: you can refresh these tenants (i.e., not renew as lease ends or evict for non-payment); screen the new ones and emphasize timely payment; also you get a good lesson: give one tenant an inch and they'll all take a mile!

I think we see a lot more move that way from IL if they can get transit time down to 45-50 minutes from areas like St.

I've been very pleased with this transition as the returns I'm getting are much better than my 401K was performing.With the 8 properties that I've purchased, the monthly rent coming in ($5K/month) is enough to purchase another house every 12 months and this will continue to reduce as the # of homes get purchased.Let me know if you have any questions

You're processes probably all tie together, if they are expected to run smoothly without much manual labor.

This will help us achieve our goals faster in the we can build both long term security and wealth and do more short term transactional work to help me transition from my day job down the road and become a developer.

(figure product in the 2-3/Sq ft range, standard transitions)CERAMIC: $11.50/Sq ft with durarock (figure tile in the 2-3/Sq ft range, standard grade edging and transitions if applicable)A couple steps that might help you find a usable contractor:Retail stores will take you to the bank for flooring, typically. 

My 2 experiences with eviction, only legacy tenants, went smoothly.

Smooth sailing?